Edmonton Construction 9 (2008-08) - Page 490

Coldrsx · #**9781** Posted **Dec 31, 2009, 5:57 AM**

^if that is what the kids are calling it these days...

bulliver · #**9782** Posted **Dec 31, 2009, 7:43 AM**

OT, but cool. My buddy sahlgoode caght them testing the lighting for tomorrow night...

sahlgoode, flickr

S_B_Russell · #**9783** Posted **Dec 31, 2009, 11:26 AM**

^ Looks pretty rad!

Jasper and one o nin · #**9784** Posted **Dec 31, 2009, 4:25 PM**

nice!

rapid_business · #**9785** Posted **Dec 31, 2009, 4:29 PM**

Any idea if there is lighting on any more of the 'swells'?

CMD UW · #**9786** Posted **Dec 31, 2009, 4:34 PM**

Time to put boots on downtown streets
A corner has been turned on a decade's efforts to revitalize Edmonton's core

By Paula SimonsDecember 31, 2009 6:24 AM

Ten years ago, Edmonton's downtown was in pretty grim shape. Jasper Avenue was pockmarked with empty storefronts and derelict buildings. The flagship Hudson Bay store sat abandoned, while the seedy Cecil Hotel made the corner of 104th Street and Jasper an unwelcoming menace, and kept 104th a welter of empty lots. The Edmonton Art Gallery on Churchill Square was in such dire shape, the staff had to put out plastic buckets to catch the water drips.

http://www.edmontonjournal.com/travel/Time+boots+downtown+streets/2394932/story.html

Edmonton -- a decade of change

By Gordon Kent, Edmonton JournalDecember 31, 2009 6:23 AM

SIX THINGS THAT ARE GONE

- Arlington Apartments: Once home to Edmonton's elite, the 1909-era downtown structure fell victim to fire in 2005 and was finally torn down in 2008.

- Central Pentecostal Tabernacle: The eye-catching church and pyramid, designed by award-winning Edmonton architect Peter Hemingway, was demolished in 2007 for a condo project that still hasn't been built.

- Lessard House: The 93-year-old brick Oliver home with turrets overlooking the river valley made way for an apartment tower in 2006.

- Rathole: Motorists on 109th Street travelled through this narrow, flood-prone tunnel under the downtown rail yards for more than 70 years until it was replaced in 2000 with the 104th Avenue intersection.

- Trolleys: City council voted to save money by eliminating the 70-year-old trolley system, switching off the power for the final time last May.

- Cloverbar landfill: Edmonton's first engineered garbage disposal site was expected to be full in about 15 years when it opened in 1975, but helped by recycling and other capacity-enhancing programs the site kept operating until finally reaching its limit last summer.

http://www.edmontonjournal.com/sports/Edmonton+decade+change/2394948/story.html

Kevin_foster · #**9787** Posted **Dec 31, 2009, 5:10 PM**

^ it's hard to believe the rathole was replaced in 2000... it seems way longer than that!!

Coldrsx · #**9788** Posted **Dec 31, 2009, 6:03 PM**

2 interesting articles... and expect more tomorrow and keep an eye out for the ones on Jan 2

Jasper and one o nin · #**9789** Posted **Dec 31, 2009, 6:38 PM**

uh-oh - cold's winking. The last time he did that, he ended up on TV

Jasper and one o nin · #**9790** Posted **Dec 31, 2009, 6:40 PM**

Happy New Year to all!
Good luck to everyone in the New Year.
CHEERS!!!!!!!!

Coldrsx · #**9791** Posted **Dec 31, 2009, 6:53 PM**

Quote:

Originally Posted by Jasper and one o nin

uh-oh - cold's winking. The last time he did that, he ended up on TV

touches nose

Wishing everyone a happy New Year's tonight.

I will be bundled up in Churchill.

Shodan · #**9792** Posted **Dec 31, 2009, 7:13 PM**

Jingle all the way.....

Carillon bells may return to Alberta legislature

Last Updated: Thursday, December 31, 2009 | 11:57 AM MT
CBC News

Bob de Frece, Alberta's last provincial carillonneur, poses by the long-neglected controls for the carillon bells at the legislature. Bob de Frece, Alberta's last provincial carillonneur, poses by the long-neglected controls for the carillon bells at the legislature. (Lydia Neufeld/CBC)There is a chance the sound of carillon bells could once again be heard on the grounds of the Alberta legislature...

http://www.cbc.ca/canada/edmonton/story/2009/12/31/edmonton-carillion-bells-legislature.html

Happy New Year everyone!

Airboy · #**9793** Posted **Dec 31, 2009, 7:51 PM**

Quote:

Originally Posted by cdnklc

although i'm sorry to hear you might not be getting the work, the invitation list would have been prequalified (glad to hear you were on it and your being on it should say something). we do have a pretty good group of consultants and quality control procedures in place (not the least of which is relying on construction management rather than fixed pricing so there is no "disincentive" to deliver quality from the perspective of a gc's bottom line). i know it hurts to lose work that you want but quality is as important as price. assuming that quality is going to be provided however, price by necessity will become the final deciding factor once that quality has been assured. and for what it's worth, there have been some contracts awarded at more than the lowest price/option put forward to ensure minimum acceptable quality standards would be met and not compromised (sometimes with the low tender provider, sometimes not). the project is being developed for our own portfolio so long term quality and performance in many areas is more important than just the initial cost.

I wish more owners felt the same way.

Coldrsx · #**9794** Posted **Dec 31, 2009, 11:07 PM**

Just a reminder...

http://www.winterlight.ca/

S_B_Russell · #**9795** Posted **Jan 1, 2010, 3:38 AM**

Happy New Year from Berlin, suckers!

CMD UW · #**9796** Posted **Jan 1, 2010, 4:25 AM**

Happy New Years Everyone!

scumtoes · #**9797** Posted **Jan 1, 2010, 4:49 AM**

Happy New Year from Perth. I want more pics of the SLRT and downtown construction!!

danby · #**9798** Posted **Jan 1, 2010, 5:18 PM**

Happy 2010!!

What projects can we expect to break ground or be annonced in 2010???

rapid_business · #**9799** Posted **Jan 1, 2010, 6:37 PM**

Quote:

Originally Posted by scumtoes

Happy New Year from Perth. I want more pics of the SLRT and downtown construction!!

Happy New Years from Oahu....lol. I think we were some of the last people on earth to celebrate it.

ue · #**9800** Posted **Jan 1, 2010, 9:43 PM**

Quote:

Originally Posted by danby

Happy 2010!!

What projects can we expect to break ground or be annonced in 2010???

-NLRT?

-Mayfair Village

-Ironwood/the Metro?

-Azur/e parkade&retail

-Begin redevelopment of Jasper Avenue around Central Station (maybe 2011 instead?)

Announced...

-Arena design competition with renders of people's different proposals

-A condominium or two in West Oliver

-New proposal on Urbia (102/104 St NW)

-Redevelopment of urban park in front of Hotel MacDonald

-Street scape enhancements of Jasper Ave in the Quarters including new parking meters, new trees, sidewalk, pavement

-A small condo in the Warehouse District on 102 or Jasper Av

realistic?