They've removed one set of those diagonal bracing bars. Five more to go.
Great updates! Still nothing with that service station?
I wonder which construction pit is biggest in vancouver right now, Vancouver House or The Independent
I'm thinking there may not be any design flaw at all but just a construction flaw. Inspection may have found something that was not absolutely perfect and it necessitated a redo. We'll see if they actually rebuild it like it was before.
The forming contractors didn't make a mistake. The contractors ordered concrete rated at 50 mpa and they got 35 mpa. They ended up with 12 columns that had to be redone.
I work in the industry selling forming accessories and get to talk to a lot of contractors and it's really quite interesting hearing all the stuff that goes on on a weekly basis.
Some fantastic pics here.
The forming contractors didn't make a mistake. The contractors ordered concrete rated at 50 mpa and they got 35 mpa. They ended up with 12 columns that had to be redone.
I work in the industry selling forming accessories and get to talk to a lot of contractors and it's really quite interesting hearing all the stuff that goes on on a weekly basis.
Some fantastic pics here.
I'm guessing that the super dense reinforcing is the start of the (rather complicated based on the drawings) crazy tensile elements that will run up the west side of the tower to resist the rotational moment (it wanting to tip over onto the bridge).
I'm guessing that the super dense reinforcing is the start of the (rather complicated based on the drawings) crazy tensile elements that will run up the west side of the tower to resist the rotational moment (it wanting to tip over onto the bridge).
Here's an interesting aside: at the Eugenia (the Henriquez tower with the pin oak on top, beside English Bay) inside the bottom of the metaphorical screw, just above the main entrance, there is a wine cellar accessed from the suite/s above with a curving stair.
Of the original 7 levels of bracing we're down to 3, so over halfway out of the pit. This one should be at grade by the end of summer. Hope it shoots up quickly, I'm very curious how the cladding on this one turns out, it has the ability to really be amazing.
Do the forces at play on the top set of bracing bars go down as they build up the foundation?
I was wondering that too. It would imply that the foundation wall would have to brace that force, once the bars are removed. Surely that can't be good for a foundation wall.
Interested to know if anybody has the actual answer.
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Thanks for the info.
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