Starting to assembled the storm water chambers. Putting the end domes on each row, the one closest to the storm outlet has a pipe fitting on it. Took photos twice a few hours apart.
Finishing up site prep for project at corner of Woodland Grove and Arens. They started servicing that area back around Feb. Just a few more roads until Eastbrook is complete. Then that might be it for that area for several years. They were flattening an area just north of Arens along Anaquod, not sure if something is going in there or just for staging materials.
I rode through the GTH today. There was a pickup truck with a small geotech survey drilling rig in the parcel of land owned by Amazon at the corner of Rotary & Flemming. Maybe they hired an engineering firm to design the building that will go there. Quite a few double trailer semis dropping off canola at the Cargill plant.
Wind broke the breakaway bases for a 3 signs at the Grand Coulee roundabout. Installing the fuel tanks at the truck stop. Putting stacks of water chambers in the pit at the Costco (used the sensor crop 2x for that shot).
Now that I have a drone license I'll probably switch from the DJI Mini 5 to a DJI Air3s at some point for the 3x optical zoom camera and better wind tolerance. The zoom has 2 benefits, making stuff closer, but also compressing depth (stuff in the background looks bigger / closer). I don't use the 2x on the Mini 5 often as it frequently looks blurry. I think sometimes that might be due to a confusing UI on the controller. The controller has a zoom dial and it will show 2x for a range of zoom positions, I think you have to press the 2x button on the screen to get the special crop that is slightly different than the digital zoom.
I went out again this evening. I was going to get a panorama at Costco, but too much glare. Rosewood expansion might be starting soon, a bunch of survey spikes in the field and a construction fence between the school park and the field, so possibly a second entrance at Whelan.
Poured a 3rd floor at the LTC Tuesday and already finished most of the columns for the 4th floor and were pouring the stairwell walls leading up to the 4th floor today. A second pad since last week at the data centre site, and pile work started. The second pad is probably the first building, first pad might be parking and for staging materials (there is fabric under it which you wouldn't want if drilling a lot of piles). Good chance by next weekend there will be a 3rd pad opposite the second, they are currently building up that area with dirt.
I had taken series of images of the data center site by moving along the road assuming one of the two panorama programs I had could stitch them together but neither could. Just for the heck of it I asked ChatGPT to try and it mostly worked, but rejected the first image from the far left side.
This stormwater retention solution makes a lot of sense anywhere that parking is at a premium. This would be ideal for the retention area between the Cooperators Centre and the Fire Hall at the Real District/Pasqua Hospital.
This stormwater retention solution makes a lot of sense anywhere that parking is at a premium. This would be ideal for the retention area between the Cooperators Centre and the Fire Hall at the Real District/Pasqua Hospital.
How does that system work and is that under the parking lot?
This is nuts. What happened to the height detector/warning signs they used to employ for many overpasses? I get it that Highways/Bypass Partners do not care about the cost because the trucking companies' insurers pay, but what about safety and the massive traffic disruptions these incidents and repairs cause. This thing is definitely going to get hit again with all the inexperienced truckers and future robots out there.
This is nuts. What happened to the height detector/warning signs they used to employ for many overpasses? I get it that Highways/Bypass Partners do not care about the cost because the trucking companies' insurers pay, but what about safety and the massive traffic disruptions these incidents and repairs cause. This thing is definitely going to get hit again with all the inexperienced truckers and future robots out there.
You hit the nail on the head with the bolded text. Unless the contract specifically states that more money needs to be spent on making X things safer, then contract winners aren't going to spend money on doing it (as their only incentive is making money on the contract, and spending the minimum required to fulfill it). One disadvantage of a P3 award/contract.
You hit the nail on the head with the bolded text. Unless the contract specifically states that more money needs to be spent on making X things safer, then contract winners aren't going to spend money on doing it (as their only incentive is making money on the contract, and spending the minimum required to fulfill it). One disadvantage of a P3 award/contract.
Except the Cities and Ministry of Highways do the exact same thing.
You hit the nail on the head with the bolded text. Unless the contract specifically states that more money needs to be spent on making X things safer, then contract winners aren't going to spend money on doing it (as their only incentive is making money on the contract, and spending the minimum required to fulfill it). One disadvantage of a P3 award/contract.
There are plenty of non P3 bridges and overpasses getting hit by oversized loads. It's way past the time to fine the offending companies into oblivion.
I wonder if the repair is complicated by the type of trusses they used to build the bridge. Since they were brought in by truck, presumably pre-stressed reinforced concrete. I don't think I've seen a bridge impact before where they setup temporary supports with jacks like that. Once they start chipping away at damaged concrete they'll encounter rebar under tension.
Warm this evening, but the mosquitoes are getting bad, going to need repellent if stopping. Starting to cover the chambers with gravel. Working around a few piles in the pit, probably light pole bases that needed to be done before the detention area. A day or two more rebar work before the next slab pour out at the LTC.
The Costco building footprint barely fits in the camera view from 120m up, so the data centre buildings are somewhat smaller than a Costco in size. 3 pile rigs out there now. I wasn't expecting much progress since I was there Saturday morning, but they finished up that 3rd pad and are working on a 4th. The new one has fabric under it. I think the evening Sun helps with getting photos out there as it adds contrast to what is otherwise fairly flat.
I wonder if the repair is complicated by the type of trusses they used to build the bridge. Since they were brought in by truck, presumably pre-stressed reinforced concrete. I don't think I've seen a bridge impact before where they setup temporary supports with jacks like that. Once they start chipping away at damaged concrete they'll encounter rebar under tension.
Weirdly the supports are on the undamaged side. I believe the girders were brought in from an AB manufacturer. I actually thought they were steel initially because they are shaped like an I-beam.
Pretty windy this evening but I still managed to take some photos. Pile rig moved off the Costco pad and they continued excavation of the perimeter wall. One section has rebar in it. There are wood forms on the bottom of the perimeter wall resting on pieces of wood. I guess once the concrete is poured the wall will be resting on piles and they'll be able to pull the wood pieces and get the wood forms out. First section of water chambers covered in gravel and they started putting fabric on top and covering with dirt.
I noticed fire hydrants in Coopertown along the Rink Ave extension while I was out for a walk the other day. Starting to add pipes to the residential streets. Flying back to where I took off from the drone could only do 12 km/h into the wind.
I stopped by the north Albert bridge project since I hadn't been there in a while. It looks ready for steel trusses so I checked the project site and there are closures starting Thursday evening. Thursday night / Friday night for the eastbound side, and all weekend for the westbound side. [Crane was there Wednesday morning when I drove by]
Pipes, dirt, gravel and base material at the old Taylor Field site. Might aquatic centre related. Not seeing much change at the aquatic centre site since last photo 2 weeks ago, hauled away some asphalt and filled in a spot on the far end.
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