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  1. darwink

    Calgary | Green Line LRT | ?m | ?s | Calgary Transit

    Or you just load the vehicle onto a truck to move it to one of the other OMCs. For the avoided capital cost, that is totally fine.
  2. darwink

    Calgary | Scotia Place | 36.85m | 11s | CSEC | HOK

    When building a pro forma every bit helps, especially firm numbers like a government program versus crystal ball numbers like interest rates. A small change can make a huge difference. One could let’s say mandate ATB to make construction loans at 1% less for hotel projects. I’d probably want a...
  3. darwink

    Calgary | Scotia Place | 36.85m | 11s | CSEC | HOK

    After a provincial incentive is announced? Yes. Every little bit helps a project pencil. I doubt an incentive would amount to larger than the interest rate decrease on the construction loan + long term financing though.
  4. darwink

    Calgary Transit Fantasy Maps

    Bingo yes.
  5. darwink

    Calgary | Green Line LRT | ?m | ?s | Calgary Transit

    Missing a destination (downtown) and transfer by a few blocks would be a waste IMO
  6. darwink

    Calgary | Green Line LRT | ?m | ?s | Calgary Transit

    You don’t need one. A ramped siding is good enough, with an area for pressure washing.
  7. darwink

    Calgary Transit Fantasy Maps

    Loricon only cares about transit to the airport because the Canada infrastructure bank said transit to the airport adds a lot of customers to liricons Calgary-Banff project and made their financing for the private part subject to building the public part to the airport. The airport was convinced...
  8. darwink

    Urban Development and Proposals Discussion

    My strata is working with our insurance company to install automatic shutoffs in every unit along with accompanying sensors after 4 water events in a year.
  9. darwink

    General Construction Updates

    I really like the experimentation with modules! We have the attainable project going up downtown soon too, which I guess will be the largest use of modules (or at least the largest since ALT Hotel).
  10. darwink

    Calgary | Green Line LRT | ?m | ?s | Calgary Transit

    The green line exists as conceived (an independent access to the centre of the business district) because in the 90s the conclusion was no.
  11. darwink

    Calgary Municipal Politics

    Jeff is going to try again. Whether he makes it to the formal campaign period ¯\_(ツ)_/¯
  12. darwink

    Calgary | Green Line LRT | ?m | ?s | Calgary Transit

    The issue to investigate would be passenger transfer demand westbound since the terminus is likely too far east. Better than 3rd St SE of course. But would need a detailed analysis on how much better.
  13. darwink

    Calgary Municipal Politics

    To each their own to assess of course, but I don’t think this is a switching of masks, more a genuine reassessment of self, the world, and ones place in it. All the more remarkable really.
  14. darwink

    Calgary Municipal Politics

    I think he actually changed a fair bit. He was always really different when it was one of the few conservative bugaboo issues versus other issues. He was and is relatively young and learned a lot about himself and the people that were around him when he was the wunderkid versus when he was just...
  15. darwink

    Calgary | Green Line LRT | ?m | ?s | Calgary Transit

    On the political side, Calgary confederation was a liberal target seat (the centre north), and having it go through liberal target seats, was very important to the CPC.
  16. darwink

    Calgary | Green Line LRT | ?m | ?s | Calgary Transit

    ^ If they had clearly said, $4.0 billion, 2014 dollars, PLUS the tunnel, they would have been right on the money IMO. A few words would have changed the discussion entirely.
  17. darwink

    Taza (Tsuut'ina Nation Development) | ?m | ?s | Canderel

    Touch screens including for grade selection. Will see how they work in winter!
  18. darwink

    Urban Development and Proposals Discussion

    As a former Lake Bonavista sfh owner, these owners are making an error about what makes LB appealing, an urban land economics error, and might not know that higher density development in LB on a lake access lot does not lead to more lake access units existing. Only one ‘daughter’ unit inherits...
  19. darwink

    General Construction Updates

    Those townhomes look like they could be a modular build.
  20. darwink

    Calgary | Green Line LRT | ?m | ?s | Calgary Transit

    The real Alberta problem was the August letter. I’m sure the city actioned a bunch of long lead time and cost hedge contracts soon after.

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