D-W
Active Member
The tower floor-plate isn't small, it's quite substantial. I can't see more than a floor a week, perhaps a floor every 4 days on the lower levels. Also keep in mind we have another winter ahead, Yonge & Bloor is a wind tunnel which could cause further delays/exterior work stoppages on windy days plus the higher they go the longer it takes to lift the forms & materials up and down for each level along with moving cement up - and this will be a pretty tall building. I can't see this topping out anytime before June or July of 2015.
Very true, wind may be a big factor in the speed of this project. Concrete wise, there will be a concrete pump inside the elevator core, this will free up alot of crane time, as well as a self-climbing wall system to lift the walls for the elevator/stair core without need of the crane for the elevator wall forms.
The size of the tower is not small, but not overwhelmingly large either it is around 12,500 ft2 total footprint.
On a previous project, Shangri-La tower which was around 15,000 ft2 total footprint, we were able to achieve 3-day cycles with similar equipment (minus self climbing core), they split the floor into 3 sections, so one is pouring slab, while the next is pouring walls, and the other is preparing materials all on the same day and they rotate through those stages every day (but with this one I think they only got on average 1 floor per week after delays/wind).
I do agree though that my Mar. 2015 estimate may be a little early since there is many factors that can delay the construction. I wouldn't be amazed thought to see long days/weekend work to try and speed up construction on this site and have 6 day weeks. Time will tell.
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