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...and now two more cranes going up at McMaster Residences site. Not too shabby for one week+ in the erection of 4 four cranes. For me, this is cause for celebration, so Slainte to all of you! I'll be making Margauritas, and keeping Guinness Beer on hand both cold or warm, however you prefer it, all are welcome!
Also - notice there wasn’t any shoring here. Just dug a level down and poured the foundation.
There was shoring done against the alleyway, but otherwise they just dug s 45° angle dig down. You don't need to shore if you're not doing perfectly straight walls.
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Shoring is only required if there is not enough space to dig at an angle like Ritsman is describing. A site like the McMaster graduate student residence requires shoring because it's tight against King Street and the other nearby buildings, so they can't dig at a 45 like this one. The other reason they can dig at angle like this is because it's a really shallow project, only one floor deep. If it was more they would have used shoring since that 45 degree angle would have intersected the surrounding buildings.
these small underground garages here and at the McMaster residence are making for some excellently quick projects!
Imagine the speed savings Toronto is going to see with the removal of parking minimums. There will likely be plenty of buildings with parking garages, but many more will be built now without and this should both make more buildings profitable and possible, and also speed things up considerably. Previously undevelopable sites will be ripe for redevelopment.
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What allowed this project to go through so quickly in comparison to some other condo starts in Hamilton? Was it that Kiwi beside sort of paved the way to make this similar in size proposal go through without a hiccup?
Columns for the first floor have started to be poured and rebar in place for continued pouring:
Apologies for the bad night photo:
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to all of you! I'll be making Margauritas, and keeping Guinness Beer on hand both cold or warm, however you prefer it, all are welcome! 
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