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Old Posted Mar 18, 2009, 3:58 AM
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Originally Posted by Mille Sabords View Post
Dado, thanks for the explanation. I admit I haven't followed this at all. I agree with everything you said.
You're welcome and thank you.

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Can you explain the Algonquin cave-in? I haven't followed this one that closely either (in detail I mean - I know about the big station project there).
I made a post in the Algonquin College thread:

http://forum.skyscraperpage.com/showthread.php?p=4146094#post4146094

... but you should really read the entire thing as Richard knows quite a bit about it as well and has posted a lot in there. The short version is that we went from an at-grade station that was on the high cost side as at-grade stations go (which is fine, as it is supposed to be a signature station) to a very expensive tunnelized monster station, with, and you'll love this, grass on top of it in a parkish setting [everyone else: that blood-curdling sound you just heard was Mille Saborbs momentarily losing his voice].
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