Edmonton Construction 11 (November 2011)

[240glt]

Oops. I do that all the time. Hanging around with too many 'ukes.

It's a nice plan. There's a of under-used space there.. and still a tonne more space in the park. I thnk the Heritage Fest folks will work it out

[Coldrsx]

Plan Governing Downtown Edmonton Transformation to be Presented


February 22, 2013

The final concept plan to guide and integrate long-term development of new and existing public spaces is ready for public display. Called the Civic Precinct Master Plan, it will guide once-in-a-generation changes to an area from north of City Hall to south of the Stanley A. Milner Library. The intent is to create a single, people-centred area that is attractive to residents and visitors year-round.

Extensive stakeholder and public consultation was conducted as part of the preparation for a number of projects:

A new, at-grade LRT line along the southern portion of Churchill Square on 102 Avenue
Permanent closure of 102A Ave between 99 Street and 100 Street
Construction of the Royal Alberta Museum
Construction of the downtown arena and entertainment centre
Construction of the potential performing arts centre
Development of the Quarters Downtown
Future upgrades to the Francis Winspear Centre for Music, the Stanley A. Milner Library and the Citadel Theatre
The Plan will be on display, and a formal presentation at mid-day:

Date: Tuesday February 26, 2013
Time: 11am to 5pm
Presentation at 12:30pm
Location: City Room, City Hall

http://www.edmonton.ca/city_government/n...nton-transformation-to-be-presented.aspx

[240glt]

Building Great Neighborhoods Comes to Delton

Meeting 3 - Wednesday, February 27, 2013

Residents and property owners are invited to attend a third and final public meeting before work begins this spring.



Date: Wednesday, February 27, 201

Location: Delton School

Address: 12126 89 Street

Time: 6:30-8:30pm
Presentation to begin at 7pm.


About the Project

The Building Great Neighbourhoods initiative involves:
Renewal and replacement of sanitary and storm sewers.
•Coordination of utility repairs (ATCO, EPCOR).
•Reconstruction of roads, curbs and sidewalks on City-owned property and replacement of streetlights.
•Working with residents to identify improvements to pedestrian and cycling accessibility.
•Consulting with residents to identify capital improvements on City-owned property that will enhance livability.

Reconstruction is funded by a combination of provincial dollars and a 1.5% Neighbourhood Renewal Program tax levy.



2013 Neighbourhoods

•Argyll
•Delton
•Grovenor
•Hazeldean
•North Glenora

[Mercucio]

Anyone else having problems getting on C2E? Is it down today?

[s4.audios]

Originally Posted by EdmTrekker

Educational use requires larger floor plates to be functional. Function should drive form as we all know - unless the developer, a partner in the P3/4/5 is fixated on a design they have already paid for. I would hate to think the towers are preplanned and the UofA simply accepts what's planned versus sized to meet programmatic needs. But then that assumes the UofA has completed a Functional Program for the effected Faculties. Have no idea. Maybe the City is paying for that to.

Then make the first five floors large floor plates, change the design onward. I don't see UofA having the need for more than five large floors for educational purposes. There is no need to be that wide all the way up.

Hawrlack alternative looks way better by the way.

[Coldrsx]

Down apparently.


Council Roundup – February 20, 2013

February 21, 2013

Council approves new expropriation of airport lands
In keeping with their vision to redevelop the City Centre Airport site, Council passed a motion to commence expropriation of all property interests in these lands. Council voted to abandon the previous expropriation process that was passed October 2012, as procedural difficulties beyond the City's control meant that the City could not meet the timeline requirements set out in the Expropriation Act. City Council approved the City Centre Area Redevelopment Plan in May 2012, and one of the steps in carrying out that plan is to acquire property interests in these lands.

Council approves architectural concept for Southeast to West LRT bridge
City Council has approved the architectural concept for a new bridge that will take the future LRT line across the North Saskatchewan River into downtown Edmonton. The bridge, which is part of the Southeast to West LRT project, will replace the existing Cloverdale Pedestrian Bridge. It will include a walking and bicycle path underneath the LRT deck. The preliminary cost estimate for the bridge is between $45 and $65 million. Council also approved $60 million in funding to be used for preliminary work associated with the Southeast to West LRT. The project is proposed as a Public Private Partnership.

Borden Park Band Shell designated municipal historic resource
City Council passed Bylaw 16309 to designate the Borden Park Band Shell as a municipal historic resource. The Band Shell, located at 7507 Borden Park Road, was built in 1956 and serves as an excellent example of a modern purpose-built band shell. As part of the City of Edmonton’s Borden Park Revitalization Plan, designation of the Band Shell will promote its proper restoration, protection and future use.

City Council recognizes City Hall School milestone
City Council honoured City Hall School's 10th anniversary. What began as a pilot project with just a handful of students has grown into a full-time program that gives hundreds of Edmonton children the opportunity every year to learn more about municipal government in a hands-on, interactive environment. Each week, City Hall becomes the classroom for Grade 1 to 9 students from schools across Edmonton. Citizenship, the environment and social responsibility are key elements of the City Hall School curriculum. City Hall School is a partnership between the City of Edmonton and Edmonton Public Schools.



For more information:
Melissa Lovatt

Corporate Communications


http://www.edmonton.ca/city_government/news/2013/council-roundup-february-20-2013.aspx

[hilman]

Originally Posted by Mercucio

Anyone else having problems getting on C2E? Is it down today?

