Toronto The Well | 174.03m | 46s | RioCan | Hariri Pontarini

[tstormers]

That big tank must be so tedious to dig. Does anyone know if they will reach other types of rocks along the way or is it largely shale?

Found this tidbit in a Geological Report. Roughly 120m thick in Toronto

 

[tstormers]

Also...Update for the Office Tower, since Red Mars covered the pit side today

 

[Miscreant]

I remember standing on Spadina looking at this excavation back in March. They had just about gotten as deep as they needed to just on the east end of the site. 10 months later and they're still picking at the far west end. Amazing stuff. This excavation is for the books.

 

[RonThom]

Also...Update for the Office Tower, since Red Mars covered the pit side today

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Wow.... they are at grade already

 

[tstormers]

Wow.... they are at grade already

Actually, they are above now as they poured part of the floor slab for lvl 2 near the North East building.

 

[tstormers]

Looks like an issue with one of the cranes...huge tilt on it. Don't see any workers below at the moment. Other than 2 who seem to be reviewing/looking at it.

 

[Full Metal Junkie]

While rare, crane accidents do happen. I am instantly reminded of this calamity from 2009 at Dufferin & Steeles:

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Hopefully, nothing as serious as that at The Well.

 

[ADRM]

Hurricane Sandy mems.

 

[400WellingtonGuy]

Regarding the crane issue today, the neighbourhood tonight was notified that the crane on Building B structurally failed today (noticed it as well when I got home). No one was hurt. It will be taken down starting tomorrow and lasting into late Sunday. It is going to be tricky affair with multiple cranes in action, with even a special crane coming in from Montreal overnight that will need to be loaded into the base of the pit and then re-assembled. The on-site construction manager from Del Terra is a top notch professional, so I am sure safety of the workers will be paramount during the dismantling.

 

[WislaHD]

This is a big site. Does construction across the site stop due to something like this?

 

[ushahid]

^what construction stopped?

 

[400WellingtonGuy]

Construction stopped yesterday on all the Del Terra portion. Ellis Don continued on with the corner tower. They are still setting up for the removal. The mobile crane from Montreal arrived this morning.

 

[Jasonzed]

 

[RZ12]

4 Years to go! Woo!

 

[TheHonestMaple]

When is construction for the second reservoir/tank scheduled to begin?