[AlvinofDiaspar]

That corner entrance looks out of place and the canopy design is rather dated.

AoD

 

[AlbertC]

Yeah, the sum of its parts doesn't jive too well here. Shame that the encore to what was a very successful first phase, now looks more like it belongs in downtown Waterloo.

 

[bkden]

Updated renders for the project pulled from Allied's May 2020 Investor Presentation on their website. What a difference decent renderings can make.

 

[smably]

Even in that render, something feels off about that glassy corner... thing.

 

[ProjectEnd]

Wow. Looks much better. Looks like Norm Li's work (?).

 

[bilked]

Scene from the laneway:

 

[Midtown Urbanist]

Higher quality render

 

[Yegger]

looks too much like a facadectomy to me, likely due to the way the glass breaks up the brick building at the corner.

 

[ProjectEnd]

Here we go!

 

[AHK]

Eastern Construction is the General Contractor for QRC Phase 2 - they are mobilized and on-site. First photo shows the area behind the existing buildings - site preparation activities are underway, with utility relocations and clearances being done. Gutting of the existing building has also started, working from access on the rear laneway.

 

[AlbertC]

Oct 17, 2020

 

[ChesterCopperpot]

Eastern Construction is the General Contractor for QRC Phase 2 - they are mobilized and on-site. First photo shows the area behind the existing buildings - site preparation activities are underway, with utility relocations and clearances being done. Gutting of the existing building has also started, working from access on the rear laneway.

Not to be pedantic - but they are the Construction Manager for the project - not the GC. They performed the same role For Phase 1.

 

[AHK]

Not to be pedantic - but they are the Construction Manager for the project - not the GC. They performed the same role For Phase 1.

Thanks for the clarification. As a Construction Manager, would Eastern be in a project management and advisory role to the client, Allied, as opposed to having overall responsibility for the construction on a stipulated sum basis, while all the contractual agreements for the suppliers and trades be with Allied itself, as opposed to Eastern? What would the major differences be between the construction manager compared to the general contractor roles?

Meanwhile - a couple of photos of the ongoing site preparations.

 

[bkden]

Thanks for the clarification. As a Construction Manager, would Eastern be in a project management and advisory role to the client, Allied, as opposed to having overall responsibility for the construction on a stipulated sum basis, while all the contractual agreements for the suppliers and trades be with Allied itself, as opposed to Eastern? What would the major differences be between the construction manager compared to the general contractor roles?

Meanwhile - a couple of photos of the ongoing site preparations.


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Typically for "larger" development projects such as this, the CM is hired by the client, Allied, and takes on the project management and "GC" role. Typically Eastern would hold the large contracts with the various subtrades.

Also, being the "GC" or CM does not mean theyre contracted on a stipulated sum basis. There are various construction contracts that would be available for such projects that lay out the price structure/responsibilities/etc (CCDC 5B, CCDC 2 - which is the stip. price contract you mentioned). It's all dependent on the contract signed between the owner and GC/CM

 

[ProjectEnd]

Demo commencing: