Regina Construction IV

[cityboy]

Originally Posted by one_brick_at_a_time

What annoys me the most is zero enforcing of keeping the facade with braces until a new project is built with the facade being included the new build. This happens all across Toronto and should be the same practice in Regina.

Regina's version is we will get some plaque at the corner of the "Skuare" with some Tyndall stone incorporated into it.

[Stormer]

The remains of the McCallum Hill Building facade can be seen in the upper left



Old Court House:



I believe thee old City Hall lintel with "1906" on it sits in the City hall courtyard as well.

[gecho111]

I got my advanced drone license yesterday so I can use the high capacity batteries enabling flights up to around 45 minutes for longer timelapses.

[HomeInMyShoes]

Originally Posted by gecho111

I got my advanced drone license yesterday so I can use the high capacity batteries enabling flights up to around 45 minutes for longer timelapses.

Congratulations.

How hard was the licensing process for the various levels?

[cityboy]

Originally Posted by Stormer

The remains of the McCallum Hill Building facade can be seen in the upper left



Old Court House:



I believe thee old City Hall lintel with "1906" on it sits in the City hall courtyard as well.

Fair enough, and there are examples inside the Corrnwall Centre as well as an apartment building just off Sask Drive (can't remember where exactly). I would much rather see a full facade though where it looks as though the original building is still standing and there is a modern build behind it.

[The mayor]

Originally Posted by gecho111

I got my advanced drone license yesterday so I can use the high capacity batteries enabling flights up to around 45 minutes for longer timelapses.

So amazing we can’t wait for your next photos and videos you make a huge difference on this page thank you

[gecho111]

Originally Posted by HomeInMyShoes

Congratulations.

How hard was the licencing process for the various levels?

The license is only needed for drones 250g+ so most people buying small drones shouldn't need one. The only thing a basic licence gets you is the ability to fly a larger drone in uncontrolled airspace (ie: rural). To fly in / near cities an advanced licence is needed, so there isn't much point getting the basic one first.

The hardest part was the advanced exam, mostly because of the time limit and large number of aviation questions not directly related to drones. 50 multiple choice questions with a 60 minute time limit and min 80% to pass. You are allowed to use reference materials, google, etc but the time limit means you should have a good knowledge of the drone specific stuff so you can spend time on the obscure questions.

The test costs $10 to take, if you don't pass you have to wait 24 hours before you can take it again. After passing the advanced exam you get a basic certificate until you complete a flight review.

The flight review with Queen City Drone was quite relaxed. You prepare a site survey ahead of time. He explains the general process of preparing to fly in controlled airspace and checks to see you can actually take off, fly and land. The flying for the flight review is controlling the drone while looking at the drone, not flying by the camera view. So I did practice some of that before booking the review.

To keep the licence current you have to do a currency activity every 2 years, the easiest way to do that is to take the basic exam, there are a few other ways.

There are a bunch of study guides for the exams / flight reviews. I watched these ones and read some of the suggested publications. https://www.youtube.com/playlist?list=PLOooCCedWECXEsUVkoM9pNXttJhtV7sqo
Aeronautical Information Manual drone chapter: https://tc.canada.ca/sites/default/files/2025-03/aim-2025-1_rpa-e.pdf

For the flight review Appendix A of this document outlines what they are supposed to test you on (I've heard some reviewers test it all, QCD reviewer kept the review more practical). https://tc.canada.ca/sites/default/files/2020-11/TP_15395E-3rd-editon.pdf

Total cost if passing the exam on the first go is around $280. $10 for exam, $10 to register drone, $230 for flight review and $25 for advanced license.

[Stormer]

Originally Posted by cityboy

Fair enough, and there are examples inside the Corrnwall Centre as well as an apartment building just off Sask Drive (can't remember where exactly). I would much rather see a full facade though where it looks as though the original building is still standing and there is a modern build behind it.

I wasn't saying these are enough. In my view they are pretty half-assed, except maybe McCallum Hill.

The old BMO pillars are at St Basils Home on Montreal St and some of the Central Collegiate facade is on Usher.

St Basil's:
https://www.google.com/maps/@50.45158,-1..._ep=EgoyMDI2MDQxMy4wIKXMDSoASAFQAw%3D%3D

[pappcam]

Originally Posted by Stormer

I wasn't saying these are enough. In my view they are pretty half-assed, except maybe McCallum Hill.

The old BMO pillars are at St Basils Home on Montreal St and some of the Central Collegiate facade is on Usher.

