Winnipeg Construction X

[trueviking]

Originally Posted by Biff

Piling is also in on the site of the former Scott block on Princess. I am very interested to see the design in what really was an unprecedented short time.

Hot off the press.

[esquire]

Originally Posted by plrh

https://globalnews.ca/news/4282890/i...-in-the-works/

Does anyone have any more info on this? In the Construction Association Report it said tendering 2021 and that it was 75000 ft2s. Probably dependent on government funding, so not too likely. I don't remember hearing about it ever.

I would expect something like that to be built at an existing curling rink... in general terms, curling clubs haven't been doing that great lately, Victoria and West K are a couple of clubs that have closed lately and I doubt that will be the end of it. Something like this could really bolster one of the existing clubs that might also be running into a bit of trouble and help to keep it alive.

[Biff]

Originally Posted by trueviking

Hot off the press.

Looks good. I like the brick, that's a plus. A little disappointed in the amount of natural light the units will receive though.

[trueviking]

windows are expensive

[trueviking]

if my memory serves, it actually is more like a taller version of this...

[cllew]

Originally Posted by bomberjet

I'll see if they're on tonight. It's not just 1 light. It's a couple blocks at least. Maybe a whole circuit is out.

Roch between Trent and Oakview as well as a section on Henderson was out for a few days last week but somebody called and they were back on Friday

[cllew]

When I was out shopping yesterday I noticed that Dynacare is renovating an unused CRU into a permanent testing center on Henderson Highway about 1 block north of their popup location.

It will be going in the empty unit on the new strip where Popeyee's is situated

[bomberjet]

The City and Province are transferring 100's of millions of dollars, half a billion maybe, earmarked for transit into the north end wastewater plant. I find this completely absurd.

Sure important project to clean-up wastewater. But this further hamstrings any plans or efforts to improve transit in the City.

[1ajs]

its sad to hear but its needed.........

[borkborkbork]

Originally Posted by trueviking

Hot off the press.

masonry will be swapped for EIFS during value engineering

[pspeid]

Originally Posted by 1ajs

its sad to hear but its needed.........

Needed and it's being done to meet environmental regulations. The current plant isn't up to modern standards, so they didn't really have much choice.

[bomberjet]

I agree. But there were/are numerous different funding programs that this money could've come from. But the City and Province are terrible at that sort of thing. So instead of gettgin funding for both, we're hooped.

[drew]

Originally Posted by trueviking

if my memory serves, it actually is more like a taller version of this...

I get that architects can be a bit competitive - but your last few posts on this particular building really come off as catty. The actual render for this building is out there somewhere.

In this case we have an owner/developer tying to make the best of a bad situation and consultants that are doing what they can to make it happen.

Even architects that have billionaire clients and "the best" builders aren't immune to mistakes and changes along the way, or even IMP panels and really bad RTUs - Right?

[GarryEllice]

Originally Posted by pspeid

Needed and it's being done to meet environmental regulations. The current plant isn't up to modern standards, so they didn't really have much choice.

Sure it's needed, but funding it by diverting funds from transit clearly shows how low of a priority transit is for the city. Of course, that's already been clear in recent years, with transit riders suffering a big fare hike and service cuts at the same time as road spending has increased to record levels.

[TimeFadesAway]

Originally Posted by GarryEllice

Sure it's needed, but funding it by diverting funds from transit clearly shows how low of a priority transit is for the city. Of course, that's already been clear in recent years, with transit riders suffering a big fare hike and service cuts at the same time as road spending has increased to record levels.

Realistically, though, we've only known about the need to improve transit since 1959 and the wastewater problems as the relate to Lake Winnipeg in the late '80s, so that hasn't given enough time to solve either problem. /s

[Winnipegger]

Originally Posted by GarryEllice

Sure it's needed, but funding it by diverting funds from transit clearly shows how low of a priority transit is for the city. Of course, that's already been clear in recent years, with transit riders suffering a big fare hike and service cuts at the same time as road spending has increased to record levels.

The problem with the sewage treatment versus transit argument is that the City literally has to upgrade the plant in order to avoid fines and keep getting its operating license as per provincial legislation.

I'm sure some (not all) of our elected officials would love to invest in Transit, but with the Province playing hardball and keeping its purse strings as closed as possible on most initiatives, but simultaneously forcing the City to meet new environmental regulations, council has no other option but to scrape together whatever funds it can to meet the regulatory requirement.

The upgrades to the NEWPCC is provincially mandated by legislation; investing in "upgraded" transit solutions is not. In the current climate of extremely limited municipal resources, its clear which project takes precedent.

[bomberjet]

The point being, they let it get out of hand and need to divert funding from transit. Terrible management by decades of civic officials.

[Wpg_Guy]

This should never have been a fund transit vs sewage.

Katz did this years ago diverted transit funding to community centres, transit gets neglected decade after decade...

[trueviking]

Originally Posted by drew

I get that architects can be a bit competitive - but your last few posts on this particular building really come off as catty. The actual render for this building is out there somewhere.

In this case we have an owner/developer tying to make the best of a bad situation and consultants that are doing what they can to make it happen.

Even architects that have billionaire clients and "the best" builders aren't immune to mistakes and changes along the way, or even IMP panels and really bad RTUs - Right?

Yeah. I get that the negligence wasn’t intentional but I personally think the builder should have been forced to do better with the replacement. Buying a thousand square feet of brick isn’t enough in my opinion. I actually wasn’t joking about this image. Isn’t that pretty much what it looks like? Flat plane of brick on the front facade. Regular spaced windows? Maybe my memory is wrong but my impression was that it was a pure background building.

[CoryB]

Originally Posted by Biff

Looks good. I like the brick, that's a plus. A little disappointed in the amount of natural light the units will receive though.

Built tight to the sidewalk with a pedestrian entrance directly off the sidewalk. Also the potential for community engagement with that nice "blank canvas" walls is also significant.