Excavation continues in these pictures. Never afraid to learn new things, I asked one of the construction crew what the "big digging thing" was called. He told me it was called a "Trackhoe", which I translated as "backhoe on steroids". The Sweet Gum tree is the centerpiece of the project entry and has to be prepared so that it will survive as the construction proceeds around it. Whether it survives beyond the construction is the subject of much debate.
