Sept 08
The first batch for this date is now on line and shows how far behind I am

This is all the steel area for the entrance to the station then and now.
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No idea what is planned for the creek beyond the trees that goes behind 4 houses
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Sound Barrier in front of the 4 houses before the tracks move to the centre
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Until the poles are remove and sidewalk built to the east of hydro poles, cannot build the curb lane for northbound traffic as well building the guideway
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The road have been paved from Mineola to 200' south of the QEW off ramp and ready to be open for 1/2 to 3/4 of the curb lane and a good chunk of the sidewalk now.

Expect there will be 2 lanes in both direction for the winter in most areas with traffic being shifted in the spring to do the northbound lane.

Cannot build the guideway for Pinetree Intersection and can't recall if one will before Pinewood until the northbound lane has been built
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Looking north at Fairview this morning
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South
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I'd planned to shoot a number of areas, particularly at the 403 and also the Burnhamthorpe-Dundas- Queensway-South Service rd intersections but the winds were too strong. It's not just the blow away factor to be concerned with but when the camera gimbal rocks to 45 degrees and stays there, it is time to land. The last thing I want is to burn out a gimbal motor.
 
Tim MacDonald said:
I'd planned to shoot a number of areas, particularly at the 403 and also the Burnhamthorpe-Dundas- Queensway-South Service rd intersections but the winds were too strong. It's not just the blow away factor to be concerned with but when the camera gimbal rocks to 45 degrees and stays there, it is time to land. The last thing I want is to burn out a gimbal motor.
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You're braver than I am. I've deicded to retire my drone for the rest of the year unless I *really* *really* want to take photos or a recording of something.
 
JJTheJetPln said:
You're braver than I am. I've deicded to retire my drone for the rest of the year unless I *really* *really* want to take photos or a recording of something.
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There is still plenty of weather suitable for flight. I will fly twelve months of the year and some of my best shots have been taken during the winter months! Don't be afraid to get out there. The November/December late afternoon light can be magical.
 
Tim MacDonald said:
There is still plenty of weather suitable for flight. I will fly twelve months of the year and some of my best shots have been taken during the winter months! Don't be afraid to get out there. The November/December late afternoon light can be magical.
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Looks like I'll just need to keep an eye on the weather. There was a time where I did end up flying my drone and the high winds freaked me out because they were pushing against the gimbal. Talk about hard to control.

As for this thread: the mayor of Brampton stated last week that him and Ford / Minister of Transportation have come to an agreement regarding the HMLRT extension into downtown Brampton. This agreement is expected to be announced sometime in early/mid November.

There are MANY new projects happening with regards to transit in Brampton, this just so happens to be one they really need to delegate on given the cost.
 
Bordercollie said:
It sounds a lot like similar problems to crosstown. Do these contractors not know how to lay track to spec?
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Not just that, but the designers or people who would know spec better than metrolinx/mobilinx are from the UK. At least that's what I've heard. They'll get so far along in the project and then realize they need to rip and replace things because everyone's flying through intersections instead of taking their time and doing a quality job.
 
JJTheJetPln said:
Not just that, but the designers or people who would know spec better than metrolinx/mobilinx are from the UK. At least that's what I've heard. They'll get so far along in the project and then realize they need to rip and replace things because everyone's flying through intersections instead of taking their time and doing a quality job.
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Who pays for the work to be done twice?

That's on the general contractor to provide the correct spec for the project. Left hand not talking to the right hand.
 
Bordercollie said:
Who pays for the work to be done twice?

That's on the general contractor to provide the correct spec for the project. Left hand not talking to the right hand.
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Yup. There's multiple parties to blame here. I just want this done properly the first time, but it seems we can't even do that.

Working in trades, we always had a saying: "Clients don't have the money to do things right, but they do have the money to do things twice." In this case, not really the client, but Metrolinx/Mobilinx, and whoever else is under them will surely not have the money to do things right, nor the money to do things twice, so it remains to be seen whether or not they actually learn from these mistakes, or if they'll keep happening as is tradition.
 
JJTheJetPln said:
Yup. There's multiple parties to blame here. I just want this done properly the first time, but it seems we can't even do that.

Working in trades, we always had a saying: "Clients don't have the money to do things right, but they do have the money to do things twice." In this case, not really the client, but Metrolinx/Mobilinx, and whoever else is under them will surely not have the money to do things right, nor the money to do things twice, so it remains to be seen whether or not they actually learn from these mistakes, or if they'll keep happening as is tradition.
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A good idea would be to actually hire competent project managers.
 
Bordercollie said:
It sounds a lot like similar problems to crosstown. Do these contractors not know how to lay track to spec?
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If the issues are similar to Crosstown, it's not that the contractor does or doesn't know how to lay to spec.

It's that the spec is unreasonable, and Metrolinx is holding it to an unreasonable tolerance.

You don't need millimeter precision for sidewalks and bike lanes, but that's the tolerance that Metrolinx is holding the contractors to.

Dan
 
smallspy said:
If the issues are similar to Crosstown, it's not that the contractor does or doesn't know how to lay to spec.

It's that the spec is unreasonable, and Metrolinx is holding it to an unreasonable tolerance.

You don't need millimeter precision for sidewalks and bike lanes, but that's the tolerance that Metrolinx is holding the contractors to.

Dan
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The article indicates that the track is "out of spec". Is that not the case?
 
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