A little more video of the big machine from this morning.  I think the excavator is almost done, if it hasn't already finished its work today.

It was surprising to see how big the crawlspace was underneath the old building.  I spoke with Dennis, and he said that they will remove the giant chunks of concrete, and pull up the footings.  Before they start on the new building's slab, they will excavate down to more compacted soil or bedrock, then bring in a new base of soil and compact that down.  After they have a solid base to work on, then they'll pour the new building's slab.

All of the recyclables seem to be gone at this point, except for some rock we hope to reuse.

We're working to reuse much of the stone facade for a project somewhere on-site, to preserve a little of the old building.

Most of the recycled wood is already on its way to Mexico.

Here is a video of the excavator operator carefully pulling the wood framing apart.

Here's a video of the excavator moving into place before it starts to take the building apart.