All of the literature I've read (which isn't exhaustive and doesn't make me an expert by any means) corroborates this. The construction productivity crisis is as much if not more of a regulatory problem than it is a technology problem.

If an "innovative construction method", or really any technology or service for that matter, is only viable with gargantuan public subsidy then it bretter be a truly magical golden unicorn of a technology. VMC is not that. Sure some of the modular buildings in Scandinavia are decent looking but...

Volumetric Modular construction is a scam that companies have been trying to sell to governments for decades because ever 30 years or so the feds decide they want to throw billions of dollars at an old problem and companies like ATCO stand to gain. There's nothing modern or innovative about it...

That's what I was referring to when i said a patio couldn't work along Memorial. It is loud and unpleasant to be around, particularly at that intersection Removing two lanes for a streetcar should do the trick 😁

This is what happens when we actually hold a design competition for something rather than just handing it off to whatever shitty firm has the most "qualifications" and lowest fee

Y'all are crazy. 3 is my favourite and definitely the most unique. 2 is a close second. 4 is cool from some angles but ultimately looks like an airport lounge. 1 is weird but could be good. 5 and 6 are really boring. None are bad though

Highly highly doubt it

Memorial is a total car sewer. I can't imagine a patio would do very well there when it would have to compete with existing patios a block away on a much nicer street.

So excited to see the plans for Calgary's newest parking lot from the city's most visionary minds 🙄

THATS WHAT I'VE BEEN SAYING! Calgary is red and red is Calgary! Calgary is the red team and Edmonton is the blue team this is a fundamental law of the universe

Replace the saddledome with BC place but with a saddledome shaped roof ezpz

There's no excuse. developers here are morons

There's no saving the design because the materials are going to be abysmal. Unreal that this is allowed to happen in Inglewood

Except reverting to pre-may 2024 zoning laws would needlessly add time and therefore cost to the development of townhouses. Could rezoning have been applied to targeted neighbourhoods where it is already happening? Sure, but then that would open a giant can of worms over which neighbourhoods...

No one is trying to build infill townhouses in deer run... rezoning didn't change where townhouses were being built it just makes it easier and less expensive.