It looks like more of the footprint is used for elevators and stairs than for offices.
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iirc the raft slab doesn't necessarily fit 1:1 with the size of the building, just the foundations/supports.
I believe in this case the raft slab is only slightly smaller than the tower footprint. Blue Cypress did a sketch either in this thread of the construction thread.
That's the first picture I've seen of the Bow with the transparent upper floor!! Pretty neat! Heck, they could have added another "Grid" without adding any more office space.... Anyway!
Clearly meant to keep curious onlookers from getting too close to the action below...
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I think it's more to prevent vehicle from parking in those spaces. I'm guessing there might be a load or two of concrete swung over that space and you'd never hear the end of it if concrete dripped on someone's car.
If it was just for onlookers they wouldn't have blocked off two stalls in the NE corner.
Is there a second slab going to be poured beside the first? Or is this it?
I suspect that only pads will be needed for the columns that make up the rest of the parkade (the portion that is not part of the tower) since the parkade 'roof' is the plaza for the building.
Awesome, so i'm thinking we'll probably see structural steel going up this fall then?
Not even close. This won't be at grade until at least next spring, and that is being optimistic. The completion date isn't until 2018, remember.
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