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mind_the_gap
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Johnny Au
Senior Member
Just like College Station still having the hockey murals despite the Leafs playing at the nearby Maple Leaf Gardens for 15 years between the original installation of the murals in 1984 and the Leafs moving to the Air Canada Centre (later renamed Scotiabank Arena); the Leafs played at the Maple Leaf Gardens from 1931 to 1999.
sacred
Active Member
I hadn’t seen that. By far my favourite looking station on the entire network now!Regardless of what Science Centre station will be renamed to, ”Total Lunar Eclipse” by Sarah Morris will (thankfully) always reflect its’ original location.
I absolutely love the ”molecular” nature…
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The Ontario Science Centre will always live on through her pieces.
cplchanb
Senior Member
Maintaining these tiles in the future will be an absolute bitch since the only real way is to scaffold or get a scissor lift from the track itself unless somehow the crossbeams holding up the wire is structurally rated for that..
so expect weekend closures for maintenance in 10 years time?? lol
sacred
Active Member
Bold of you to assume we’re doing any station maintenance…Maintaining these tiles in the future will be an absolute bitch since the only real way is to scaffold or get a scissor lift from the track itself unless somehow the crossbeams holding up the wire is structurally rated for that..
so expect weekend closures for maintenance in 10 years time?? lol
turini2
Active Member
My post from October 2021... at least some trains have run, but construction isn't finished yet...
Gosh. At this rate, 2025 opening could be possible unless someone takes the project by the horns!
hw621
Senior Member
someone needs to go to jail for this!
W. K. Lis
Superstar
The Premier will find a way out for his cronies.
nfitz
Superstar
The Eglinton PPP was awarded to Crosslinx by Minister Del Duca. So maybe not.
cplchanb
Senior Member
we all know
honestly if done right PPP isnt bad. its just that the terms of contract have no incentive to finish on time and on budget. if it was a fixed price contract there would be far less chances of milking the project and a stronger push to do things quicker/better.
WillTo
Senior Member
Ontario Newsroom
news.ontario.ca
I thought it was fixed price, but when Crosslinx realized they were gonna lose money they sued and settled with Metrolinx.
alexb
Active Member
Have you read the contract? What you're describing is simply not true.
cplchanb
Senior Member
thats another problem with bidders. knowing that 99% of the time the lowest bid wins they intentionally undercut the price and pray that they can value engineer the differences away.Ontario Newsroom
I thought it was fixed price, but when Crosslinx realized they were gonna lose money they sued and settled with Metrolinx.
however lo a behold 2020-22 came and they totally lost out...also the eglinton underpinning surprises didnt help.
thats why usually the better bidders lose out because they are more realistic with their pricing. id wager that had they gone with the higher bid the extras compared to crosslinx wouldve been far fewer.