St Basil's:
https://www.google.com/maps/@50.45158,-1..._ep=EgoyMDI2MDQxMy4wIKXMDSoASAFQAw%3D%3D

That's actually on Winston Knoll

https://www.google.com/maps/place/Winsto..._ep=EgoyMDI2MDQxMy4wIKXMDSoASAFQAw%3D%3D

[HomeInMyShoes]

Originally Posted by gecho111

The license is only needed for drones 250g+ so most people buying small drones shouldn't need one. The only thing a basic licence gets you is the ability to fly a larger drone in uncontrolled airspace (ie: rural). To fly in / near cities an advanced licence is needed, so there isn't much point getting the basic one first.

The hardest part was the advanced exam, mostly because of the time limit and large number of aviation questions not directly related to drones. 50 multiple choice questions with a 60 minute time limit and min 80% to pass. You are allowed to use reference materials, google, etc but the time limit means you should have a good knowledge of the drone specific stuff so you can spend time on the obscure questions.

The test costs $10 to take, if you don't pass you have to wait 24 hours before you can take it again. After passing the advanced exam you get a basic certificate until you complete a flight review.

The flight review with Queen City Drone was quite relaxed. You prepare a site survey ahead of time. He explains the general process of preparing to fly in controlled airspace and checks to see you can actually take off, fly and land. The flying for the flight review is controlling the drone while looking at the drone, not flying by the camera view. So I did practice some of that before booking the review.

To keep the licence current you have to do a currency activity every 2 years, the easiest way to do that is to take the basic exam, there are a few other ways.

There are a bunch of study guides for the exams / flight reviews. I watched these ones and read some of the suggested publications. https://www.youtube.com/playlist?list=PLOooCCedWECXEsUVkoM9pNXttJhtV7sqo
Aeronautical Information Manual drone chapter: https://tc.canada.ca/sites/default/files/2025-03/aim-2025-1_rpa-e.pdf

For the flight review Appendix A of this document outlines what they are supposed to test you on (I've heard some reviewers test it all, QCD reviewer kept the review more practical). https://tc.canada.ca/sites/default/files/2020-11/TP_15395E-3rd-editon.pdf

Total cost if passing the exam on the first go is around $280. $10 for exam, $10 to register drone, $230 for flight review and $25 for advanced license.

Thanks so much. I'm shocked at how many views your snow removal video got. It was super cool.

[Stormer]

Originally Posted by pappcam

That's actually on Winston Knoll

https://www.google.com/maps/place/Winsto..._ep=EgoyMDI2MDQxMy4wIKXMDSoASAFQAw%3D%3D

Right! I forgot Usher is long gone.

[pappcam]

Originally Posted by Stormer

Right! I forgot Usher is long gone.

Usher is now Laval

[gecho111]

The speakers corner drainage fix has the water pipe getting diverted down 19th Ave to Angus Blvd draining into the creek further away from Albert Street. https://www.regina.ca/transportation-roa...albert-street-and-19th-avenue-crossing-/

[Stormer]

Originally Posted by gecho111

The speakers corner drainage fix has the water pipe getting diverted down 19th Ave to Angus Blvd draining into the creek further away from Albert Street. https://www.regina.ca/transportation-roa...albert-street-and-19th-avenue-crossing-/

Also Installing a new 1200mm stormwater pipe through U of R College Ave Campus to the lake.

[gecho111]

The renewal for my flickr subscription is this weekend so out of curiosity I took a look to see how much I uploaded since last year. It doesn't show that number but I have 3100 photos tagged as taken with drones since the end of January last year.

[The mayor]

Originally Posted by gecho111

Got around to several places today. The drone is more stable after calibrating its inertial sensing unit, it had been drifting while hovering when bringing it down to land, also a little twitchy. The software has never prompted me to perform a calibration on any of the drones I've had. Apparently its good to do before the first flight or when flying over 100 km from the previous location (initial calibration was presumably in China).

The aquatic centre site plan in the zoning variance application was definitely wrong as it had the olympic pools on the east end. There was a sign up saying North Railway Street was closed, though I don't think it was yet. Work started directly south of Trinity Manor in Westerra, I guess that would be the Wasacase Blvd permits area.

North Albert Ring Road Bridge project lists March 27 to 29 and April 3 to 5 as the dates for the bridge demolition. Hoping for better weather than last year to get some videos. New drone has better low light performance so I might be able to get some decent night videos. It can also create videos from a series of long exposure photos, but those videos are short and very sped up, around 60x since you need 24 images per second of video with 1-3 seconds between photos.

https://www.flickr.com/photos/reginaconstruction/

Any activity at the pool the sod turning was almost a year ago

[gecho111]

Originally Posted by The mayor

Any activity at the pool the sod turning was almost a year ago

When I was by there last week they were doing some more digging. Didn't look too deep so it might just be additional contamination cleanup.

