Waiting for the ground to dry out, and what are those things?

After my initial admiration of the construction site, my first question about this picture was, what are all these big concrete things? Read more below the photo for the exciting "answer!"

Some interesting items are starting to show up.

There was a little disagreement among the people I talked with, but I believe these contraptions are catch basins or storm sewer parts that were going to need to be replaced regardless of the current project. Right now, all the rain has delayed their installation.

Dick Alton, who has worked on this project from the beginning, has provided this summary of the state of construction:

We have most of the parking lot dug up and dirt carried away. It has rained too much to re-do the storm drains. Hope to be finished by Wednesday. We just received our permit from the Village to start geothermal drilling in the parking lot starting this Thursday which will last 3 weeks.. We are working to get the last permit to do duct work and installing geothermal units in the Church. We still look to be finished mid- September.

Thank you, Dick!