I am too, on the flip side my productivity has gone up at work today

[240glt]

Borden Park Band Shell designated municipal historic resource
City Council passed Bylaw 16309 to designate the Borden Park Band Shell as a municipal historic resource. The Band Shell, located at 7507 Borden Park Road, was built in 1956 and serves as an excellent example of a modern purpose-built band shell. As part of the City of Edmonton’s Borden Park Revitalization Plan, designation of the Band Shell will promote its proper restoration, protection and future use.

Hooray! We actually managed to be proactive in preserving an important city landmark!

I can't wait for Borden Park to be completed. It's going to be awesome.

[Coldrsx]

Major Win for 100th Anniversary Project at Council Committee Today

Supporters and Presidents urged to contact Council members before next Wednesday's vote.
In case you haven’t caught the reports in the Edmonton media today, council’s community services committee voted 4-1 in favor of constructing the water play feature next to the playground in Hawrelak Park and connecting it to the EFCL’s 100th Anniversary Project.
This is a 180 degree turn from what was recommended by the city administration, which wanted to see the feature built near the northeast corner of the lake and in no way connected to our project.

The committee’s recommendation will now go to city council for a vote next Wednesday.

This is really positive news for our organization. If built by the playground, the water play feature will significantly complement our project and help raise the profile, quite dramatically, of our entire 100th Anniversary initiative and upcoming fundraising drive.

One major reason for the change was the position taken by the Heritage Days Festival Association, which opposed the lake location as it would displace at least seven, and more likely fourteen of their pavilions. Both their president and executive director, Jack Little, spoke to the committee and it appeared that their entire board was in attendance at the meeting.

Those voting in favour of the new location were Councillors Don Iveson, Tony Caterina and Ben Henderson, along with the mayor. Councillor Batty opposed the motion, as she thought the lake location was better and would complement the operation of the triathlon.

Now that the momentum is in our favor, I would ask all of you to contact your city councilor and encourage them to support this new direction.

www.efcl.org

[Harrison]

Originally Posted by hilman

I am too, on the flip side my productivity has gone up at work today

Apparently is was a result of a DNS (denial of service) attack originating in China. Not sure what beef the Chinese have with C2E

[Coldrsx]

A few more RFPs

City of Edmonton -
Neon Sign Museum City of Edmonton Edmonton 02.22.2013
5156B: Masonry Work 5155C: Structural Steel Work
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EDMONTON FEDERAL BUILDING, PARKADE AND CENTENNIAL PLAZA;Renovation and Redevelopment Alberta Infrastructure Edmonton 02.21.2013
X9999: Miscellaneous Items

[Black Star]

[QUOTE=240glt;6030083]Oops. I do that all the time. Hanging around with too many 'ukes.


Yeah easy

[Hallsy's Toupee]

Originally Posted by Harrison

Apparently is was a result of a DNS (denial of service) attack originating in China. Not sure what beef the Chinese have with C2E

Someone must be annoyed by Richard's recent anti-spambot changes.

[itom 987]

Originally Posted by CMD UW

Ah, no it doesn't. All major cities have their share of proposed, unbuilt, half built mega proposals. You'd be shocked to have seen how many proposals there were to redevelop the waterfront in Toronto over the last 40 years. It wasn't up until recent when actual development has occurred.

That's exactly what I'm worried about. These monster plans are more prone to failure than plans for individual buildings. If the developer responsible for Aurora had focused on one building we would have had shovels in the ground by now. The entire plan they have been working on was too risky for them to move forward. Procura tried to make century park work but found it too risky to move forward, and now they have residents suing them because they bought into the plan, not the individual building they live in.

I don't think plans that involve entire neighbourhoods work well in a free market society. They work well in places with a large population and more legislative control. Qualico was wise to focus almost all resources on the building that would eventually become Epcor Tower, if they had focused on the entire plan nothing would have happened.

[Coldrsx]

I don't think you quite understand how phased developments work or are structured.

[Shodan]

Council OKs development in Horse Hill
Farmers call decision a blow to possibility of local food economy

Elise Stolte
Edmonton Journal

Wednesday, February 27, 2013

Over the objections of farmers and food advocates, city council passed the Horse Hill area structure plan Tuesday, giving the OK to suburban development in the last corner of north Edmonton.

The plan reserves more than 200 hectares for farming, but farmers say there's no guarantee their farms will continue to be viable. A proposed provincial highway cuts right through the farms and they are scattered into several different areas...

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[Daveography]

Originally Posted by Harrison

Apparently is was a result of a DNS (denial of service) attack originating in China. Not sure what beef the Chinese have with C2E

Probably didn't originate there, that's probably just the source of most of the infected machines that were called on for the DDoS attack. The person initiating it could be from anywhere.

Knowing C2E, though, it was probably just a disgruntled local who posted something stupid, got called out for it, complained about his rights to free speech being attacked, got called out for that, said something to get banned, and decided to take out his frustrations on "the gestapo".

[Coldrsx]

City Office Tower Contestants

1.Stationlands Tower 2 - 104ave/98st
2.AIMCO - 102st centre - 102st/101ave
3.Kelly Ramsey - RHW
4. Red Brick - 96st/Jasper
5.MacLab - Jasper 99st
6.Melcor - 103st/Japser?
7.Procura - 100st/jasper?
8. Aspen +partner - 101st/103a ave
9. Katz Group/WAM - Arena District - Staples site
10. ?
11. ?
12. ?
13. ?
14. ?
15. ?

[Rocket252]

Looks like there was some work done on the east side of the post office.

Some holes drilled. Possible pilings put in.

When are they to start full construction at that site?

[Coldrsx]

Purely for comparison sake.

Original Plan

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Proposed

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