Jeff Morgan
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Has anybody been by the site lately? I'm just curious if they are at ground level yet.
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ADRM
Senior Member
Incredible edit work on the last one!
Good to see the forms beginning to rise above ground level, and yup, the glassiness of the half-frozen slip, and the delicate light in that second photo are just gorgeous!
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Jeff Morgan
Active Member
It’s a shame that they put up the plywood so one can’t see more. Why do construction sites do this?
Simply to protect people, stop debris from getting beyond the worksite during construction. Now that they are rising into the air, I'd be surprised if the walls don't get more robust even.
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Tuscani01
Senior Member
Because its the law to ensure a safe worksite:
363-15
General requirements
Every fence required by this article shall:
A. Be erected at the perimeter of the site to fully enclose the site.
B. Be built to deter entry by unauthorized persons or vehicles.
C. Have no rails, other horizontal or diagonal bracing, attachments or pattern of openings on the outside that would facilitate climbing.
D. Contain no opening more than 150 millimetres wide or less than 900 millimetres above the bottom of the fence except where required for access to and from the site.
E. At any access opening, be equipped with gates that shall:
(1) Contain wire mesh or similar material sufficient to provide visibility for traffic entering or exiting the site;
(2) Be built to specifications that provide performance and safety at least equivalent to the fence; and
(3) Deter entry by unauthorized persons;
363-17
Fence construction standards.
A fence required by §363-14 shall be built to the following minimum standards:
A.If erected between an excavation and a public sidewalk or lane that is within 3.0 metres of the excavation, the fence shall be built of wood.
B. If built of wood, the outside face shall be smooth exterior grade plywood or wafer board 12.5 millimetres thick that is close-boarded, securely nailed or screwed to 89 millimetre by 89 millimetre vertical posts spaced at 2.4 metre centres and embedded sufficiently deep into the ground to provide a rigid support, and securely nailed or screwed to 39 millimetre by 89 millimetre horizontal rails secured to the vertical posts at the top, bottom and intermediate locations at 600 millimetre centres.
C. If built with plastic mesh, the fencing shall be fastened securely at 200 millimetre centres to steel T or 50 millimetre wide U posts, spaced at not more than 1.2 metre centres and embedded at least 600 millimetres into the ground, with the top and bottom of the plastic mesh secured horizontally by an 11-gauge lacing cable threaded through the mesh and looped and fastened to each post.
D. If built with chain link, the mesh shall have openings no larger than 50 millimetres and shall be fastened securely both to vertical steel posts, spaced at not more than 2.4 metre centres and embedded at least 600 millimetres into the ground, and to top and bottom horizontal steel rails or 9-gauge steel wire.
E. Any hoarding, canopy or similar protective barrier required under provincial law may form part of the fence.
F. The fence may be a combination of the fence types specified in this article or may be built of other materials if the fence can be shown to provide performance and safety equivalent to fence types specified and the Chief Building Official authorizes its use.
Jeff Morgan
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drum118
Superstar
Jan 19
Jeff Morgan
Active Member
drum118
Superstar
Almost every project that I shoot these days has a album for them, including this one. They don't always match Urban Toronto naming.
ADRM
Senior Member
Jeff Morgan
Active Member
Very nice. It seems to be moving faster now that it is above ground. Is this common or is it just my imagination?
So far, it's your imagination mostly. Lower above-ground floors are unique, and forms must be built individually for them. Real speed is only really achieved once they get to the floors where they can reuse the forms that they used to create the walls of the floor below, sliding them out and "flying them up" via crane.
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Koops65
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My pic from Saturday:
