[Riseth]

This was visible (albeit barely) from the DVP this morning. Progress is being made here.

 

[Benito]

I was off getting married and on my honeymoon! Gonna blow the dust off my diagrams and get something out this week

A big congratulations to you.

 

[Koops65]

Since we've compared this project to the Empire State Building and Great Pyramids of Egypt...perhaps we should compare this to the Eiffel Tower or it's Tokyo equivalents as well. And whatever else we can think of that was built tall through the ages. I mean all these where built the same way, right? /s

Regarding the pyramids, nobody is sure exactly how they were built...

 

[Benito]

Today.

 

[Adeadlyspoon]

Almost 1000 pages and it’s almost been 12 years that’s a lot of dedication.

 

[Riseth]

Almost 1000 pages and it’s almost been 12 years that’s a lot of dedication.

We probably got well over 1000 more to go...

 

[interchange42]

Almost 1000 pages and it’s almost been 12 years that’s a lot of dedication.

Ehhh, it's been worth it, don't yah think?

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[Nateallen84]

Impressive how quickly this building is going up. Much faster than One Yonge.

 

[whatever]

I know I asked a GC on a site in the Yorkville area what the daily complement was and I was told 14. (building was below-grade, but rising at the time); that was the forming crew + crane operator and didn't include drivers of the cement trucks.

I did ask if was ever more; and he said yes, but they had peaked at under-30 at one time, at that point.

The GC may have been talking about  his complement (labourers and swampers), or just the forming (form guys, rodmen, concrete, finishers)

Depending on the job it's nothing for me to run 15-20 guys just for the cladding. You're definitely not putting up a tower with 30 guys. Between the structure, electrical, plumbing, sprinklers, HVAC, windows, elevators, drywall... And every trade is going to have at least a dozen guys

 

[Northern Light]

The GC may have been talking about  his complement (labourers and swampers), or just the forming (form guys, rodmen, concrete, finishers)

Entirely possible, I agree.

Depending on the job it's nothing for me to run 15-20 guys just for the cladding. You're definitely not putting up a tower with 30 guys. Between the structure, electrical, plumbing, sprinklers, HVAC, windows, elevators, drywall... And every trade is going to have at least a dozen guys

Obviously, for the below-grade building I was discussing, windows/cladding would not have been on site yet. I assume some of others would have been, but no idea. I assume (but you would know better) that peak traffic on-site is somewhere closer to fit up, at least a few levels above grade.

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At any rate, suffice to say, the 3,000 on-site at ESB is in a different league from what we see today!

 

[vinny_the_hack]

We probably got well over 1000 more to go...

Pages or years?

 

[Riseth]

Pages or years?

I certainly hope it's pages! I want to see this beauty complete in my lifetime.

 

[rdaner]

Wasn’t the ESB a government project thus commanding a lot of resources not normally available?

 

[skycandy]

Variations on a theme…

A little later …

Textures on the NW corner…

The view from Eataly…

My rating on this project (out of four)…

 

[fanoftoronto]

Variations on a theme…

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Oh gaawwd. Now I'm gonna see 4 at all hangar sections!

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Now how do I mirror this?