Edmonton Construction 13 (November 2015)

[Coldrsx]

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[kcantor]

Originally Posted by jakethesnake

I don't see age mentioned here? Should children also not be banned from bars too now? I see nothing wrong with people wanting to be away from loud kids/crying babies. If anything, this law would push people away from downtown and into suburban houses where there's more peace and quiet.

The issue isn't the amount of buildings with a >18 rule, it's the lack of buildings that can accommodate children. Banning the rule is stupid, if there was enough demand there would those types of the buildings in the first place.

no, the issue is the number of buildings that are condos, not rentals, where 74% of the owners could well support getting rid of 30 and 40 year bylaws excluding children but still can't. the buildings are perfectly capable of accommodating children and there are many landlord's with suites in them that would be happy to rent (or sell) to tenants with children who can't. the lack of choice works counter to their best interests and desires as well as counter to the needs of many potential tenants.

interestingly enough, virtually all of those buildings that won't allow renting to children allow children to visit. which begs the question...

if it's not ok for someone to live in your building if they have children but it's ok for people to visit you in your building if they have children or, presumably, even for just the children to visit you without outside parental supervision, is there some theoretically magic period of time on which one side having children in your building is okay but on the other side is not okay? an hour? an afternoon? a weekend? no more often than twice a week?

and if someone else in your building wants to have their grandchildren visit as well, is that theoretically magic period of time - whatever it may be - then somehow doubled or do you have to subdivide and share your allotted time with your grandchildren with your neighbors and their grandchildren?

and if you don't use your allotted magic period of time this month or next, can you carry it over and use it consecutively during their summer holidays so their parents can have a week or two at an adults only resort?

[Coldrsx]

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[Coldrsx]

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[Hallsy's Toupee]

http://www.edmontonsun.com/2017/04/04/downtown-parents-seek-to-ban-adults-only-buildings

David Shepherd, NDP MLA for Edmonton-Centre, said all other Canadian jurisdictions at least prevent age discrimination in rental properties. Most allow exemptions for buildings geared to seniors.

So if I read that right, Alberta is the only jurisdiction in Canada that is behind the times on this.

[Coldrsx]

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[Coldrsx]

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[CMD UW]

Nice southwest perspective of the Edmonton Tower and Bell.

[Black Star]

Originally Posted by CMD UW

Nice southwest perspective of the Edmonton Tower and Bell.

Cool shot for sure....but those white blinds in the COE tower look horrible IMO.

[Black Star]

Delayed Strathearn Heights project developer wants $13-million deal before construction.

The company behind a much-delayed Strathearn Heights redevelopment wants the city to reimburse the cost of a $13-million pedestrian main street.

The project is key to Edmonton’s LRT dreams for the area and was first given the green light through rezoning in 2008. But owners Rockwell Group and Nearctic Property Group said they just can’t make it work without city help.

“We can’t borrow money to build a city street. That’s the financial obstacle,” said Patrick Adams, chief operating officer for Nearctic.

Council’s urban planning committee approved talks with the developer Wednesday.



http://edmontonjournal.com/news/local-ne...ants-13-million-deal-before-construction

[EdmTrekker]

Originally Posted by Black Star

Cool shot for sure....but those white blinds in the COE tower look horrible IMO.

Building looks horrid with all the blinds. Is Stantec and the hotel all going to look like that or have they chosen a tinted glazing?

[hilman]

COE logo lit up last night:

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[240glt]

Originally Posted by EdmTrekker

Building looks horrid with all the blinds. Is Stantec and the hotel all going to look like that or have they chosen a tinted glazing?

Heard they made a big boo boo in calculating the cooling load in the Edmonton tower. They're apparently having some pretty major problems over there at the moment

[Coldrsx]

I want a giant Oilers logo!

[s211]

Originally Posted by EdmTrekker

Building looks horrid with all the blinds. Is Stantec and the hotel all going to look like that or have they chosen a tinted glazing?

Unfortunately, unless you have completely reflective glazing, the blinds issue is the new normal.

[Calgarian]

LEDs look great! Edmonton is going to start to have a pretty nice night skyline! I wonder if you guys will have issues with LEDs burning out like we do, They always look great for a year or two, then sections burn out and they just leave the lights off most of the time.

[Channing]

Originally Posted by s211

Unfortunately, unless you have completely reflective glazing, the blinds issue is the new normal.

The solution is a human one. The users simply need to open the blinds up and keep them open as the norm, and only close them when the sun is an issue. I used to do this constantly when I was in the new Williams Engineering space. Most of the time, blinds up. But occasionally the sun would require them to come down. But then you put them back up, and enjoy that beautiful glass.

[kcantor]

Originally Posted by 240glt

Heard they made a big boo boo in calculating the cooling load in the Edmonton tower. They're apparently having some pretty major problems over there at the moment

i haven't heard anything but also have no reason to think that i would. i have been over there on several occasions now on three different floors and not experienced any issues in any of the meeting rooms. i can't say the same about access to floors using the compass elevator dispatch or access on the floors once you do get there.

back on the mechanical front, it's a bit surprising to hear about load issues this early in the year in a building that is still primarily unoccupied. if it's not simply commissioning or unexpected early equipment failure, that's something that will get worse, not better, as occupants continue to move in unless the design expectation is that occupied floors will make better use of building blinds to avoid sun load that aren't currently being drawn (or even installed yet?) on the vacant floors.

[kcantor]

Originally Posted by s211

Unfortunately, unless you have completely reflective glazing, the blinds issue is the new normal.

the choice of fabric colour for the building probably looked good on the interiors colour boards but it certainly accentuates the patchwork quilt look from the exterior.

[240glt]

Originally Posted by kcantor

i haven't heard anything but also have no reason to think that i would. i have been over there on several occasions now on three different floors and not experienced any issues in any of the meeting rooms. i can't say the same about access to floors using the compass elevator dispatch or access on the floors once you do get there.

back on the mechanical front, it's a bit surprising to hear about load issues this early in the year in a building that is still primarily unoccupied. if it's not simply commissioning or unexpected early equipment failure, that's something that will get worse, not better, as occupants continue to move in unless the design expectation is that occupied floors will make better use of building blinds to avoid sun load that aren't currently being drawn (or even installed yet?) on the vacant floors.

Peak solar load occurs in Edmonton mid-late march and mid-late sept. It's fairly easy to overcome ambient loads, solar gain is troublesome. Sun shades are the new normal in buildings with clear glass

The destination dispatch systems do seem to trip a lot of folks up at first. But they work great for reducing wait times