This morning, I met with the framing crew to finalize the layout that will guide all vertical construction. Done right, this is a time-consuming process that involves making an initial pair of right-angle control lines and then locating the desired size rectangle to sit on the as poured foundation. If we were simply to use the concrete foundation walls as a reference, we would propagate any errors in straightness, coplanarity, and perpendicularity to the remainder of the structure. In our case, the iterative process took almost two hours for the east wing. We will tackle the west wing tomorrow and I suspect it will only take half as long. It is very tempting to quickly move into framing but the time spent now on getting perfect corners and wall dimensions will pay dividends in construction time later.