Building Permit Received - Construction Starts on Night Sky Observatory

It's been a long time waiting (almost a month to the date) for my building permit to get approved and issued prior to starting the construction of the free-standing deck and pier for the Night Sky Observatory. But now with the permit in hand, it's time to start the first phase of the construction - the measurements and dig.

I was notified today that my SkyShed Pier will be shipped out either Wednesday or Thursday and should arrive sometime next week. I'll probably spend some time early next week taking measurements of the area where the deck will sit for getting grade angle and then start the digging of the 40" deep by 18" diameter hole for the concrete pier footing. The location is pretty flat, and initial 'quick' measures showed the incline to be only about 3 degrees, which would make the height difference of about 8".