All of the JMX demo equipment was removed from the hole last week. This morning, I see Bel Pacific has started bringing in shoring and excavation equipment, including the machines for putting in tiebacks (sorry, not sure what that’s called).
During the final weeks of demo, someone went around with a scissor lift and torch and carefully removed all the rebar remains that we’re sticking out of those foundation walls. My hunch is they wouldn’t have bothered if those walls were all coming down anyway.
During the final weeks of demo, someone went around with a scissor lift and torch and carefully removed all the rebar remains that we’re sticking out of those foundation walls. My hunch is they wouldn’t have bothered if those walls were all coming down anyway.
Nice observation Otis_Van. For weeks I've seen him working hard on this, wondering what all the effort was for... I'm in the area tomorrow, I'll capture the latest goings on there.
Why spend more money shotcreting a new wall when an old one can be used? They are most likely reusing that wall. Perhaps they can even extend it down should the excavation go deeper.
Nice observation Otis_Van. For weeks I've seen him working hard on this, wondering what all the effort was for... I'm in the area tomorrow, I'll capture the latest goings on there.
They could be doing something similar to what they did when constructing The Independent at Kingsway and Broadway and I have seen it several other times. The perimeter foundation wall of the Jantzen factory was left in-situ as reinforcement for the excavation pit and they just removed the slab to go deeper for the new parkade structure which was set back from the original factory perimeter that fronted right to the sidewalk. I believe they just left the perimeter wall and buried it beneath the new sidewalk, I wonder if it is now part of the weeping system. http://forum.skyscraperpage.com/showpost.php?p=7138416&postcount=314
Is there evidence that the slab will be removed? It would be quite a shallow parkade if they reused it however I suppose it can support the weight of the new structure considering the size of the previous tower that was on site.
That poor spinning chandelier, it's legacy is going to be a drummers rim-shot to all over expenditure remarks or jokes (which I am also guilty of doing).
I like the spinning chandelier. One thing I know (have learned) is not to tell someone how to spend their hard earn money.
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That poor spinning chandelier, it's legacy is going to be a drummers rim-shot to all over expenditure remarks or jokes (which I am also guilty of doing). 
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