[Dartmouth] King's Wharf (16 Kings Wharf Place) | 85 & 49 m | 27 & 15 fl | U/C - Page 54

FuzzyWuz · #**1061** Posted **Jun 13, 2012, 11:29 PM**

I noticed the other day a pile driver is again on the site.

Jstaleness · #**1062** Posted **Jun 14, 2012, 12:50 AM**

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Originally Posted by worldlyhaligonian

Stunning!

Halifax looks like its becoming an actual city, to the chagrin of the anti-development folks! Muhahahaha.

With Dartmouth's help, Halifax will become a real city.

Aya_Akai · #**1063** Posted **Jun 14, 2012, 12:52 AM**

They've got a mobile Irving crane set up on the road in front between the 2 buildings, my bets are they're probably going to be taking the crane down tomorrow, hopefully with the pile driver on site as well we'll see it go back up pretty soon!

RyeJay · #**1064** Posted **Jun 14, 2012, 3:16 AM**

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Originally Posted by Jstaleness

With Dartmouth's help, Halifax will become a real city.

Yes, a real city, under the banner of 'Halifax'.

Marcel_B · #**1065** Posted **Jun 21, 2012, 11:17 AM**

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Originally Posted by HaliStreaks

They've got a mobile Irving crane set up on the road in front between the 2 buildings, my bets are they're probably going to be taking the crane down tomorrow, hopefully with the pile driver on site as well we'll see it go back up pretty soon!

Drove by this morning and noticed the crane is down.

kph06 · #**1066** Posted **Jun 23, 2012, 7:25 PM**

It looks like site work is underway for the next two buildings, two crawler cranes are on site along with a few rock trucks and excavators. Photos by me:

q12 · #**1067** Posted **Jun 23, 2012, 7:50 PM**

I see King's Wharf is in the latest Nova Scotia Job's Here T.V. commercial (A.K.A. NDP ad campaign with Nova Scotian Taxpayer 's Dollars).

http://novascotia.ca/jobshere/

fenwick16 · #**1068** Posted **Jun 23, 2012, 8:11 PM**

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Originally Posted by kph06

It looks like site work is underway for the next two buildings, two crawler cranes are on site along with a few rock trucks and excavators. Photos by me:

The water-side perspective is fascinating. It appears as though these towers are built right on the water. Not many cities (big or small) have such developments (many cities don't have an ocean to build next to).

DigitalNinja · #**1069** Posted **Jun 23, 2012, 9:57 PM**

I love how these two buildings transition into one another, it just looks so good!

cormiermax · #**1070** Posted **Jun 23, 2012, 11:32 PM**

This may be the best development since Purdy's Wharf.

JustinMacD · #**1071** Posted **Jun 24, 2012, 12:26 PM**

Amazing pics! Still should've been higher though, it's hard to really notice these from across the water.

resetcbu1 · #**1072** Posted **Jun 24, 2012, 11:22 PM**

I wonder how those lower balconies will hold up in a similar storm to say, "Juan" ???

spaustin · #**1073** Posted **Jun 25, 2012, 4:12 AM**

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Originally Posted by resetcbu1

I wonder how those lower balconies will hold up in a similar storm to say, "Juan" ???

My hunch is not too badly given that they're on the back of the building facing into Dartmouth Cove. The water would have to rise an awful lot and the entire development creates a kind of breakwater for waves. That same unit on the other side facing the harbour might be a different story!

someone123 · #**1074** Posted **Jun 25, 2012, 5:31 AM**

As far as I know Juan didn't cause any direct structural damage to modern buildings in good condition. Most of the damage was from flooding related to storm swells, fallen trees, etc.

Jstaleness · #**1075** Posted **Jun 25, 2012, 7:55 PM**

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Originally Posted by resetcbu1

I wonder how those lower balconies will hold up in a similar storm to say, "Juan" ???

I don't think Juan caused swells much over 3 feet or so. On the back side of that building the water might rise by 3 feet but it wouldn't have much force behind it. King's Wharf should be fine.

JET · #**1076** Posted **Jun 26, 2012, 12:29 PM**

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Originally Posted by Jstaleness

I don't think Juan caused swells much over 3 feet or so. On the back side of that building the water might rise by 3 feet but it wouldn't have much force behind it. King's Wharf should be fine.

there was afair amount of damage on the Dartmouth waterfront, the boardwalk was torn up and a few railcars knocked over. A few lobters a fair distance from the water

Aya_Akai · #**1077** Posted **Jun 27, 2012, 4:29 AM**

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Originally Posted by JET

there was afair amount of damage on the Dartmouth waterfront, the boardwalk was torn up and a few railcars knocked over. A few lobters a fair distance from the water

Allow me to use my rather extensive knowledge from Juan I've put a lot of time researching to practical use lol. The damage was so extensive specifically along that section of the waterfront was solely from the fact the southeast wind from Juan was coming right up from the mouth of the harbour *directly* against the park/ferry terminal and that little cove where the railyard is, driving the waves from the surge, combined with an abnormally high tide that night, waaaay up the shore. I was at Lawrencetown an hour or so before Juan made landfall, and being in a spot where the wind comes right off the open ocean uninhibited really makes a difference for the wind-driven waves atop the surge. It was like that all up the eastern side of the harbour all the way from about Dartmouth Cove up to the passage, anywhere with a direct south-east facing orientation of the water got it bad. I know a couple of people up on shore road near Hartlen point in the passage who had seaweed on their doorsteps lol.

kph06 · #**1078** Posted **Jul 3, 2012, 7:32 PM**

Here are some I snapped yesterday:

FuzzyWuz · #**1079** Posted **Jul 9, 2012, 10:01 PM**

I see they have started driving piles again. Does that mean they have officially started the next building(s)?

hoser111 · #**1080** Posted **Jul 9, 2012, 10:47 PM**

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Originally Posted by FuzzyWuz

I see they have started driving piles again. Does that mean they have officially started the next building(s)?

I guess maybe...

Just for grins, I went back through this thread to compare with the 1st two buildings. The piles started going in around June 11th, 2010 with the first forms showing up about the end of July and the crane erected around August 20th of 2010. Extrapolating from that, we should see a crane back up there by mid-September +/-???