VANCOUVER | Living Shangri-La | 646 FT / 197 M | 61 FLOORS - Page 5

phesto · #81 Posted **Oct 17, 2006, 1:36 PM**

October 17th, 2006 update:

Most of the 4th floor has been poured, and work on the 5th floor has begun. Parkade work is still ongoing, but they just poured most of the at-grade slab, meaning it should be finished soon.

WonderlandPark · #82 Posted **Oct 17, 2006, 3:19 PM**

Agree with Auston, this has got to be one of the slowest rising buildings out there.

Canadian Mind · #83 Posted **Oct 17, 2006, 4:09 PM**

thats because most of the effort is going towards completing the parkade. Once that is done my guess is that the guys working on that will begin work on the tower.

A floor every 6 days isn't a bad pace though, is it?

BINARY SYSTEM · #84 Posted **Oct 17, 2006, 7:33 PM**

Shangri-Laaa...It has a nice ring to it.

Cornholios post was a nice rendering of the new skyline, looks good.

phesto · #85 Posted **Oct 17, 2006, 7:37 PM**

^It has actually been a floor every 10 days to this point. However, the first 4 floors were all different. Floors 5 through 58 are essentially the same with only minor variations in the balconies and elevator core.

The work on the parkade also slows construction a bit, as they cannot accomodate concrete pours for both parts of the site at once.

Beginning with the 5th floor, they're expecting to finish a floor per week. (ie. expect top-out around this time next year).

Canadian Mind · #86 Posted **Oct 17, 2006, 11:48 PM**

Question, how they goign to fill in those holes with the cranes sticking out?

city guy · #87 Posted **Oct 19, 2006, 9:13 PM**

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Originally Posted by phesto

October 17th, 2006 update:

Most of the 4th floor has been poured, and work on the 5th floor has begun. Parkade work is still ongoing, but they just poured most of the at-grade slab, meaning it should be finished soon.

are we seeing the full extent of the building's diagonal now?
I've been trying to understand how wide the tower will be onits longest side

Nowhereman1280 · #88 Posted **Oct 19, 2006, 9:47 PM**

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Originally Posted by Canadian Mind

Question, how they goign to fill in those holes with the cranes sticking out?

The cranes usually go up an elevator shaft or some sort of utility corridor within the core, so, if you can call it getting filled in, they get filled in with elevator shaft.

Though the crane in the parking structure does look like its in an odd spot for an elevator, and its on a diagnal, is that just aestetic placement of stairs and elevators or something else we are looking at?

Canadian Mind · #89 Posted **Oct 20, 2006, 6:30 AM**

the tower crane is in an odd spot too, right beside where the elevator shafts are, thats kinda why I asked. :p

AK47KC · #90 Posted **Oct 23, 2006, 11:47 PM**

Those holes are probably for stairways. I don't think an elevator would go up angled in respect to the rest of the building or outside the core that often.

Canadian Mind · #91 Posted **Oct 24, 2006, 1:08 AM**

two short for stairs. besides, the stairs are suppost to go between the elevator shafts

phesto · #92 Posted **Oct 24, 2006, 3:53 AM**

^The crane on the left will be a single elevator shaft from the parkade to the grocery store above. The reason it is on an angle like that is because it will line up with the walkway that runs diagonally across the site.

I'm not sure about the crane for the tower. In it's current location it will be running right through the suites above.

city guy · #93 Posted **Oct 30, 2006, 7:59 PM**

does anyone know if the current width of the tower portion represents the full width of the project? I'm trying to understand how bulky the tower will be

squeezied · #94 Posted **Oct 31, 2006, 6:52 AM**

^ummm pretty much yea. the thurlow side steps in a bit at level 4

caltrane74 · #95 Posted **Oct 31, 2006, 8:54 PM**

That thing is moving fast. I cant wait till we get one too here in Toronto.

Canadian Mind · #96 Posted **Nov 1, 2006, 2:15 AM**

finish the F**king thing already.

Lee_Haber8 · #97 Posted **Nov 1, 2006, 6:40 AM**

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Originally Posted by Canadian Mind

thats because most of the effort is going towards completing the parkade. Once that is done my guess is that the guys working on that will begin work on the tower.

A floor every 6 days isn't a bad pace though, is it?

That's probably the only thing I don't like about Vancouver's planning is their minimum parking requirements. I say let a developer build how much underground parking they feel is suitable. Most people should be walking or using transit anyways. Parking really jacks up the costs - each lot costs 20,000 dollars.

raggedy13 · #98 Posted **Nov 2, 2006, 11:14 PM**

Here's an updated pic of the site from its webcam... as of about 3pm today...

city guy · #99 Posted **Nov 11, 2006, 8:19 PM**

I've heard that ths tower is going to have areas of special fritted glazing which refracts sunlight into colours
anyone know about this?

raggedy13 · #**100** Posted **Nov 12, 2006, 7:04 AM**

^I hadn't heard a thing about that. That sounds pretty amazing if it's true though. All I know is that the building will have little solar charged bits covering the facade that will glow at night.