Land acquired for the DAA campus was 'vacant land' status 
(no established land use).
Location is - 33°04'41.9"N 116°26'34.7"W 
 
  

Vacant land was cleared and land use was established as 'Agricultural'.
(A small micro farm was established for desert plants.)
SD County zoning (as most of the country) does not allow accessory structures without established land use.

The property was then fenced
  
 

The property is a one acre rectangle with a paved access road.

Security gate installed.
  
 

Electricity run to the property.

This is the start of my observatory - poured concrete pier forms.
 
 

Finished piers. The concrete slab to the left is my observatory's porch.

Observatory pad, porch, and piers.
 
 

The campus was initially developed for three observatories. Here you see another observatory's piers in the background
 
 

OK, I couldn't resist trying out my observatory before the structure was built.
 
 

Here is the BYO crew setting up on the property.

Staging the materials for all three observatories.
 
 

Roof roller construction (center) and walls pre-assembled (stack on the right).

First wall goes up on my observatory.
 
 

All the walls are up and fastened to the slab with TapCons.

Walls and roof are roughed in. The door is mounted.
 
 

Roof rails and passive tie-down system installed.

Completed observatory. Roofing sheets are installed. 
Metal siding was used on the exterior walls
 
 

Observatory in the 'opened' configuration

Three observatory view (facing northwest). 
My observatory (BYO#278) is on the left.
BYO#279 is center and BYO#280 is at the right.
Two observatories have drop down walls, mine (on the left) does not.

Three observatory view (facing northeast).