[Halifax] Nova Centre | 65-58-58 m | 16-15-14 fl | Completed

[Ziobrop]

I tend to agree, consciously or not, every story is slanted by the reporters view. Bousquet is at least consistent with his bias - and doesn't try to hide it. unlike many other local Jurno's, he takes the time to understand the issues, get his facts straight, and clearly communicate the ideas to people in an understandable manner. Halifax is very lucky to have him.

i disagree with 90% of his views. but its clear what is his view, and what is fact.

[Keith P.]

Originally Posted by Ziobrop

I tend to agree, consciously or not, every story is slanted by the reporters view. Bousquet is at least consistent with his bias - and doesn't try to hide it. unlike many other local Jurno's, he takes the time to understand the issues, get his facts straight, and clearly communicate the ideas to people in an understandable manner. Halifax is very lucky to have him.

i disagree with 90% of his views. but its clear what is his view, and what is fact.

I disagree with your last sentence. He tends to write very slanted opinion pieces, which are fine if they are labeled as opinion pieces. But he does not do that, instead calling them journalism and news stories. You can see the bias if you are already aware of the topic, but to the majority who are not, it appears as fact, which it is not, and which just adds to the incessant negativity in this town.

I remember years ago taking a girlfriend to see Oliver Stone's "JFK" movie, and when we left, she was babbling on about all the things in it that she now believed were truth when in reality most of them were Stone's idiotic conspiracy theories (needless to say that relationship didn't last long). I suspect something similar happens to a lot of the clueless readers of Bousquet's drivel.

[portapetey]

Originally Posted by Ziobrop

I tend to agree, consciously or not, every story is slanted by the reporters view. Bousquet is at least consistent with his bias - and doesn't try to hide it. unlike many other local Jurno's, he takes the time to understand the issues, get his facts straight, and clearly communicate the ideas to people in an understandable manner. Halifax is very lucky to have him.

i disagree with 90% of his views. but its clear what is his view, and what is fact.

Yeah I would have to disagree with the last sentence too. He may present the facts, but only that facts that support his case. He is not good at acknowledging the other side and when he does, on occasion, he dismisses it without any consideration.

I'm not offended by his bias - we're all biased - but I am offended that he calls himself an "investigative journalist" - with a lot of puffed-up hero-complex hubris, I might add - when he only investigates one side of any story. Investigation includes seeking out and considering all available information, and Bousquet only (and obsessively) pursues one side only.

He is a pretty decent essayist, but he is no seeker of truth.

I also find his snotty writing style very childish, and much of his half-baked philosophy just sounds like a second year university student working through her massive daddy issues.

[Ziobrop]

The Upper stair and Surrounding Slab was poured today.
From hhttp://novacenter.builthalifax.ca/

[Jonovision]

Some interesting rebar/concrete work happening along Sackville Street.

[fenwick16]

Originally Posted by Jonovision

Some interesting rebar/concrete work happening along Sackville Street.

Would this be for the Grafton Street pedestrian passageway? A rendering is shown below.

(source: http://www.halifaxconventioncentre.com/facility/ )

[Ziobrop]

Originally Posted by fenwick16

Would this be for the Grafton Street pedestrian passageway? A rendering is shown below.

yes it is. the fountains/planters etc will go on top of that. Those will hide the ventilation intakes/exhausts from the parking garage levels.

will try to get a photo of those. i haven't yet - they are dark, and not very exciting

[Ziobrop]

HRM just announced market St will be closed between prince and sackville for crane errection and operation for 2 weeks.

this means the trusses over the convention center floor are going in.

they were removing light poles today.

[fenwick16]

Originally Posted by Ziobrop

HRM just announced market St will be closed between prince and sackville for crane errection and operation for 2 weeks.

this means the trusses over the convention center floor are going in.

they were removing light poles today.

That will be interesting. A story in the allnovascotia.com indicated that the 4th crane, which will be used to erect the steel, will be a 300 ton capacity and will have the highest lifting capacity of all four cranes.

[Ziobrop]

Yes it's a 300ton crawler crane.
The beams will come in 3 pieces each and get final assembly on the convention floor,then lifted onto rails and slid into place.

Should be a good show.

Edit:
this is a 300ton crawler crane: (From http://heavyequip.tumblr.com/)


these are the beams. i guess they are more of a box girder. same thing they use for highway overpasses.




for those wondering, http://heavyequip.tumblr.com/ is my collection of truck and Heavy Equipment porn. i take a lot of this stuff incidentally, so i figured I might as well post it.

[mcmcclassic]

Originally Posted by Ziobrop

Yes it's a 300ton crawler crane.
The beams will come in 3 pieces each and get final assembly on the convention floor,then lifted onto rails and slid into place.

Should be a good show.

Once the crane is assembled and working, you should submit a photo to the many Canadian u/c threads out there on SSP... The rest of the country thinks we are have nothing to offer architecturally because we are poor as shit... Your photos can prove the haters wrong man.

[Ziobrop]

Any threads you would recommend?
I really only read the halifax forums. We seem to be one of the more active cities

[MonctonRad]

How about "Construction Sites in your City or Town"

http://forum.skyscraperpage.com/showthread.php?t=124156

[mcmcclassic]

Originally Posted by MonctonRad

How about "Construction Sites in your City or Town"

http://forum.skyscraperpage.com/showthread.php?t=124156

Yeah that's what I was thinking. Another option could be to create threads on the Highrise section of the site - we have a few buildings u/c that qualify for there.

[portapetey]

Originally Posted by mcmcclassic

The rest of the country thinks we are have nothing to offer architecturally because we are poor as shit... Your photos can prove the haters wrong man.

Really?


(Yes, please share the photos...but really? We think there are people around the country sitting around thinking about how much they hate Halifax and its poverty and lack of construction? Really?)

[ILoveHalifax]

Most everybody I talk to loves Halifax, if they've been here. Others, if they have not been here, have heard it is beautiful.
Those who have no idea about Halifax sure get to know that is the nicest small city in North America by the time I finish with them.

[Ziobrop]

So The 2 week street closure of market is not for the trusses. its for the prep work for the trusses. The 240 ton Crane that arrived on friday, will use the sept 2-14 to set up the staging to support the crane that will install the trusses, and the support structures required to assemble the trusses, and move them into place, and finally the 300ton crawler crane itself.

[Ziobrop]

From the inside, Via http://novacenter.builthalifax.ca/

staging for beam install:


Mechanical Room:


Fresh Paint


Parking P2:

[Keith P.]

Originally Posted by Ziobrop

Mechanical Room:

I wonder how long it will take Bousquet to post this on his website as "the new convention center space".

[teddifax]

Has the final design been approved? I hadn't heard anything but it seems they are building the centre now. Any word on what the hotel is going to be?