Brookfield Place Calgary | 247M - 56F | Construction

[Calgarian]

It could also be a mechanical floor that is hidden by the crown...

[O-tacular]

Originally Posted by The Fisher Account

I would assume so. I think the crown is 12m high, so maybe there are another 1 or 2 sections that are still going to go on top?

There must be because right now BP looks to be a bit less than the same height as the Bow.

[WhipperSnapper]

Originally Posted by Calgarian

It could also be a mechanical floor that is hidden by the crown...

renderings suggest a mechanical penthouse two office floors high and a parapet wall one office floor high making up the crown.

[Calgarian]

The columns they have installed look they are all at a slight angle with the top leaning towards the exterior, definitely the crown going up...

[dbp]

Originally Posted by WhipperSnapper

renderings suggest a mechanical penthouse two office floors high and a parapet wall one office floor high making up the crown.

Does anyone know for certain whether they're prepping the top of the tower for perhaps pre-built sections of the crown or are they actually building the crown from scratch?

[WhipperSnapper]

Sounds heavy. Why wouldn't they build it piece by piece? It's just a wall of glass in front of a mechanical box with a slight inward slope. Pretty straight forward.

[Calgarian]

Originally Posted by dbp

Does anyone know for certain whether they're prepping the top of the tower for perhaps pre-built sections of the crown or are they actually building the crown from scratch?

They are building it piece by piece, pretty typical for this type of construction.

[Wooster]

This is the best look at the construction of the crown. It'll rise a storey worth of height about the top of the concrete core. I a bit of a glass bowl. I remember seeing the model of the crown at Calgary Planning Commission. Looked really cool.

[Skyguy06]

Looks like steel for the crown is going up on the East side right now. I'll try and grab a picture for everyone this week.

[KoolKool]

take like a bunch of them from different angles too

Originally Posted by Skyguy06

Looks like steel for the crown is going up on the East side right now. I'll try and grab a picture for everyone this week.

[WhipperSnapper]

Originally Posted by Wooster

This is the best look at the construction of the crown. It'll rise a storey worth of height about the top of the concrete core. I a bit of a glass bowl. I remember seeing the model of the crown at Calgary Planning Commission. Looked really cool.

Yep, two floors for the mechanical penthouse and a one storey parapet

[Fuzz]

Is the parapet like a thunderdome? If not, it should be.

[WhipperSnapper]

I swear that says 254 metres

[The Fisher Account]

[holhm22]

Awesome stuff! And I really do hope that that says 254m

[Wooster]

Yeah, that's what I thought too. The front of the DP says 247m, but maybe they don't count the parapet because it's not structural?

http://www.urbandb.com/document/calgary-cpc-dp2012-4963-2013-04-25.pdf

[TallBob]

I saw 254 meters also!! We'll take it!

[People.talking]

So taller than Stantec?

[Habanero]

Yeah, that does look like 254m on the drawing. Is there anyone who has seen the DP in person?

[Suburgatory]

From the plans, some overlay and scaling of the pdf in CAD I can determine that the tower is 42.1m W x 63.1m L. 42.1m wide can be seen clearly on pg 24.

The dimensions along the east face is 850mm face to center of column; 6700 column to column; 9000 x 3; 6700; 850 to face = 42.1m.
The dimensions along the north face is 850mm face to center of column; 6700 column to column; 9000 x 2; 12000; 9000 x 2; 6700; 850 = 63.1m.

If I scale the section to equal a height of 247m to top of parapet, the length measures and matches the 63.1m.

If I scale the section to equal a height of 254m to top of parapet, the length measures 65.0m and doesn't match up.