3Dementia
Senior Member
Went by yesterday and this fella is indeed a brute... massive and built right to the sidewalk. Gonna be impactful at street level when completed.
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caltrane74
Senior Member
I was down there last nite, I'm surprised we didn't cross paths.
3Dementia
Senior Member
You were there for the whole night?
Geez Cal... your social life is in the crapper. BTW, if Ms. Avatar is just an employee now... I know someone very close to me who'd love to give her a call. ;-)
Geez Cal... your social life is in the crapper. BTW, if Ms. Avatar is just an employee now... I know someone very close to me who'd love to give her a call. ;-)
Tuscani01
Senior Member
I got more info from my friend today
- Fins are gone
- B.A will look basically like FCP but entirely glass
- One mechanical floor has been turned into office space, bringing the tower up to 51 storeys, but no increase in height.
- Construction is currently right on schedule despite delays last week. (One floor per week)
- Fins are gone
- B.A will look basically like FCP but entirely glass
- One mechanical floor has been turned into office space, bringing the tower up to 51 storeys, but no increase in height.
- Construction is currently right on schedule despite delays last week. (One floor per week)
caltrane74
Senior Member
The reason for the delay in the concrete corm work last week seems obvious. They may have miscalculated the timeframe/equipment/or manpower required to assemble the load bearing steel columns.
Redroom Studios
Senior Member
^^^^^^^ hey, hey! its poking its head up above the surrounding low rise stuff.
regretable though that its losing the minor architectural details it originally had. I predict completion of this building on "boxing" day
regretable though that its losing the minor architectural details it originally had. I predict completion of this building on "boxing" day
DaninToronto
Active Member
If the gained a office floor at the expense of mechanical I assume they converted the area for the fins into a new mechanical area.
I wonder how much of the tower is now preleased?
I wonder how much of the tower is now preleased?
khris
Senior Member
If the fins are really going to be gone, that is a major disappointment for me. That was my favourite part of it. Why are they getting rid of them? That's cheaping out.
Conrad Black
Senior Member
It does seem that cheapening out is the case here. Too bad.
Edward
Senior Member
Seantrans are those photos from Maritime Life? Keep them coming.
Conrad Black
Senior Member
Lots of steel going up today on the Bay side. First floor is starting to be framed.
caltrane74
Senior Member
I was just thinking about a discussion we had earlier within this thread regarding a second crane..
Is it possible that when more of the steel framework is assembled we will see a second crane attached to the exterior framework to assist in the installation of the structural steel?
Is it possible that when more of the steel framework is assembled we will see a second crane attached to the exterior framework to assist in the installation of the structural steel?
AndreaPalladio
Senior Member
No. A building frame isn't engineered for that sort of use. Besides, it would have to be the third crane, the smaller second crane having been in use for some months now.
whatever
Senior Member
Actually, you're wrong. It's a fairly common practice to create an auxillary crane by bolting a boom to the side of a column (basically using the column as a mast). Such a crane is known as a Chicago crane, or sometimes a Chicago boom. Of course it needs to be approved by an engineer first, but it's nothing out of the ordinary to see one in use.
AndreaPalladio
Senior Member
It's never been used in this city.