[Burnaby] Concord Brentwood | U/C and Proposed - Page 19

Vin · #**361** Posted **Jan 28, 2019, 7:57 PM**

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Originally Posted by GilmoreStation

Companies like opening up offices in Surrey Central to find underpaid workers.

Maybe they can find cheaper rent/lease to pay workers more?

Vin · #**362** Posted **Jan 28, 2019, 8:00 PM**

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Originally Posted by fredinno

Concord was supposed to have some retail in Phase 3. Not much, but really, more retail isn't required, considering the nearby available options.

Brentwood isn't Surrey Central, and companies like having centrally located offices near other offices (AAA grade).

I don't agree with that. I think retail should be everywhere, especially when there is a high concentration of people living in the area.

officedweller · #**363** Posted **Jan 28, 2019, 10:19 PM**

Amazing Bentwood would be destination retail.
Concord Brentwood retail would be neighborhood retail.
The different customer bases would have different types of stores.

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Originally Posted by vanman

I believe that is a luffing crane. They're usually used when space is limited. They don't seem to be used very often so I assume they're more expensive than standard tower cranes.

Probably used here because they have 4 towers going up side-by-side.

Spr0ckets · #**364** Posted **Jan 29, 2019, 1:15 AM**

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Originally Posted by officedweller

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Probably used here because they have 4 towers going up side-by-side.

Might also be because the site's position and proximity to the skytrain guideway and the highway are limiting factors to the cranes' swing/turn radii.

I'm not sure what the placement of the cranes are relative to whichever end the loading area of the site will be located, but in cases where the cranes can't swing or turn into traffic like that, they opt for that sort of crane.

officedweller · #**365** Posted **Jan 29, 2019, 6:51 PM**

Good point. They may not have been able to get airspace rights for crane swing over the SkyTrain guideway due to safety concerns.

terryk · #**366** Posted **Jan 29, 2019, 6:59 PM**

cranes:

Spr0ckets · #**367** Posted **Jan 29, 2019, 9:12 PM**

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Originally Posted by terryk

cranes:

Yep.

You can even see in that map that the turning radius extents (the dotted circles) just graze, but don't cross over the highway and the skytrain guideway a bit farther up.

So as Officedweller called it, they probably didn't get the rights to swing over.

I'm guessing a regular crane would have a much wider turning radius crossing into the highway and that was probably a no-no.

Also the loading to the site seems like it's going to be through that access entry fromt he highway just east of Beta Avenue or from Juneau street all the way around (Yukon Crescent seems to be a cul-de-sac).

Lexus · #**368** Posted **Feb 23, 2019, 2:41 AM**

From today my pic
Second crane just went up today!

Untitled by Dmytro Zhukovets, on Flickr

Lexus · #**369** Posted **Feb 25, 2019, 2:12 AM**

My pics Feb 24, 2019

Was trying to get as close a possible, all I can see is that pit still empty from the angle shown on pictures.

Untitled by Dmytro Zhukovets, on Flickr

Klazu · #**370** Posted **Feb 25, 2019, 3:01 AM**

Thanks for the update! So many cranes in Brentwood now.

Lexus · #**371** Posted **Feb 25, 2019, 4:57 AM**

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Originally Posted by Klazu

Thanks for the update! So many cranes in Brentwood now.

I think there is at least 13 cranes in Brentwood as of today

Spr0ckets · #**372** Posted **Feb 25, 2019, 5:23 AM**

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Originally Posted by Lexus

My pics Feb 24, 2019

Was trying to get as close a possible, all I can see is that pit still empty from the angle shown on pictures.

Do you have any idea how deep that pit is?

Because from what I can tell (especially from that first picture), it seems like a couple of storeys (at least 3 or more or so) deep, which would seem to indicate a below grade or underground parkade.

I'm only asking because I seem to recall a couple of people on here not that long ago who were adamant that the parking for this project wouldn't be underground and that most of it would be above ground on account of the "stilts" design for the towers and podium.

This isn't to say that all the parking will be underground, but it seems fairly obvious (if what I'm seeing is correct) that a significant chunk of the parkade will indeed be underground with some of it being above ground.

trofirhen · #**373** Posted **Feb 25, 2019, 5:42 AM**

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Originally Posted by Lexus

I think there is at least 13 cranes in Brentwood as of today

Whew! Imagine what it'll look like when it's all built out! (worth taking into consideration Metrotown, too)

Lexus · #**374** Posted **Feb 25, 2019, 3:24 PM**

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Originally Posted by Spr0ckets

Do you have any idea how deep that pit is?

Because from what I can tell (especially from that first picture), it seems like a couple of storeys (at least 3 or more or so) deep, which would seem to indicate a below grade or underground parkade.

I'm only asking because I seem to recall a couple of people on here not that long ago who were adamant that the parking for this project wouldn't be underground and that most of it would be above ground on account of the "stilts" design for the towers and podium.

This isn't to say that all the parking will be underground, but it seems fairly obvious (if what I'm seeing is correct) that a significant chunk of the parkade will indeed be underground with some of it being above ground.

Its seems to be very deep. I’m positive that will be underground parking.

Lexus · #**375** Posted **Feb 27, 2019, 5:17 PM**

As I was wating my bus yesterday I did crane recount and it appears that there are 14 cranes in Brentwood as of Feb 26, 2019.

Lexus · #**376** Posted **Mar 10, 2019, 3:02 PM**

Took this photos yesterday. Posting just links for now because I can not get bb code on an iPad from flikr.
Anyways you can now see how deep it is and how little progress has been achieved. Also you can see that they already started diging pit for tower 3 and 4.

Concort Brentwood Burnaby BC by Dmytro Zhukovets, on Flickr

VarBreStr18 · #**377** Posted **Mar 10, 2019, 7:09 PM**

This project seems very slow to start up compare to others in the area. Think Lumina went on sale much later and they already have 15+ floors, they also have 2 towers going up at the same time. I realize speed does not equate quality. Concord Pacific certainly has the power and money, no need to procrastinate??

53064043 · #**378** Posted **Mar 11, 2019, 5:54 PM**

What would be a good estimate on the completion of this tower? When phase 1 units were selling, the tentative completion date was Q1 2020... looks impossible at this point.

rofina · #**379** Posted **Mar 11, 2019, 8:56 PM**

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Originally Posted by 53064043

What would be a good estimate on the completion of this tower? When phase 1 units were selling, the tentative completion date was Q1 2020... looks impossible at this point.

For Tower 1.

Its excavated and starting to get formed up.

5 months to ground level from here.

That's July.

42 floors at an average of floor a week plus mechanical level say 45 weeks.

That's about March 2020 to top out the tower.

You then have 3 months to finish glazing, and mechanical level work.

That's May.

6 months for interior finishes.

That's September 2020.

Few things go little late, little slow, Q1 2021 doesn't seem too unrealistic.

officedweller · #**380** Posted **Mar 11, 2019, 10:42 PM**

Anyone think it looks odd that there are columns formed but the surrounding excavation seems rather uneven or incomplete?