Edmonton Construction 13 (November 2015) - Page 606

s4.audios · #**12101** Posted **Oct 22, 2018, 2:22 PM**

By not buying.. it's really the only way. Forget the design, if Falcons have baseboard heating and no gym/amenity floor like the Fox, not worth the purchase.

Coldrsx · #**12102** Posted **Oct 23, 2018, 3:59 PM**

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Originally Posted by s211

As I hear that there's studies underway for the Rosedale area, has there been any discussion of making part of the area a replacement exhibition grounds area to replace Northlands?

Maybe it's already been discussed and discounted, I don't know. But it would surely be a way to keep the ballpark around (concert venue for exhibition) and maybe tie redevelopment of the old power plant into an exhibition hall? I'm trying to think of some ideas that would create a venue for significant events. Something to really kick the zone off.

Just spitballing? Blue sky thinking?

Much work in the background going on including a business and community advisory committee. There was an open house last week.

https://www.edmonton.ca/projects_plans/c...ssdale/river-crossing-business-plan.aspx

https://www.edmonton.ca/documents/River%20Crossing%20Vision.pdf

RicoLance21 · #**12103** Posted **Oct 24, 2018, 5:19 AM**

Does anyone know what is going on at 108 St south of Jasper Ave? There has been quite a bit of excavation lately just west of AHS main office.

Albicaulis · #**12104** Posted **Oct 24, 2018, 2:01 PM**

^
Part of it is repair on 108 Street from a water main break, the other part is excavation in the parking lot to build a new condo (about 5-6 floors) that will be attached to an adjacent office building undergoing a conversion.

Coldrsx · #**12105** Posted **Oct 25, 2018, 2:40 AM**

Actually good timing, but a shame about our 'new' Capital BLVD.

CMD UW · #**12106** Posted **Oct 25, 2018, 2:48 PM**

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Originally Posted by Coldrsx

Actually good timing, but a shame about our 'new' Capital BLVD.

Was the watermain that is being replaced upgraded when they did the streetscape? I don't think it was.

What condo is this? The Strategic proposal just down the street to the south?

kcantor · #**12107** Posted **Oct 25, 2018, 3:59 PM**

A quicker way to the basement... by cdnklc, on Flickr

ExcaliburKid · #**12108** Posted **Oct 25, 2018, 4:34 PM**

Le sigh...

Airboy · #**12109** Posted **Oct 25, 2018, 4:41 PM**

Stantecs next big move is this weekend. Monday morning will see another 4-500 people working in the heart.

Last move will be in November.

240glt · #**12110** Posted **Oct 25, 2018, 4:41 PM**

^^ Wow that is brutal.

I love how they somehow managed to make the screening look worse than the mechancial penthouse would if it didn’t have it

Airboy · #**12111** Posted **Oct 25, 2018, 4:48 PM**

I would expect Better from Manasc

HomeInMyShoes · #**12112** Posted **Oct 25, 2018, 4:49 PM**

It makes Peregrine Point look cohesive and well thought out.

s4.audios · #**12113** Posted **Oct 25, 2018, 5:19 PM**

Horrible

Albicaulis · #**12114** Posted **Oct 25, 2018, 5:23 PM**

Procura seems to go through several iterations of garbage before landing on a fairly respectable design.

240glt · #**12115** Posted **Oct 25, 2018, 5:37 PM**

Kind-of looks like they're going in the opposite direction

http://procura.ca/property/times-square/

Procura's best work was the Intact building. Everything else has been downhill from there

Albicaulis · #**12116** Posted **Oct 25, 2018, 5:48 PM**

Good point, it's like they took the same design and tried to make everything slightly worse.

Hardhatdan · #**12117** Posted **Oct 25, 2018, 5:59 PM**

Manasc gone wild.
That's 2 in a row for Procura that are grade F.

s211 · #**12118** Posted **Oct 25, 2018, 6:42 PM**

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Originally Posted by ExcaliburKid

Le sigh...

Hacked by a blind woodsman.

(Thank you Simpsons for that quote.)

240glt · #**12119** Posted **Oct 26, 2018, 1:35 AM**

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Originally Posted by Airboy

I have been more interested in the alternative sources since I have been involved in Energy Audits. Mostly commercial/institutional but have also looked at my own home.

Good that your addition has gone well.

Today was the first day with the ECU and monitoring software online. The house’s baseline consumption is about 1 kWh. Between the time I left the house at 7am and got home at 6pm I drew 2 kWh from the grid, presumably because the sun is coming up later. Normally I’d expect to burn about 12 kWh during that time, so the system generated about 20 kWh today as it pushed 10 kWh back to the grid. So in late October on a relatively sunny day I figure I can generate about 75% of the power I use over a 24 hour period, accounting for increased use when we’re home. I cannot wait for summer

SHOFEAR · #**12120** Posted **Oct 26, 2018, 2:06 PM**

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Originally Posted by 240glt

Today was the first day with the ECU and monitoring software online. The house’s baseline consumption is about 1 kWh. Between the time I left the house at 7am and got home at 6pm I drew 2 kWh from the grid, presumably because the sun is coming up later. Normally I’d expect to burn about 12 kWh during that time, so the system generated about 20 kWh today as it pushed 10 kWh back to the grid. So in late October on a relatively sunny day I figure I can generate about 75% of the power I use over a 24 hour period, accounting for increased use when we’re home. I cannot wait for summer

Stupid Question....how does your billing work? Do you get paid for supplying energy to the grid even though it would normally occur during times where it is not needed? I would assume the entire distribution system would collapse if it was full of people supplying power during the day and drawing it at night?