Winnipeg | CentrePoint | Alt/Glasshouse | 20F | 21F | 72.5M | 70M | Completed - Page 10

1ajs · #**181** Posted **Jan 18, 2013, 9:44 AM**

they are prolly waiting for it to warm up as its kinda cold out to be pooring cement

Biff · #**182** Posted **Jan 18, 2013, 2:23 PM**

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they are prolly waiting for it to warm up as its kinda cold out to be pooring cement

They are waiting for the final subcontracts to be signed. Big projects don't wait for the weather to start pouring concrete. A lot of the base structure for the podium is precast panels anyway.

Bluenote · #**183** Posted **Jan 18, 2013, 5:06 PM**

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They are waiting for the final subcontracts to be signed. Big projects don't wait for the weather to start pouring concrete. A lot of the base structure for the podium is precast panels anyway.

Thing is, and we all should take note, the foundation is in, and it has risen a tad, so it is not like it was when they had to do all the demo, and then get the , and I imagine pretty tough foundation in due to our region. But like you said, everything else is pretty much made in a warehouse and then trucked in and slapped together, you only have to look at how New Yorks Park Avenue tower is going up, took a long time for the foundation, but now it is basically rising a floor per day as it is all precast. Minus the central core which is poured on site.

But give it a few weeks till it warms up ( it may ) as febuary is an odd month and I am sure all these towers will bounce back to life.

JamieDavid Exchange · #**184** Posted **Jan 28, 2013, 10:05 PM**

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cllew · #**185** Posted **Jan 29, 2013, 5:05 AM**

Does anybody know if Litz charges rent for the crane when it is just sitting there doing nothing, or do they charge only for the hours they have an operating engineer running it?

Or would it be a combination of rent to have it on site then charge for the hours used?

1ajs · #**186** Posted **Jan 29, 2013, 5:56 AM**

i would think its per month plus operator

prairieguy · #**187** Posted **Jan 29, 2013, 6:33 PM**

There had been rumour of Alt hotels in both Regina and Saskatoon (ads appeared in respective papers). Anxiously watching the development in Winnipeg.

Looks like you guys have lots of construction action happening in your city and I am sure having NHL back is great for your downtown core!!

Bluenote · #**188** Posted **Jan 29, 2013, 7:58 PM**

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There had been rumour of Alt hotels in both Regina and Saskatoon (ads appeared in respective papers). Anxiously watching the development in Winnipeg.

Looks like you guys have lots of construction action happening in your city and I am sure having NHL back is great for your downtown core!!

Correct about the ALTS, I also saw in the East, as in NOT the GTA usual spot, but some other small cities were proposed. I am going to assume they are going to test our market, see how it goes before going to other even smaller ones. But one thing I do like with ALT, is they think out of the box and make something different. Not just a plain Jane box with rooms. But I should not say that until I see the finished product here as we have had many buildings that were suppose to look one way, and they came out looking like 🞵🞵🞵🞵.

roccerfeller · #**189** Posted **Jan 30, 2013, 8:32 PM**

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Originally Posted by prairieguy

There had been rumour of Alt hotels in both Regina and Saskatoon (ads appeared in respective papers). Anxiously watching the development in Winnipeg.

Looks like you guys have lots of construction action happening in your city and I am sure having NHL back is great for your downtown core!!

Cheers man, and thanks - I too feel ALT will make a serious look at Regina & Saskatoon, just to get a head start on what is sure to be a boom of development coming in the next decade

I agree with Bluenote it would make sense to see how the ALT performs in Peg before they commit to Sask project(s) but one never knows; these things usually work in tandem.

Bluenote · #**190** Posted **Jan 30, 2013, 11:35 PM**

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Cheers man, and thanks - I too feel ALT will make a serious look at Regina & Saskatoon, just to get a head start on what is sure to be a boom of development coming in the next decade

I agree with Bluenote it would make sense to see how the ALT performs in Peg before they commit to Sask project(s) but one never knows; these things usually work in tandem.

I just hope for Sasks sake, that this doesn't get tied up in red tape like one of their big projects has been for some time.

JamieDavid Exchange · #**191** Posted **Feb 1, 2013, 12:34 PM**

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JamieDavid Exchange · #**192** Posted **Feb 4, 2013, 11:10 PM**

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Bluenote · #**193** Posted **Feb 4, 2013, 11:51 PM**

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Beams going up at the Office/Hotel site

Geothermal drill at the Parkade/Condo site

Nice to see the Geo unit actually drilling, just makes the Glass house a step closer to reality.

JamieDavid Exchange · #**194** Posted **Feb 5, 2013, 1:12 AM**

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Wigglez · #**195** Posted **Feb 9, 2013, 1:10 AM**

It's starting to rise!

roccerfeller · #**196** Posted **Feb 9, 2013, 2:16 AM**

Oh nice, thanks for the update

vid · #**197** Posted **Feb 9, 2013, 2:23 AM**

Hooray!

armorand93 · #**198** Posted **Feb 9, 2013, 6:59 PM**

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It's starting to rise!

Thats what she said.

Haha I saw that too coming home from Republic last night. Great news, great sight!

bomberjet · #**199** Posted **Feb 10, 2013, 4:49 AM**

Drove by this evening, great sight! Those are some rather large columns, the
people in the picture give some good perspective.

Riverman · #**200** Posted **Feb 10, 2013, 6:21 AM**

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It's starting to rise!

What type of construction is this? Are those frames part of a formwork or are they structural steel?