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

[drum118]

Dec 13
First sections for the 2 west tower cranes installed today and a first time seeing it done this way.

The south tower has rebar footing with no pour concrete. The north tower has nothing at all and sitting on something that looks like bracing and shims.

More to follow when I get to today photos next week

 

[Irishmonk]

Wow--a crane already! This is not a dream, this is really happening!

(Sorry, I get carried away by this project sometimes. It's got size, real architecture and transformative city building all in one fell swoop)

 

[polesingularity]

The excavation at this point seems pretty shallow for a three-story parking garage. Do the crane foundations signify the deepest extent of the digging, or does the lowest parking level not extend to where they're being installed?

 

[DSC]

The excavation at this point seems pretty shallow for a three-story parking garage. Do the crane foundations signify the deepest extent of the digging, or does the lowest parking level not extend to where they're being installed?

The crane is usually (always?) anchored at the lowest area and the plans clearly call for a 3-level underground parking structure and I assume they can measure so I guess it's deep enough!

 

[innsertnamehere]

I think the size of the site masks the depth of the excavation.

 

[Capslock]

I think the size of the site masks the depth of the excavation.

You may be right... There's a guy in disgrace in the background standing facing the wall (maybe he's been told to take 5 minutes to think about what he's done wrong?) - he does give a bit of scale to the retaining wall.

 

[kotsy]

There's a guy in disgrace in the background standing facing the wall (maybe he's been told to take 5 minutes to think about what he's done wrong?)

Reminds me of Blair Witch Project

 

[drum118]

You may be right... There's a guy in disgrace in the background standing facing the wall (maybe he's been told to take 5 minutes to think about what he's done wrong?) - he does give a bit of scale to the retaining wall.

Naaa!!! he watching the excavator trim the wall which is out of the picture and can be seen in the 2nd photo. One could say he was doing something else standing there if it wasn't for the 2nd photo.

 

[sikandar]

Nice surprise when I looked out the window this morning:

 

[Logan]

Nice! I wonder what our current crane count is? Toronto was leading all North American cities for cranes back in August with 72 (Seattle was a distant 2nd with 58) https://archpaper.com/2017/08/booming-seattle-dominates-nationwide-crane-count/
There's even a crane index: http://assets.rlb.com/production/2017/07/31161816/July-2017-Crane-Index.pdf

 

[raptor]

That's just a mobile crane. The permanent cranes should follow shortly

 

[Miscreant]

Ah that condo in the backdrop. How magisteri...awful.

 

[sikandar]

From this morning:

 

[Edward Skira]

Awesome. So we now have two great different view points of the site @Michael62 @sikandar

 

[sikandar]

SW crane build continues - several workers tip-toeing all over it this morning to prepare it for the next big piece. If you look closely you’ll see a couple of them in black at the very top.