Winnipeg | 300 Main St.- Phase II / 360 Main St. | ~142M | 465 Ft | 42F | U/C

[Peggerino]

Is this sort of thing normal at all?

[1ajs]

Originally Posted by Peggerino

Is this sort of thing normal at all?

no.

though i know of some pritty sketch situations in a few buildings in this city...

the apartments behind portage place had to get emergency steel brackets installed a decade ago and there was some other issues when they were built ive herd.

one of the apartment blocks on roslyn road 20 or so yrs ago shifted and jamed all the fire escape doors and snaped a beam in the basement but it also had extra floors added to it with out proper permitngengineering ect by the owners during construction (in th 70's?). who was mr lazar and he was behind some really weird engineering screw ups around this city


theres a grain elevator thats still standing today as well that tiped over and was jacked back up and is now a case study for many engineers around the world as well

[Authentic_City]

New page.

[DonaldSmith]

Pretty quiet at the site this morning but there was some audible work going on.

[cllew]

Originally Posted by drew

For the structural consulting firm, I would imagine it's an all hands on deck situation - especially if the issue isn't obvious.

The building probably isn't in any danger of falling over, so there shouldn't be any issue with a few people walking around checking things out.

That's good to hear, I had visions of EIT's and CET's being the engineering profession's version of the Star Trek red shirts when something like this happens.

[Tbone04]

Has there been any word yet on what the issue is? Anyone have an idea what could even cause it?

[Winnipeg Grump]

I get that a hollowcore slab has some mass to it, but for the bulk of that structure the only thing missing is the glazing, no?
Is it that important structurally that one slab dropped on the top is going to throw the whole structure off?

[dmacc]

I heard that Artis is using this as an excuse to cap the building where it is.

[dmacc]

*made up

Sorry, auto correct

[esquire]

Originally Posted by dmacc

I heard that Artis is using this as an excuse to cap the building where it is.

Why do they have to make up an excuse? It's their building, they can do what they want with it...

[robertocarlos]

I thought it was leaning a bit in post 5208.

[rkspec]

Originally Posted by WinCitySparky

No one is allowed on site tomorrow morning pending investigation.

So whats the coles notes version of whats done to investigate this and how long does it usually take?

[Authentic_City]

I'm not sure I even understand what happened. Was a slab dropped with some force? Is that what made the loud pop and shaking? Or was it lowered correctly into place, but then something popped and shook the structure?
It's hard to tell from these live cam pictures, but it looks like all the hollowcore is in the right place (or at least nothing looks obviously out of place).
I guess the engineers have to inspect all points/joints in the structure for any sign of failure? Seems like that could take a while. So strange.
Is this construction site on an ancient indigenous burial ground? Perhaps there's a curse?

[Biff]

I just drove by. No one working up top, but lots of workers on site. They were still hanging glazing mid-tower as I went by.

[plrh]

Maybe it was a concrete failure on a recent pour. Even if they waited a week, the concrete might only be at 75% strength. The rebar would still hold everything together so it wouldn't be terribly obvious. I'm just guessing, I don't know much about building construction.

[dmacc]

There are people working on the second floor roof as we speak. If things were that dangerous I'm sure they wouldn't allow anyone on site at all. Lets not get ahead of ourselves just yet.

[robertocarlos]

There are some crazy rumours out there.

I know for a fact there was a serious incident but I'm not allowed to say what it was except that it was dangerous. It did not lead directly to the bada-boom.

I think the danger is gone. The columns were checked for cracks. It must all be OK because they are back at work.

The bada-boom happened on Wednesday night.

Seems like a normal day today with the crane operating except I did not see any cement trucks and the gates to the loading area were shut.

[WinCitySparky]

Back to site today. They are saying they can’t figure out what it was. They are saying they have stopped adding more structural elements until they dig deeper. Hard to say if they are telling the truth. Only a few crews were back today.

There are some signs of major vibrational effect such as fireproofing having fallen off certain structural elements. No cracked glass as far as I have heard.

Still a mystery, but no real information yet.

[The Jabroni]

Originally Posted by WinCitySparky

Back to site today. They are saying they can’t figure out what it was. They are saying they have stopped adding more structural elements until they dig deeper. Hard to say if they are telling the truth. Only a few crews were back today.

There are some signs of major vibrational effect such as fireproofing having fallen off certain structural elements. No cracked glass as far as I have heard.

Still a mystery, but no real information yet.

Interesting.

I hope it's nothing critical, like when they reinforced the foundation a couple years ago, prior to them starting structural work. I can imagine what that sounded like, as that must have been terrifying to hear, not knowing what's going to happen next when something major like that happens.

[Malcsta]

there’s talk about this so called incident on the r/winnipeg subreddit as well.

https://www.reddit.com/r/Winnipeg/co...tm_name=iossmf

seems like a mixed bag of responses at this point, however the top comment is from someone who supposedly works on site, and they’re pretty optimistic.