Toronto CIBC SQUARE | 241.39m | 50s | Hines | WilkinsonEyre

[W. K. Lis]

Wonder if they'll hit natural gas under Toronto?

See link.

 

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Twelve hours ago…

Where the Yonge Street driveway will be:

And walking around the rest of it:

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[UrbanAffair]

Does anyone know what the blue truck is for? It's halfway along the southern lot line, and has stairs going in to it, but also has rear wheels, and what looks like bins. I've never seen that machine before. Any ideas?

 

[PMT]

Looks like a dewatering tank.

 

[DonValleyRainbow]

Does anyone know what the blue truck is for? It's halfway along the southern lot line, and has stairs going in to it, but also has rear wheels, and what looks like bins. I've never seen that machine before. Any ideas?

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Looks like a dewatering tank.

That was going to be my guess too, someone made reference to the tieback machines using so much water they needed an external tank.

 

[strookie]

That was going to be my guess too, someone made reference to the tieback machines using so much water they needed an external tank.

Yes, it's just a tank. I don't think there's any machinery in the unit itself. I see more and more of these at construction sites that have high water tables or other environmental/draining issues. Jane and Hwy 7 as one example.

 

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[Michael62]

Boring no more. All three boring machines are being dismantled The steel, that the welders were working on last week, has ended up in a series of holes making a line from north to south, about 3m away from the original bored wall along Bay St. They are slowly and carefully removing material from between 18 Yonge St and the railway tracks. The blue tanker that looks like a shipping container at street level is a used-water storage tank. When the tieback machines are working, a lot of dirty water is expelled during the process and ends up in the ditch around the machines. They've been using firehoses to pump this used water into the blue tank and every morning a black tanker truck comes and pumps the water out of the blue tank.

 

[DonValleyRainbow]

The blue tanker that looks like a shipping container at street level is a used-water storage tank. When the tieback machines are working, a lot of dirty water is expelled during the process and ends up in the ditch around the machines. They've been using firehoses to pump this used water into the blue tank and every morning a black tanker truck comes and pumps the water out of the blue tank.

Hmm. That sounds like known or uncertain potential for contaminated fill, and they are risk managing the expelled water.

 

[A Torontonian Now]

Is it just me, or are they moving at lightning speed given the size and complexity of the site?

 

[UrbanAffair]

Boring no more. All three boring machines are being dismantled The steel, that the welders were working on last week, has ended up in a series of holes making a line from north to south, about 3m away from the original bored wall along Bay St. They are slowly and carefully removing material from between 18 Yonge St and the railway tracks. The blue tanker that looks like a shipping container at street level is a used-water storage tank. When the tieback machines are working, a lot of dirty water is expelled during the process and ends up in the ditch around the machines. They've been using firehoses to pump this used water into the blue tank and every morning a black tanker truck comes and pumps the water out of the blue tank.

Very detailed status update, and much appreciated.

 

[ptbotrmpfn]

I’m excited for this one to rise as I felt when shangri-la went up. Nice new shiny tower (s).

 

[Bogtrotter]

Something prominent and without balconies will be refreshing. Actually they should look pretty sharp at night if the render flyovers on the website are any indication. I really like the way the diamond patterns are emphasized.

http://www.bayparkcentre.com/

 

[Michael62]

A few quick pics to let you see the water problem that's sprung up in the south west corner of the site. They seem to be very responsible in dealing with this water, as you can see by the tanker truck pumping out the blue storage tank.

 

[Kitsune]

we have a hole ! And surprise ... the lake is trying to regain its former ground.