[Halifax] Waterton Towers | 2X40 m | 2x12 fl | Completed - Page 12

kph06 · #**221** Posted **Aug 20, 2012, 9:17 AM**

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Originally Posted by teddifax

Picture taken by me today, August 19th, 2012 after it became overcast, so not such a clear picture!

DSCF0754 by teddifax57, on Flickr
What is the crane on the far left for? Never noticed it before today?

DSCF0757 by teddifax57, on Flickr

I think what looks like a second crane at the Waterton is actually a transmission tower for the power line up the 102, it took me a few takes, it remarkabley looks like a mobile crane. The crane to the far left is at the top of Cowie Hill, it is being used to tilt up panels on the new Water Commission building up there.

teddifax · #**222** Posted **Aug 20, 2012, 2:48 PM**

Thank you for your quick response!

Haliobserver · #**223** Posted **Aug 26, 2012, 12:58 PM**

All NS had an article this week I read that reported on search warrants being issued for the search of personal storage lockers as the company is not cooperating with bankruptcy proceedings. Apparently the company gave them the wrong locker the first time and second search warrant had to be issued. They are looking for financial information the company will allegedly not provide.

DigitalNinja · #**224** Posted **Aug 27, 2012, 1:27 AM**

Wouldn't providing false information be a criminal offense? What crooks.

Haliobserver · #**225** Posted **Aug 29, 2012, 2:27 PM**

Here is the article in the Herald.

http://thechronicleherald.ca/busines...tcy-proceeding

kph06 · #**226** Posted **Sep 1, 2012, 2:46 PM**

Crane is down.

kph06 · #**227** Posted **Sep 3, 2012, 1:57 AM**

They must be planning on finishing the precast with a mobile crane, two from today.

fenwick16 · #**228** Posted **Sep 3, 2012, 2:48 AM**

It is just like a massive concrete wall. Please HRM, no more of these developments. Think of Vancouver and its tall slim towers.

ILoveHalifax · #**229** Posted **Sep 3, 2012, 11:11 AM**

I suspect that Waterton II will be rental. They are doing rent to own in Waterton I, have been for at least a year and still trying to get them filled.

Haliobserver · #**230** Posted **Sep 3, 2012, 11:20 AM**

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teddifax · #**231** Posted **Sep 3, 2012, 12:37 PM**

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Originally Posted by Haliobserver

Did you ever think the crane may be down with the building nowhere near done because of the issues presented in all of the articles online? I mean one of the owners is on the run and they are issuing search warrants for storage lockers full of financial info. But they are building a condo or apartment complex at the same time? Right.

What about Skye Halifax, aren't they connected to this as well?

kph06 · #**232** Posted **Sep 3, 2012, 2:51 PM**

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Originally Posted by Haliobserver

Did you ever think the crane may be down with the building nowhere near done because of the issues presented in all of the articles online? I mean one of the owners is on the run and they are issuing search warrants for storage lockers full of financial info. But they are building a condo or apartment complex at the same time? Right.

I wondered that, the precast has been going up somewhat sporadically, that is done by a seperate contractor than the crane owner. Generally they will try to have the panels built so the tower crane can lift them, but it is not uncommon for a mobile crane to be brought in for a portion of the panels, the Trillium was done like this.

hoser111 · #**233** Posted **Sep 3, 2012, 8:20 PM**

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Originally Posted by kph06

I wondered that, the precast has been going up somewhat sporadically, that is done by a seperate contractor than the crane owner. Generally they will try to have the panels built so the tower crane can lift them, but it is not uncommon for a mobile crane to be brought in for a portion of the panels, the Trillium was done like this.

ALT hotel was done this way as well.....

kph06 · #**234** Posted **Sep 25, 2012, 10:44 PM**

Slow but steady, photo by me:

Dmajackson · #**235** Posted **Nov 30, 2012, 10:10 PM**

Any updates on this?

Dmajackson · #**236** Posted **Feb 15, 2013, 12:04 AM**

I'm going to be listing this as completed on the compilation thread. Hopefully someone can grab a photo of this site.

macgregor · #**237** Posted **Apr 19, 2013, 9:43 PM**

Units in this one are up for pre-leasing for July...

http://halifax.kijiji.ca/c-PostersOt...serIdZ77165414

1976 · #**238** Posted **Jun 10, 2013, 1:30 AM**

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Originally Posted by DigitalNinja

Seems to be moving quicker than the first one.

That's because they hired Tri Cell, who did house foundations, to do the first one tower. They were half of the price of the reputable companies that priced the formwork the first time around. Needless to say, Tri Cell went bankrupt before they were half way up the tower. Their workmanship was also a nightmare. They left in their wake a nightmare of shoty, crooked and structurally questionable work. This was the biggest job in town at the time it started and the company that was hired had never even used a tower crane. Its comparable to hiring a boy scout for a mission to save the world because the navy seals wouldn't work for minimum wage.

Haliobserver · #**239** Posted **Jul 13, 2013, 6:21 PM**

More lawsuits still coming on this project. This time the condo owners, through the condo corp, are suing the developer.

http://thechronicleherald.ca/busines...facing-lawsuit