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[C-mac]

How fast are they at building a new floor? Seems like things are moving slower than phase 1 was

Maybe it seems that way, but it's not the case at all.

 

[GenerationLee]

It's going at a good clip now I think.
I took these a few hours ago, part 1

 

[GenerationLee]

And Part 2. I'm really glad to see the Financial District go further down Bay, it helps flesh out this southerly view from RBC Plaza

 

[UtakataNoAnnex]

Looks like the bottom part is entering the tarp phase. Which usually proceeds the curtain wall phase...

 

[Riseth]

Phase Two is about the equivalent of where Phase One was back in April 2019. Based on the progress of the south tower, this should easily be topped out by next summer.

 

[Civdis]

Living across the street I can tell you it is going up fast now. The steel columns are installed 3 floors at a time. Based on wat I am seeing, I would say they are progressing at one floor per week.

 

[mburrrrr]

There were 3 jumps in the core sometime around Nov 4, 14, 22.
This phase looks to be about 12 months behind.
81 Bay 2017-05-21 to 2019-04-05 ~ 23 months
141 Bay 2020-12-01 to 2023-11-20 ~ 35 months
The glass was ~ 6 weeks after this.

April 2019

I think this should be more or less accurate...gives you a sense of what's left at least. If I have time I'll actually give this some proper detail and keep it updated.
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[UtakataNoAnnex]

I've always maintained that the complexity of the base of Phase 2 is and was radically different to Phase 1 here. Being that, Phase 1 was fairly straight forward conventional build; where as, Phase 2 was built unconventionally on a pivot of sorts which required a lot more engineering gymnastics to make it work. I mean, the podiums weight of the tower goes straight into the core with the latter, opposed to using common supports for weight distribution for the respective tower with the former. Therefore, making Phase 2 take much longer to build at least at podium level...if that makes any sense.

 

[TossYourJacket]

I've always maintained that the complexity of the base of Phase 2 is and was radically different to Phase 1 here. Being that, Phase 1 was fairly straight forward conventional build; where as, Phase 2 was built unconventionally on a pivot of sorts which required a lot more engineering gymnastics to make it work. I mean, the podiums weight of the tower goes straight into the core with the latter, opposed to using common supports for weight distribution for the respective tower with the former. Therefore, making Phase 2 take much longer to build at least at podium level...if that makes any sense.

Yeah exactly, Phase 2 needs to redirect the same amount of weight into a notably smaller foundation, due to the rail corridor. Plus there's the whole thing where the tower itself is essentially cantilevered over said active rail corridor, which as someone who was originally a civil engineering grad, a level of complexity that makes my brain hurt just to think about. This is up there with The One in terms of complex structural engineering projects in Toronto rn.

 

[Justelena]

 

[DavidCapizzano]

 

[lightarchitect]

 

[Johnny Au]

These are the final set of photos taken using my iPhone 12 Pro Max.

All future photos taken by me will be taken using my newly purchased iPhone 15 Pro Max, which has much better cameras. I would still keep my iPhone 12 Pro Max as a backup phone.

November 22, 2023:

 

[mburrrrr]

Saturday Nov 25

Bye-Bye CN Tower. Up to the Edge Walk by April?

Creeping through CreateTO office/lobby at Union. Sunday Nov 19

And for some reason I never took a full bridge picture.

 

[Paclo]