[gecho111]

I'm starting to clean up / replace videos I uploaded last year. I had just uploaded them straight from the drone. But I after the better part of a year I realized every photo / video needs either a little or a lot of adjustment. My previous drone in particular had dull colour by default without adjusting the saturation. One thing I'm noticing in a lot of them is that the colour temperature is wrong and needed to be shifted away from blue.

https://www.youtube.com/@gecho194

As a test I converted a few videos to vertical videos to upload as shorts, they get far more views than regular videos. https://www.youtube.com/@gecho194/shorts

Converting to vertical video you have to manually track the subject of interest to keep it in frame. I tried doing auto tracking with the video editor software, but it was easier to just manually do it. Just set key frames and the software will smoothly slide the framing side to side.

[905er]

great little clips of Regina's skyline! Its quite dense which I like. I wish there was somewhat of a landmark tower that eclipsed the height of the stubbier office towers. Nice overall

[The mayor]

https://www.cjme.com/2026/04/20/out-for-delivery-amazon-circles-reginas-industrial-sector/
Out for delivery: Amazon circles Regina’s industrial sector

By Geoff Smith
Apr 20, 2026 | 6:03 AM
The phrase, “next-day delivery” might be taking on a new meaning for those living in and around Regina.

Glen Hill, executive vice-president and partner at Colliers Regina, said Amazon is “just about ready to pull the trigger” on a new warehouse in Regina’s Global Transportation Hub.

Bell data centre “just the beginning”
The report stated that while the planned Bell Canada AI data centre in the Rural Municipality (RM) of Sherwood will have a limited near-term impact on industrial sales and leasing, it could be the beginning of a trend leading to more diversity in Regina’s market.

Hill believes it’s an excellent opportunity, pointing out that it’s an industry that tends to form clusters.

“And I think our marketplace is right – slowly, but some good land opportunities. The price of land is much cheaper than Calgary or Toronto or Vancouver. So, your initial input costs are, are limited or less than (those cities).”

He also said Interpro Pipe and Steel (formerly Evraz) is increasing production and the Co-op Refinery Complex is considering another expansion, both of which would be “outstanding” for the marketplace.

Hill also didn’t rule out two stalled canola crushing projects getting back on track.

“I know they’re still being discussed,” he said. “It’s a matter of what size they’re going to be. And I think any of that can only help the City of Regina and the surrounding area.

“The RM of Sherwood is quite involved and even the RM of Edenwold and Emerald Park. It can only benefit the greater area.”

Hill said in addition to Amazon, there are a couple of projects he’s not ready to discuss yet at the GTH but said there will be new activity at the hub.

And a new industrial park is planned in the RM of Sherwood northeast of Regina, at Inland Drive and Winnipeg Street, bringing more land into the industrial market.

As for within city limits, Hill said redevelopment of some existing sites will benefit Regina.

One example is the old General Motors Canada plant at Winnipeg Street and 8th Avenue, which Hill said the city is close to securing an agreement on for a master plan.

Bell data centre “just the beginning”
The report stated that while the planned Bell Canada AI data centre in the Rural Municipality (RM) of Sherwood will have a limited near-term impact on industrial sales and leasing, it could be the beginning of a trend leading to more diversity in Regina’s market.

Hill believes it’s an excellent opportunity, pointing out that it’s an industry that tends to form clusters.

“And I think our marketplace is right – slowly, but some good land opportunities. The price of land is much cheaper than Calgary or Toronto or Vancouver. So, your initial input costs are, are limited or less than (those cities).”

He also said Interpro Pipe and Steel (formerly Evraz) is increasing production and the Co-op Refinery Complex is considering another expansion, both of which would be “outstanding” for the marketplace.

Hill also didn’t rule out two stalled canola crushing projects getting back on track.

“I know they’re still being discussed,” he said. “It’s a matter of what size they’re going to be. And I think any of that can only help the City of Regina and the surrounding area.

“The RM of Sherwood is quite involved and even the RM of Edenwold and Emerald Park. It can only benefit the greater area.”

Hill said in addition to Amazon, there are a couple of projects he’s not ready to discuss yet at the GTH but said there will be new activity at the hub.

And a new industrial park is planned in the RM of Sherwood northeast of Regina, at Inland Drive and Winnipeg Street, bringing more land into the industrial market.

As for within city limits, Hill said redevelopment of some existing sites will benefit Regina.

One example is the old General Motors Canada plant at Winnipeg Street and 8th Avenue, which Hill said the city is close to securing an agreement on for a master plan.
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