Grading for a building pad was chosen over other methods of construction due to the setbacks, the height limit, and an advantage of acquiring yard space around the house.

Some large boulders were removed for keying & benching of a new embankment.

Archaeologists were monitoring to see if there were any significant native American artifacts.  Luckily, nothing was discovered.

A keyway was graded.

The keyway was about to be compacted by a drum roller machine.

The pad was completed.  It was over-excavated by 3 feet to overcome differential settlements, as the transition line between the cut & the fill was running through the building footprint by the civil design.