Grind finer, that bitterness is often just bad extraction.

Sandra flagged your grade beam height, but was it actually a height problem or a setback issue? Five months and $3,400 for a grade beam variance sounds more like a paperwork mess than a real safety issue. A geotech report for a walkout grade beam on a single lot is overkill in most cases, that's a planner covering herself, not a code requirement. Three revised site plans means somebody kept changing the goalposts on you. Honestly this sounds like standard county slowness, not bad luck, and you probably would've hit the same wall in any county around Edmonton. I'd be more ticked about the geotech fee than the timeline.

Silicone spray and a prayer, the contractor special.