June and July ‘23 Update

After receiving formal notice to proceed in early June, DAVIS, APAH, and KCM held several kick-off meetings with the various DC Entities. After the kickoffs, we installed our initial erosion and sediment control measures and begin an initial 4’ excavation prior to installing our support of excavation system that will allow us to excavate to the full 12'-16’ depth for our garage. It also serves the dual purpose to allow us to test pit for existing telecommunications lines very near the building footprint.

On July 20, we held a very exciting groundbreaking where Mayor Bowser, Ward 4 Councilmember Janeese Lewis George, and APAH CEO Carmen Romero spoke about the project and introduced the project to the community. This was broadcast by WJLA. View the link here for more information regarding this exciting milestone and ceremony.

Upcoming work includes vibrating steel soldier piles into the ground and installing wooden lagging board. We’ll then bring in another piece of large equipment to install aggregate piers, a vibrated stone foundation system that will support the building loads and footings. Once piers and piles are installed, excavation will take place over the next 2 months and concrete foundations will start thereafter.