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Old Posted Feb 22, 2019, 8:56 AM
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.. what makes building out of wood so much safer now..?
Sprinklers?
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Old Posted Feb 22, 2019, 10:37 AM
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you know it amazes me that "timber" seems to be all the rage now considering the entire downtown burned down after 2 fires swept through all of downtown in the 1800s.. what makes building out of wood so much safer now..? It's the whole reason all the old buildings that are left downtown are built out of stone and brick, to PREVENT that from happening.

Hell we still have BRICK buildings burn and collapse.
Here is an excellent article worth a read on the benefits of modern wood buildings/skyscrapers! https://www.euronews.com/2018/05/04/...resistant-view

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Why isn't fire hazard a problem?

Timber burns, but the good thing is that we know how it burns. You can imagine a big log that you put on the fire in the woods when you’re out camping. The small branches that you put around this big log will burn down completely overnight, but the big log will still be there in the morning because there is nothing around it to keep it burning. Similarly, a timber building will remain standing after a fire has gone out by itself. The charring of wood creates an insulating layer that protects the inner part of the timber. The charring speed is predictable. Large cross sections of glue-laminated timber will have a considerable cross section of undamaged wood after a fire has ended, and this remaining cross section can carry the load.

How does this differ to the behaviour of concrete and steel in a fire?

In general, timber has a better bearing capacity. When there is a fire, concrete will get warm and crack, which means there will be openings at the surface, exposing the reinforcement. The reinforcement is normally made of steel and when the steel gets warm it melts and loses its bearing capacity. Consequently, the concrete will collapse because it’s no good without the reinforcement.
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Old Posted Feb 22, 2019, 3:11 PM
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Here is an excellent article worth a read on the benefits of modern wood buildings/skyscrapers! https://www.euronews.com/2018/05/04/...resistant-view
and what's to stop the glue from melting and the pieces of wood in glue laminate from falling apart?
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Old Posted Mar 20, 2019, 1:56 PM
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nice to have another empty lot filled up.

Can't wait to have the Kresges site redeveloped to have hundreds more people living in the core.
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I hope they strip the paint off the building beside it and restore it to natural brick.
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Hamilton is officially under construction...or renovation perhaps.
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Wow, this is going fast! It makes sense now that I think about it...anyways, great to see some work done in such prominent areas of Hamilton's core. The downtown is really changing for the better.
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Hamilton is officially under construction...or renovation perhaps.
It's nice they renovated next door too. Wonder what that'll be when it's available...
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It's nice they renovated next door too. Wonder what that'll be when it's available...
Yeah I am liking the new cornice next door - that's the great part about these renovation - repair of one building usually affects repairs of the buildings around them

The part above the new cornice just looks so dilapidated though - with the white flaking paint and the disintegrating top cornice..

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^Your name should be Cornice-amut.
Haha it should be! I do love my cornices! <3

I am also liking the new stone facade - looks like the same stone as the new building to the right of it they built.. so it's nice to see some consistency that way
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They've moved at breakneck speed on this one.
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They've moved at breakneck speed on this one.
I'm interested to see if the facade has had any adjustments at all - or if they're still going for the adornment-less design they originally proposed.
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The facade of this building could have turned out a lot better if they didn't do this to the pieces from the old building.



ooooohhh well.
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The facade of this building could have turned out a lot better if they didn't do this to the pieces from the old building.

ooooohhh well.
In all fairness - the facade of the building that collapsed wasn't as nice as the lister block. They chose to preserve the facade of william thomas, and they chose not to with this one.

Although I do like those arch pieces.
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Have there been any rumors about potential tenants? once complete?
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Old Posted Apr 24, 2019, 10:13 PM
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Have there been any rumors about potential tenants? once complete?
I want to say the City will be taking it over but I can be wrong.
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