I like that having built my house and numerous buildings....but not a contractor nor expert! Crete is still sorta soft, so drilling is easy. Come back when it's hard and glue in your anchoring devices. Also like nailing sole plate (initially) so you can get on with the framing and coming back to fill in the holes with anchors and glue. Much better than fighting "J" anchors as part of the pour process....get a better finishing job on the crete too not having to work around the "stobs" and framing out works faster too.
Since 3 days to start framing puts your plate on the slab quickly, you can drill through both and have everything ready for your anchors when the time comes.
Not an expert but keeping it wet helps to make a good pour. Even the highway department here, when doing bridges, cover and wet. I have seen slabs and driveways where the top ⅛", the finishing surface, separates from the main slab after 15ish years. Usually see it on driveways and in subdivisions where you know they don't cover or keep them wet.
On getting the plate wet, I wouldn't worry about that, especially if using treated wood which is the norm these days (I used 15# felt paper 40 years ago), or even untreated.....how many houses/buildings have been successfully built and occupied for who knows how long that got soaked in rain/snow in the process of being built......my house for one. Built it in Aug and Sept, thinking Aug would be a dry month to get it weathered it......wrong....rained on me 3 times before I got it weathered in and it got soaked good....still good to go.
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