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.

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).

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

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

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.

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.

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...

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.

^ 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.

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

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...

Those townhomes look like they could be a modular build.

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.

It is too bad the inverted bowl capacity caps out in the 15ks. Saves lots of space. In hindsight with how great the Rossetti concept was, it locked in event centre 1.0 to too small of a site, and led to everyone not being super thrilled and then the new arena.

It wasn’t exactly that. But I can see how it could be spun that way. The city plan at the time was exceedingly risky. Because it could have let the tunnel eat the project but you’re stuck with the full line to Sheppard. So all that is left is either stopping (and breaking your funding agreements...

The problem with that plan was it made the tunnel virtually uncontractible with risk transfer. Would have needed to been cost plus which the city really didn’t want to do. And it isn’t just the UCP saying that. The greenline board was set up to try to stop political whims from whipsawing the...

For the grade separated ones, I agree. Much harder to CPTED them.

So options for mitigating issues with elevated in urban environments, China edition, Xi'an's Line 5 Phase 1 East: Line 3 with sound wall on 1 side.

I believe the problem with 5th street was the province owning the parcels for the future rail station that they've owned for almost 2 decades now. Can't cut the access. Can't expropriate them.

It doesn't change tax revenue raised by the city. Which is a different thing. A property being higher valued lowers tax paid by others, and a property being lower in value raises tax paid by others. But the revenue to the city is the same.