[67ChevyRedneck]

For those of you northerner's panicking for me, 8"x16" is common practice for a garage footing here. We have zero frost, ever. I also tested soils for about 3 years... this was some of the hardest packed stuff I've ever tested. Even after a hard rain, it could have been poured an hour later. This stuff is SOLID.

The plan is footings (2 rows of 1/2" bar have been added) will get poured today if the inspector makes it by lunch, then a couple days to do the two layers of block wall, then pour the slab by the end of the week. After the slab is done, they'll finish grading and pour the driveway that day (hopefully frid/sat of this week). The area on the left side in the back will have a door, so I want it quite a bit flatter, and they still have to flatten out the hill next to the driveway.

My camera does some funky stuff... my house looks like a Dr. Seuss house in the first pic.