{"id":24,"date":"2025-11-24T15:32:18","date_gmt":"2025-11-24T15:32:18","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/blogs.glowscotland.org.uk\/ed\/balmuildyrebuild\/?p=24"},"modified":"2026-02-06T15:58:13","modified_gmt":"2026-02-06T15:58:13","slug":"new-build-update","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/blogs.glowscotland.org.uk\/ed\/balmuildyrebuild\/2025\/11\/24\/new-build-update\/","title":{"rendered":"Pouring the concrete foundations"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-full\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"640\" height=\"480\" src=\"https:\/\/blogs.glowscotland.org.uk\/ed\/public\/balmuildyrebuild\/uploads\/sites\/3902\/2025\/11\/27152959\/IMG_6910-rotated.jpeg\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-25\" srcset=\"https:\/\/blogs.glowscotland.org.uk\/ed\/public\/balmuildyrebuild\/uploads\/sites\/3902\/2025\/11\/27152959\/IMG_6910-rotated.jpeg 640w, https:\/\/blogs.glowscotland.org.uk\/ed\/public\/balmuildyrebuild\/uploads\/sites\/3902\/2025\/11\/27152959\/IMG_6910-300x225.jpeg 300w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 640px) 100vw, 640px\" \/><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<p>On Friday the construction team were all ready to pour the concrete, but it was too cold! So they postponed until Monday.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-full\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"640\" height=\"480\" src=\"https:\/\/blogs.glowscotland.org.uk\/ed\/public\/balmuildyrebuild\/uploads\/sites\/3902\/2025\/11\/27153130\/IMG_6919-rotated.jpeg\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-26\" srcset=\"https:\/\/blogs.glowscotland.org.uk\/ed\/public\/balmuildyrebuild\/uploads\/sites\/3902\/2025\/11\/27153130\/IMG_6919-rotated.jpeg 640w, https:\/\/blogs.glowscotland.org.uk\/ed\/public\/balmuildyrebuild\/uploads\/sites\/3902\/2025\/11\/27153130\/IMG_6919-300x225.jpeg 300w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 640px) 100vw, 640px\" \/><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<p>The weather was much better on Monday and the concrete was poured! It took all day!<\/p>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-large\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"1024\" height=\"768\" src=\"https:\/\/blogs.glowscotland.org.uk\/ed\/public\/balmuildyrebuild\/uploads\/sites\/3902\/2025\/11\/06153639\/IMG_2120-1024x768.jpeg\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-122\" srcset=\"https:\/\/blogs.glowscotland.org.uk\/ed\/public\/balmuildyrebuild\/uploads\/sites\/3902\/2025\/11\/06153639\/IMG_2120-1024x768.jpeg 1024w, https:\/\/blogs.glowscotland.org.uk\/ed\/public\/balmuildyrebuild\/uploads\/sites\/3902\/2025\/11\/06153639\/IMG_2120-300x225.jpeg 300w, https:\/\/blogs.glowscotland.org.uk\/ed\/public\/balmuildyrebuild\/uploads\/sites\/3902\/2025\/11\/06153639\/IMG_2120-768x576.jpeg 768w, https:\/\/blogs.glowscotland.org.uk\/ed\/public\/balmuildyrebuild\/uploads\/sites\/3902\/2025\/11\/06153639\/IMG_2120.jpeg 1260w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 1024px) 100vw, 1024px\" \/><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<p>This is just the first of several concrete pours as they build the foundations in stages.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-large\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"1024\" height=\"768\" src=\"https:\/\/blogs.glowscotland.org.uk\/ed\/public\/balmuildyrebuild\/uploads\/sites\/3902\/2025\/11\/06153752\/IMG_2122-1024x768.jpeg\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-123\" srcset=\"https:\/\/blogs.glowscotland.org.uk\/ed\/public\/balmuildyrebuild\/uploads\/sites\/3902\/2025\/11\/06153752\/IMG_2122-1024x768.jpeg 1024w, https:\/\/blogs.glowscotland.org.uk\/ed\/public\/balmuildyrebuild\/uploads\/sites\/3902\/2025\/11\/06153752\/IMG_2122-300x225.jpeg 300w, https:\/\/blogs.glowscotland.org.uk\/ed\/public\/balmuildyrebuild\/uploads\/sites\/3902\/2025\/11\/06153752\/IMG_2122-768x576.jpeg 768w, https:\/\/blogs.glowscotland.org.uk\/ed\/public\/balmuildyrebuild\/uploads\/sites\/3902\/2025\/11\/06153752\/IMG_2122.jpeg 1260w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 1024px) 100vw, 1024px\" \/><\/figure>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>On Friday the construction team were all ready to pour the concrete, but it was too cold! 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