Cobalt Luxury Residences On King | 97.5 & 97.5m | 2 x 30 fl | Under Construction - Page 39

Berklon · #**761** Posted **Nov 11, 2020, 10:29 PM**

It looks around 60 feet to me - especially when you compare it to the height of the workers, material the ladder and machinery.

That's a big fucking hole.

ScreamingViking · #**762** Posted **Nov 12, 2020, 1:37 AM**

Quote:

Originally Posted by Berklon

That's a big fucking hole.

She's almost as large as the one at 71 Main W.

Chronamut · #**763** Posted **Nov 12, 2020, 4:39 PM**

Quote:

Originally Posted by Innsertnamehere

I'd love to be proven wrong but 60ft doesn't look right to me. Looks like 40ft personally.

I wonder if the City has quietly secured some public parking in the development. The original plans only had 2 levels of underground from what I remember.

Don't forget there is also that giant door opening to the newly renovated building next door below grade - they may also extend parking into there.

Boost the Hammer · #**764** Posted **Nov 17, 2020, 6:56 PM**

Looks like they are ready for the big pour on building 2, I was in the area when building 1 was poured. The foreman of the cement crew indicated the base would be 1080 TONS of cement, roughly 43 truck loads.

Build big, build often.

Chronamut · #**765** Posted **Nov 18, 2020, 5:27 PM**

New pics! Pardon the first one, it took on some light from the orange sign beside it..

coalminecanary · #**766** Posted **Nov 25, 2020, 3:19 AM**

Hole Update!
Any guesses as to when this will break grade?

johnnyhamont · #**767** Posted **Nov 25, 2020, 4:36 AM**

In a situation like this, how are three excavators removed from 4-5 levels below grade? Are they disassembled down there and brought up by the crane??

King&James · #**768** Posted **Nov 25, 2020, 4:55 AM**

Quote:

Originally Posted by johnnyhamont

In a situation like this, how are three excavators removed from 4-5 levels below grade? Are they disassembled down there and brought up by the crane??

Waiting for the parking ramps to be installed

Berklon · #**769** Posted **Nov 25, 2020, 2:34 PM**

Quote:

Originally Posted by johnnyhamont

In a situation like this, how are three excavators removed from 4-5 levels below grade? Are they disassembled down there and brought up by the crane??

They dig their way out.

Hawrylyshyn · #**770** Posted **Nov 25, 2020, 3:07 PM**

I think they're going to be the main exhibit of the underground museum that is dedicated to construction machinery which was part of the development plan

Innsertnamehere · #**771** Posted **Nov 25, 2020, 4:00 PM**

Quote:

Originally Posted by johnnyhamont

In a situation like this, how are three excavators removed from 4-5 levels below grade? Are they disassembled down there and brought up by the crane??

The crane lifts them out. My understanding is that they are generally light enough to be lifted out in one piece.

SteelTown · #**772** Posted **Nov 25, 2020, 4:40 PM**

Did they ever have a problem with the underground water/rivers? If not, maybe a subway isn't that impossible to build as some may think.

ScreamingViking · #**773** Posted **Nov 25, 2020, 4:46 PM**

Maybe they're Constructicons.

Scrapmetal

Innsertnamehere · #**774** Posted **Nov 25, 2020, 7:44 PM**

Quote:

Originally Posted by SteelTown

Did they ever have a problem with the underground water/rivers? If not, maybe a subway isn't that impossible to build as some may think.

My understanding is that is essentially the main reason they had such delays in construction. They had to drive all those piles to shore the building up as the ground is so soft.

Chronamut · #**775** Posted **Nov 26, 2020, 5:46 AM**

Quote:

Originally Posted by Innsertnamehere

My understanding is that is essentially the main reason they had such delays in construction. They had to drive all those piles to shore the building up as the ground is so soft.

well that's what you get for building a city on rivers lakes and marshes lol..

Dr Awesomesauce · #**776** Posted **Nov 26, 2020, 11:05 PM**

Nice shot of KW there...

lachlanholmes · #**777** Posted **Dec 10, 2020, 12:54 AM**

For some reason, it seems that the folks behind this project want to make it the hardest development to photograph in the city - I imagine to get decent pictures above the hoarding you'd need to use one of those extending selfie sticks - I might try that later this week to get some nicer pics. However, here are some sub-optimal night pics:

Chronamut · #**778** Posted **Dec 10, 2020, 3:12 AM**

Interesting choice of flooring they went with..

also it looks like they've partially covered up the entrance hole to the next building? Interesting..

or maybe that's just a bad angle.. hard to tell from the pics..

Innsertnamehere · #**779** Posted **Dec 10, 2020, 11:57 AM**

Quote:

Originally Posted by Chronamut

Interesting choice of flooring they went with..

also it looks like they've partially covered up the entrance hole to the next building? Interesting..

or maybe that's just a bad angle.. hard to tell from the pics..

Those are just the concrete forms lol. They will pour the slab then remove them and move them up to the next level and repeat.

itputsthelotionon · #**780** Posted **Dec 10, 2020, 3:30 PM**