Toronto Aura at College Park | 271.87m | 78s | Canderel | Graziani + Corazza

[Jasonzed]

from today

 

[Mongo]

Wow, those cotter pins look awfully thin for the immense loads this crane will be lifting. But then, I suppose that they don't need to be that big, they merely need to keep the bigger pin they are attached to from falling out.

But I would still avoid standing directly under their loads.

 

[UrbanAffair]

Cotter pins just prevent the sliding of the metal bolts that look much thicker...I wouldn't worry, I am sure they build these things to specifications.

 

[Ramako]

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That's the first picture where I've seen where there is almost no workers on this site. I wonder why.

 

[Carter]

That's the first picture where I've seen where there is almost no workers on this site. I wonder why.

looks like it was taken about 4pm saturday, most of the works have left for the day. They were pouring that floor today. I guess they are trying to make up for lost time from over the past week.

 

[Automation Gallery]

awesome! this project is ginormous

Yeah i agree..but why do i get that feeling that Aura wont be the last of the big ones to be built in that Yonge Gerrard area.

 

[KA1]

looks like it was taken about 4pm saturday, most of the works have left for the day. They were pouring that floor today. I guess they are trying to make up for lost time from over the past week.

An individual was working there on late Friday evening as well, all by himself, polishing the floor. Can anyone tell me as to why the floor needs to e polished?

 

[Therion]

That crane looks brand spanking new. Not a scratch on it.

 

[Big Daddy]

An individual was working there on late Friday evening as well, all by himself, polishing the floor. Can anyone tell me as to why the floor needs to e polished?

He's not polishing the floor, he's trowelling it. It gives a smooth finish to the concrete. It has to be done about three times as the concrete cures.

 

[androiduk]

^ Here's a close-up of that. Looks like a very physically demanding job.

 

[KA1]

Thanks for the explanation, Big Daddy. And thanks to you as well, Adroiduk.

 

[caltrane74]

Aura from across the way, at afternoon

 

[gweed123]

Do they plan on keeping all 3 cranes for the entire project, or are they only using the white one for the first few floors, and then going with the two orange ones for the remainder of the project? It would seem kind of cluttered with 3 cranes going at once.

 

[androiduk]

According to the guy I talked to, they will use all three cranes until about floor 55 when one of the cranes on the east side of the ramp will come down.

 

[sodapop]

interesting, i would have thought they would bring all 3 down at the same time or at least 2 and leave one to haul up cladding or whatever