[peter.d]

Boys and their toys!

 

[tstormers]

From today June 11th

 

[AHK]

June 24 - Shoring work continues - both north and south sides of King Street:

 

[Frankietls]

June 24 - Shoring work continues - both north and south sides of King Street:

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Your view in a few months:

Note: the structure on the North side is made transparent for presentation purpose.

 

[reinventingthewheel]

Your view in a few months:
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Note: the structure on the North side is made transparent for presentation purpose.

Any idea why it is being enclosed? Residential proximity?

 

[innsertnamehere]

Probably to help with noise and also helps with worker comfort and productivity being away from the elements.

 

[Frankietls]

Any idea why it is being enclosed? Residential proximity?

Mostly for dust cover and weather proof the site during winter. Since the South shaft will have TOC built on top, the North shaft will be the main access point and ventilation for all underground works, worker will go up and down by elevator (like a coal mine).
Plus it's needed as support for overhead cranes to lift excavation dumpster from underground to the surface, trucks will go in on King, receive the dumpster from crane, go out on Bathurst.

 

[AnnetteMeetsJane]

Are they planning to do the same at Queen-Spadina?

 

[Frankietls]

Are they panning to do the same at Queen-Spadina?

It's similar in a way that the North shaft will also be the access to underground works. However because of the heritage façade being kept in place they can't erect the same enclosed structure. It'll be open air and mobile crane to be used instead of overhead crane.
This is not confirmed but I believe noise and dust control requirement at Queen-Spadina is less restrictive than here which is also an factor.

 

[AHK]

June 27 - mid afternoon: A rebar nest column being lifted and inserted into one of the pile holes on the south side of King Street. It's long....

On its way down:

 

[fanoftoronto]

June 27 - mid afternoon: A rebar nest column being lifted and inserted into one of the pile holes on the south side of King Street. It's long....

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On its way down:

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35m long most likely! Has to be to make it to the tunnel depth!

 

[AHK]

July 2: South side of King Street.

Rebar nests for caissons being delivered- according to an OTG staffer, 24 metres long

North side of King Street:

King Street frontage:

North property line:

 

[UtakataNoAnnex]

July 2: South side of King Street.

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Rebar nests for caissons being delivered- according to an OTG staffer, 24 metres long

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I presume they didn't transport those down the 401 like that...

 

[ProjectEnd]

I presume they didn't transport those down the 401 like that...

No reason they couldn't have if it was tied down safely. The Davenport Diamond has similar cages, but those were tied up on site and lifted in directly. All depends on what kind of site you're working with.

 

[innsertnamehere]

getting that truck into downtown must have been a job and a half.

I've seen far larger loads than that on 400-series highways over the years, including TTC Subway trains on flatbeds coming down from Thunder Bay.