Winnipeg | Pembina @ Jubilee

[Rutlander]

Cambridge

[GEli]

Originally Posted by Biff

Strange construction method. The front 1/3 of the building is at the third floor, but the rest of the building has barely started.

Hydro has been taking their sweet time relocating the utility line that splits the property in two. Talking to the workers on site, this held up piling on half of the site so they've forged ahead with the section of the building that could progress before the line was relocated. Hydro is about 6 weeks into the 4 week relocation process. They're doing a lot of tunnelling and running conduit - I'm wondering if the currently above ground lines are moving below to cross Merriam.

I wonder what the impact will be from piling directly beside the freshly poured footing and cinder block walls.

[Rutlander]

Cambridge

[ColdRain&Snow]

Well it's slowly getting there. This building is going to seem small compared to the one across the street.

[bomberjet]

The building made from cinderblocks take forever it seems.

Marketlands thing took a while.

The building at Concordia and Molson has been U/C for over 2 years at least. Still not done.

[drew]

^ I don't understand the appeal of CMU construction - especially in this application (i.e. exterior walls facing the street). Steel frame/hollowcore/infill walls are way faster to build and way more straightforward to design structurally. CMU is kinda voodoo from a design standpoint.