[Halifax] The Marlstone (1871 Albemarle) | 19 FL | U/C

[alps]

Originally Posted by Empire

I am quite sure the columns and foundation footings were sized for an expansion and additional compressive load. You cannot add 19 floors to a structure that was designed to be 2 floors. Maritime Centre built in structural capacity so that 8 floors were able to be added and this is what should have happened with the existing QEII Health Sciences Centre. Maybe for some new builds extra structural bearing capacity could be written into the development so the building could add additional floors in future?

I could be wrong, but my impression was that they were building new columns down through the existing structure.

[ScovaNotian]

I'm curious what's going to happen immediately to the north and the east of the Marlstone. There seems to be roof space left that could either be a very neat outdoor space or a concrete wasteland as before.

[Summerville]

Originally Posted by ScovaNotian

I'm curious what's going to happen immediately to the north and the east of the Marlstone. There seems to be roof space left that could either be a very neat outdoor space or a concrete wasteland as before.

If anyone is interested,...you can get a good photograph of the rebar, crane base and slab from the pedway that crosses over the Scotia Square parking garage to Brunswick Street

[Dmajackson]

I felt a bit guilty being in a nice dry, heated pedway taking this photo but the angle is great.


HalifaxDevelopments.ca (Photo by David Jackson)

[Summerville]

Slab is finished and crane is going up today.

Looks like the slab was between 2 to 3 feet thick

[Jstaleness]

It will be dark(ish) but I'll see if I can get few Crane shots when I am down here for the Thunderbirds game Saturday night.

[Jstaleness]

Not the best quality, but a snap I took after the Thunderbirds game last week.