Office gossip (so this is like, 3rd hand information, but it would explain some stuff) is that the firm selected to do the design for that work (Gensler, from what i've heard) has not impressed the client much. If ECC is already unhappy with the concept, it'll be a while before anything concrete...

for what it's worth, this looks like water ingress as opposed to a structural deficiency; so hopefully it will be an easier fix, assuming they caught it early enough? This whole line was not designed for our climate at all. I was downtown tonight, and saw a crew clearing snow on 102 ave west of...

One factor in this would be costs, particularly labour. Masons' labour costs here are very high; brick can wind up being much more expensive to install than other cladding systems, despite using the same kind of support wall, membranes, etc (making it very easy to switch out for cheaper options...

screencaps from the survey of what they're pitching. so you don't have to click through the whole thing unnecessarily. As a former B-range student in intro to design, i can confidently say this is B-range Intro-to-design student work; at best. those colours... oooof.

Walked by there a couple nights ago to see. I neglected to take photos, but the only thing left are the abutments and stubs from the old columns. I’m absolutely enthralled with the fact that they went through so much trouble to keep access to Fireball (a random little MTB trail that appeared...

I love this project already, that ground floor with the diagonal bracing?! BLESSED I really think Pinto helped 'block-bust' (perhaps a term with the wrong history, but i'm not sure what else to say) this area for new development. clearly this developer is following their precedent. On a side...

I'm betting a couple months of testing at least. they never did system-wide runs, schedules have to be ironed out, snow has to be dealt with, and a lot of the stations are still missing fixtures. if this opens before snow melts i'll be very surprised.

149 st is at grade. there was some talk of grade separating the intersection from the tracks (underpass for the road if i remember correctly) but it was too costly, with only minute improvements in travel time. as well, the Jasper Gates redevelopment acted against the overpass. the...

I'll add (to lighten the tone a bit, this came off as really gruff for some reason) that there hasn't been a lot of info about this side of the project, it was just kind of shoehorned into some of the design documents that were released as part of the tender process in 2019. you had to go...

Valley Line West includes an expansion to the existing Gerry Wright facility, which was built to accommodate expansion. Gerry Wright will be the main OMF for the whole Valley Line, with the facility out at Lewis Farms being for light maintenance and storage. I think the idea behind the phasing...

West Ed Gantry(?) (crawling crane? Idk) crane is going up! SAFETY FIRST We’re up to 9 piers standing or being formed.

Between 129 and 132 Ave is the main area, as stated, I wanna back that up but i can't find pictures lol. I remember seeing a concept design somewhere (maybe on GEC's site? i couldn't re-find it) that showed the LRT coming down off the bridge in the Northwest corner of Grand Trunk Dog Park, and...

^Do we know what firm was responsible for the structural engineering for Transed, specifically for the viaducts? It looks like Arup was the main engineer for the line as a whole, but I'm wondering how much of that was farmed out to specialists or smaller firms, akin to how the Tawatina was...

This went in for DP this week. how quickly does the City start releasing DP information? don't we get to see submitted elevations etc?

my understanding is that 107 will stay level and the rise will start immediately beyond that, to go over 121 etc. I'm hearing through a friend, and they are focused on how 121 and 127 will work moreso than 107, so i'm guessing that's where the rise will be focused.

I get where you're coming from. I can't say more yet. Design on that section was not construction-ready before the change in plans.

I'm hearing that the section from 107st to 127 is going to be elevated on a berm, with cross-streets passing below at grade. trying to avoid sinking too low into the ground and exacerbating drainage infra costs. 300M long, very tall, wall-esque freeway structure instead of the at-grade...

yup

Forming the 6th floor right now I didn’t realize how small of a floorplate this thing actually has. Its much more slender in person, with quite a bit of space over the ground floor. It’s much less of a box and more of a tower than the renders make it seem.

It's hard for me to say. I've been in the area for over 10 years, but most of them have had construction on at least 1 of the 3 Groat Ravine bridges. I can't definitively say what 'normal' is. That being said, since the Epcor work west of the ravine started in 2019(?) (it seems like it's been...