khris
Senior Member
Hey where is part 2 of your update? I'm dying to hear what you found out and see the rest of the photos.
It's coming! We're just awaiting clearances for a couple photos.
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Dan416
Senior Member
Excellent photos. I am liking this project more and more!
Okay, back on:
You cannot spend anytime in the area without gawking at these beauties. If you have the time, the towers scream "photograph me!", and that scream is just going to get louder as they come closer to completion. From every angle the towers elicit a 'wow' from onlookers. Count us wowed too.
Some info about Absolute World's famous rotating floorplates: Absolute D, the taller one that's been dubbed Marilyn, (but don't call it that when onsite!!!), starts off with a 1 degree rotation between each of the first many floors, before the rotation goes to 2 degrees between floors, eventually rotating as much as 8 degrees between floors where you see the waist in the upper middle; meanwhile, every floor of Absolute E rotates 4 degrees from the floor below it.
As we get closer, we focus on the low rise building that will front Hurontario. On the upper floors, townhomes. The second floor will feature parking. The ground floor will be retail.
The podium is separated from Absolute D by an esplanade.
Take a look at the ground, two photos above. You'll see a pipe and cement blocks snaking through the future esplanade. That pipe moves concrete from the ground to the top of the building. Unlike many projects that hoist concrete to the sky with the crane, Dominus Construction is moving the concrete up here with pumps. Concrete deliveries start their rise here, at the Putzmeister:
Some concrete spills every day and is wasted. The spill is caught by this tray, which is about to cleared here for tomorrow's delivery:
Time to head inside:
Leading our tour is Sergio Vacilotto, Director of Site Operations (center), Ajmal Temor, Assistant Superintendent (left), and Rafal Marcjanek, Assistant Superintendent (hidden, we'll see him later).
The ground floor will have nice high ceilings.
Next, we go up. 37th floor, here we come!
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You cannot spend anytime in the area without gawking at these beauties. If you have the time, the towers scream "photograph me!", and that scream is just going to get louder as they come closer to completion. From every angle the towers elicit a 'wow' from onlookers. Count us wowed too.
Some info about Absolute World's famous rotating floorplates: Absolute D, the taller one that's been dubbed Marilyn, (but don't call it that when onsite!!!), starts off with a 1 degree rotation between each of the first many floors, before the rotation goes to 2 degrees between floors, eventually rotating as much as 8 degrees between floors where you see the waist in the upper middle; meanwhile, every floor of Absolute E rotates 4 degrees from the floor below it.
As we get closer, we focus on the low rise building that will front Hurontario. On the upper floors, townhomes. The second floor will feature parking. The ground floor will be retail.
The podium is separated from Absolute D by an esplanade.
Take a look at the ground, two photos above. You'll see a pipe and cement blocks snaking through the future esplanade. That pipe moves concrete from the ground to the top of the building. Unlike many projects that hoist concrete to the sky with the crane, Dominus Construction is moving the concrete up here with pumps. Concrete deliveries start their rise here, at the Putzmeister:
Some concrete spills every day and is wasted. The spill is caught by this tray, which is about to cleared here for tomorrow's delivery:
Time to head inside:
Leading our tour is Sergio Vacilotto, Director of Site Operations (center), Ajmal Temor, Assistant Superintendent (left), and Rafal Marcjanek, Assistant Superintendent (hidden, we'll see him later).
The ground floor will have nice high ceilings.
Next, we go up. 37th floor, here we come!
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yyzer
Senior Member
eagerly awaiting the next UT update, meanwhile here's a pic from today, courtesy Jasonzed at SSC...........looking really tall in the haze......
VDub
Active Member
That's exactly right...
VDub
Active Member
As a resident of the Absolute project, we are CONSTANTLY reminded that we ARE NOT to store ANYTHING outside...
I realize that you were just being facetious though...
VDub
Active Member
Take a look at the ground, two photos above. You'll see a pipe and cement blocks snaking through the future esplanade. That pipe moves concrete from the ground to the top of the building. Unlike many projects that hoist concrete to the sky with the crane, Dominus Construction is moving the concrete up here with pumps. Concrete deliveries start their rise here, at the Putzmeister:
Some concrete spills every day and is wasted. The spill is caught by this tray, which is about to cleared here for tomorrow's delivery:
Not entirely accurate...
The placing boom on the roof is a decision made by the forming company which is Premform in this project...
And that tray is not for spillage. It is for any washout of the concrete truck chute as well as the pump...
Pumping concrete is going to be more commonplace in the future...
It takes way too long to fly buckets up with the crane as well as the crane could be utilized for other lifts...
The pump technology never ceases to amaze me though. Can you imagine the amount of pressure in that pipe??
The Burj Khalifa was done with a pump... Amazing...
And what happened to the 37th floor pics???
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adma
Superstar
"Marilyn & the Putzmeister". Hmm.
doady
Senior Member
I've never seen the towers form those angles before. Thanks for the photos.
Peepers
Banned
I believe that when these towers are complete they will become tourist attractions. No visit to the GTA will be complete without seeing first-hand the Twin Twisting Torsos
Yesterday we saw how the concrete gets into the building. Today, how everything else goes in and up.
Most tall buildings under construction in Toronto have a loading platform or two hanging off the buildings, but much of the material going into most buildings can go up in the construction hoists. Because of Absolute World's irregular facade, exterior hoists were not possible, and so Absolute's hoists went into the elevator core in the interior of the building. Interior hoists in tight spaces can be inconvenient for some bulkier objects going into the buildings, so Absolute has many more loading platforms for moving goods in instead.
A platform from inside the building:
A platform from below:
The view, down, from a platform:
A delivery of window panels is lifted off a truck:
The delivery arrives at the platform, and the items are carried into the building:
The workers, of course, use the interior hoists to climb the building:
When we visited, with the 46th floor being poured, the hoist only traveled as far as the 37th floor. It gets extended gradually up the elevator core:
The crane climbs a few floors at a time too. Here's the base of one of the cranes:
The hole left for it has been filled after the crane rises:
So, next, we go to where this crane sticks out on top.
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Most tall buildings under construction in Toronto have a loading platform or two hanging off the buildings, but much of the material going into most buildings can go up in the construction hoists. Because of Absolute World's irregular facade, exterior hoists were not possible, and so Absolute's hoists went into the elevator core in the interior of the building. Interior hoists in tight spaces can be inconvenient for some bulkier objects going into the buildings, so Absolute has many more loading platforms for moving goods in instead.
A platform from inside the building:
A platform from below:
The view, down, from a platform:
A delivery of window panels is lifted off a truck:
The delivery arrives at the platform, and the items are carried into the building:
The workers, of course, use the interior hoists to climb the building:
When we visited, with the 46th floor being poured, the hoist only traveled as far as the 37th floor. It gets extended gradually up the elevator core:
The crane climbs a few floors at a time too. Here's the base of one of the cranes:
The hole left for it has been filled after the crane rises:
So, next, we go to where this crane sticks out on top.
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yyzer
Senior Member
Another great update!
Regarding this pic....
It's hard to believe a view like this is even in Mississauga.....also.....whatever they pay these highrise workers - it's not enough.....holy vertigo....
Regarding this pic....
It's hard to believe a view like this is even in Mississauga.....also.....whatever they pay these highrise workers - it's not enough.....holy vertigo....
whatever
Senior Member
What a joke. I wish the Ministry of Labour was looking at these photos.
khris
Senior Member
Huh?