In Texas, the first thing they do is pour the slab. Of course, we don't do footers, we do pier and beam concrete runs and the top part of the p and b engineering becomes the floor...
My wife and I had this discussion today. I am building a 960 sq. ft. detached garage and today we took advantage of the 40% off paint sale at Sherwin Williams. She wanted to go with one color for ceiling and walls, I want white for the reflective value...I won...