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

[Automation Gallery]

Wow this is moving at such a pace. We'll be at grade before we know it and I bet after the podium it'll rise more than a floor a week. Anyone care to predict a top out?

Summer 2019

 

[Miscreant]

Summer 2019

 

[polesingularity]

Any guesses as to why they've removed the wooden hoarding "ceiling" that was over the Bay St. sidewalk?

 

[wmedia]

^ I suspect they are about to move the hoarding slightly to the east. It was always a very tight squeeze on the sidewalk. I'm just guessing though.

 

[Contra]

Here will explain the layout of the core a bit more - there's new drawings on the city website from last month - those 2 large rooms with the X's through them are stormwater cisterns - see the ladder on the right of each room.

What's the purpose of the cisterns? Just to hold run-off water?

 

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James Bond visits.

Source

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[Woodbridge_Heights]

What's the purpose of the cisterns? Just to hold run-off water?

Maybe proximity to the water table is a factor??? Kind of difficult to drain water into an area that is already permeated with water.

 

[DSC]

Maybe proximity to the water table is a factor??? Kind of difficult to drain water into an area that is already permeated with water.

They are described as "stormwater cisterns" and are thus to temporarily collect water during heavy storms when the regular sewers and sumps are likely to be over-loaded. They are the downtown equivalent of the stormwater ponds one sees in more suburban areas. They are built to avoid the need to build regular sewers etc to deal with occasional very heavy rain. Once the sewers 'empty out' the water from the cisterns will get pumped into them.

 

[W. K. Lis]

Either that or let the sewers overflow into the streets. From link:

 

[W. K. Lis]

They'll probably have big versions of backwater valves, just in case.

From link.

(Wonder if there was a subsidy from the city for one? Probably not. See link.

The City offers owners of single-family, duplex and triplex residential homes a subsidy of up to $3,400 per property to install flood protection devices.

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[Contra]

James Bond visits.
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I'd be down with that.

 

[Michael62]

Happy Friday

Westside Story: At surface level along the east side of Bay Street a new construction entrance has been created, It's quite tall and has been capped with a black roof that blends into the street asphalt so it's a bit difficult to see. Forming of the floor between P3/P2 continues, they are including lots of rebar for this level as well as piping runs for water and electrical (light grey plastic tubing). They are presently pouring more concrete for the P3 floor towards the north wall.

Eastside Story: The P3/P2 level forming extents towards the east however there is presently no concrete base to the east of the present forming and around Crane#3 at this time. When they pour the concrete floor there are several machines that 'polish' the concrete as it cures. The machines look like fans that trowel the concrete, there are a couple of hand held machines that operate like floor cleaners. There are two 'polishing' machines that have two sets of blades that rotate in opposite directions to each other. An operator sits atop of this machine and rides around on the concrete. It reminds me of bumper cars and the operators seem to have a lot of fun chasing each other from one side of the site to the other

 

[DonValleyRainbow]

An operator sits atop of this machine and rides around on the concrete. It reminds me of bumper cars and the operators seem to have a lot of fun chasing each other from one side of the site to the other

That would make a neat video!

 

[ChesterCopperpot]

Like this?

 

[Michael62]

Like this?

Exactly like that