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Winnipeg Grump · #**7661** Posted **Jun 14, 2024, 7:36 PM**

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Originally Posted by bomberjet

Just spit balling here.

Maybe it is oil and they're pushing it to the granular material to sop it up. That's the standard procedure, except typically you'd cover it on the concrete and scoop it up.

Yeah, that's what I would've thought - spread sand over it and then remove the sand after, not use push brooms to push it off the slab so it can soak into the water table, but what do I know?

Took a walk around - not a single sign of the companies involved, just '24-hour CCTV monitoring'.

bomberjet · #**7662** Posted **Jun 14, 2024, 8:28 PM**

The company that used to be on the banners was something like 'top notch hotel builders' IIRC. I think it may have been an arm of Northlands possibly.

drew · #**7663** Posted **Jun 14, 2024, 8:44 PM**

I wonder what spilled there. Maybe hydraulic fluid? There is a lot of it.

Can't be good for the concrete either.

cllew · #**7664** Posted **Jun 14, 2024, 8:59 PM**

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Originally Posted by bomberjet

The company that used to be on the banners was something like 'top notch hotel builders' IIRC. I think it may have been an arm of Northlands possibly.

Just checked Google street view, and the banner say Top Hotel Builders so you were close. When I search that it directs to Northland Properties which shows the Sutton Project at the top of its projects page.

cllew · #**7665** Posted **Jun 14, 2024, 9:01 PM**

I wonder if its an environmentally friendly type of oil? If so its not as urgent to remedy as the normal petroleum based oil.

WinCitySparky · #**7666** Posted **Jun 14, 2024, 9:59 PM**

There is no environmentally friendly oil really, it’s just likely bureaucratic underfunding/disarray/incompetence that is probably the reason there is no urgency to respond to it.

primetimey · #**7667** Posted **Jun 16, 2024, 11:39 PM**

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Originally Posted by FactaNV

Hydraulic fluid from the crane maybe? I can't see why there would be motor oil. Either way, gonna nice extra 6 month delay when province orders them to remediate and fines Northland lol. These guys are such fucking clowns it's unbelievable.

It's funny how much posters here hate Northland when they are a massively successful business.

FactaNV · #**7668** Posted **Jun 17, 2024, 12:00 AM**

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Originally Posted by primetimey

It's funny how much posters here hate Northland when they are a massively successful business.

They're poor decisions have been an eyesore for a half decade. Not much to like.

WinCitySparky · #**7669** Posted **Jun 17, 2024, 12:11 AM**

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Originally Posted by primetimey

It's funny how much posters here hate Northland when they are a massively successful business.

Successful and shitty can often go hand in hand unfortunately.

Winnipeg Grump · #**7670** Posted **Jun 17, 2024, 3:32 PM**

Dropping concrete into the north stairwell.

drew · #**7671** Posted **Jun 17, 2024, 3:34 PM**

^ they have to plug up that oil gusher they uncovered last week...

Winnipeg Hillbillies?

Winnipeg Grump · #**7672** Posted **Jun 17, 2024, 3:36 PM**

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Originally Posted by drew

^ they have to plug up that oil gusher they uncovered last week...

Winnipeg Hillbillies?

optimusREIM · #**7673** Posted **Jun 17, 2024, 3:37 PM**

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Originally Posted by drew

^ they have to plug up that oil gusher they uncovered last week...

Winnipeg Hillbillies?

Cap the well!

Wonder if this is a sign things are about to ramp right up? I guess we will see. The real indicator would be if the north crane were to be reassembled.

zalf · #**7674** Posted **Jun 17, 2024, 10:08 PM**

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Winnipeg Grump · #**7675** Posted **Jun 19, 2024, 1:30 PM**

Caught this on the way in to the office this morning.
Looks like they are going with a single tower.

Took a quick search on the city's site but couldn't find the details; maybe someone with some spare time can track them down.

dmacc · #**7676** Posted **Jun 19, 2024, 1:44 PM**

The picture shows it at about the same height of the other towers but I counted 28 floors. Its hard to tell from that picture though.

FactaNV · #**7677** Posted **Jun 19, 2024, 1:48 PM**

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Originally Posted by Winnipeg Grump

Caught this on the way in to the office this morning.
Looks like they are going with a single tower.

Took a quick search on the city's site but couldn't find the details; maybe someone with some spare time can track them down.

Certainly looks scaled down to me. What a shame.

stjoesaints1981 · #**7678** Posted **Jun 19, 2024, 2:08 PM**

Oh well better then nothing I suppose

It guess TN didn't think the long term residence was worth keeping

Unbending · #**7679** Posted **Jun 19, 2024, 2:15 PM**

I wonder why they veered away from a glass tower. The other three towers are predominantly glass, giving TNS a cohesive look. Is it a cost savings measure?

pspeid · #**7680** Posted **Jun 19, 2024, 2:29 PM**

I think one of the original proposals included a residential tower. Maybe they're going with just the hotel now?

Oh well, at least the project will get finished. There'll be another hotel in the area and we'll have a tower about the same height as the Wawanesa building to look at.