Recent content by alexb

Yes this is Fantasy but I made this post on reddit and it go no replies. I think the CoV is priortizing VMC/7 Corridor too much and should push to a Jane corridor instead. Imagine repurposing Jane which is currently a massive stroad to a modern city street that can develop as the spine or...

From Wellesley, new artwork just dropped at Macdonald Block - how does this get designed and approved? Prior to reno:

I'm not sure if the Moody's reports have ever been discussed here (actually double checked and I posted an update from Moodys in here in May 2023) but they are probably the closest thing we'll get to actual public knowledge. They are issued annually. I have asked chat-gpt to summarize since 2019...

I'm surprised this place is only hosting 15 shows this year - is there really no demand in Toronto for a venue this size?

DBRS posted a bond pre-sale report a week back on this one. Its publicly available, you just need to create a 30-day trial account. Costs are below. Construction appears to be around $7.5B - still around 2,700/sf. I think Niagara South was around half of that. With a project this big you...

Can we please please please stop using the Congestion Czar term

Are you hiring?

UT meet-up when this opens?

@interchange42 This is up to 3 cranes now, just drove by on the 400 so couldn't snap a photo but maybe someone else in the area can.

I could have posted this picture in a few threads but this one probably makes the most sense. Vaughan just posted their VMC secondary plan...

I'm sure you can find articles like those listed above for most large contractors. Acciona is part of the team for the Ontario Line elevated section so Metrolinx has already taken the risk. Plus Acciona is one of the two Yonge North teams (the other being Aecon) that will be awarded shortly...

What did Acciona do?

The second platform was essentially complete last winter though. There has been now been 5 cab boarding for 14 months. Its interesting because Rutherford was a P3 with a fixed and likely aggressive schedule and they did some weird transitions from old platform to new (even a temporary wood...

I'm surprised there is no coverage on here for this - its a really interesting construction project with some very complex engineering.

Work at Maple GO is still progressing, although this past year has felt quite slow. It seems like there is almost no rush to complete works and get everything back open. We are now reaching 3+ years which is the same time Rutherford took to do with a lot more complex work. I get that this...