Project Log

22 hours

August 26, 2022- I talked to my mentor, Dave Hagen, and designed the blueprint for the Gaga
pit.
1 hour

September 17, 2022- I measured out the digging area, and cut the sod out with a skidloader.
4 hours

September 18, 2022- I excavated the top layer of black dirt, then I graded the dirt to the bottom
of the concrete. I then dug a trench from the man hole to the perimeter of the excavated area.
3 hours

September 20,2022- I cut a hole into the basin of the man hole to put a drain tile in. Then I put
some of tile line in.
3 hours

September 24, 2022- I put some rock into the pit, and graded the rock. I had Carson Koenigs
and Gavin Mergen assist me.
2.5 hours

September 25, 2022- Next, I started putting the framing together for the gaga pit. I cleared all
the rock away where the framing was going to be placed. On this day I only finished the first
frame.
2 hours

September 27, 2022- I finished the second frame and then put rock into the two completed
frames and leveled it.
3 hours

October 1, 2022- I then finished all three frames, filled them with rock, then I leveled the rock
and tamped it.
1.5 hours

October 2, 2022- I put tile line all around the base of the gaga pit and led it to the manhole.
2 hours