Toronto eCondos | 195.67m | 58s | Bazis | Rosario Varacalli

[Edward Skira]

Today. Dec 19, 2016

 

[WislaHD]

This one needs a photo update. It is getting HUGE from the intersection.

 

[WillTo]

From today. Sorry I should have taken from outside.

 

[WillTo]

She's been going up very slowly.

 

[WislaHD]

From today. Sorry I should have taken from outside.

This angle at least shows how much public space we are getting back.

The podium has a massive presence on the street now. I barely recognize the intersection anymore.

 

[sunnyraytoronto]

She's been going up very slowly.

Actually,.... it should start to go up much quicker from here. Going forward, probably a floor about every 1.5 weeks or so.

Does anyone see why? Examine these photos,... the hint is there,....

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From today. Sorry I should have taken from outside.

 

[WillTo]

Actually,.... it should start to go up much quicker from here. Going forward, probably a floor about every 1.5 weeks or so.

Does anyone see why? Examine these photos,... the hint is there,....

Well there seems to be an open area of 4 floors which are just scaffolding and a horizontal beam on top. Do they have to wait for that concrete to dry before proceeding?

 

[sunnyraytoronto]

Well there seems to be an open area of 4 floors which are just scaffolding and a horizontal beam on top. Do they have to wait for that concrete to dry before proceeding?

Yes, that's the general area I'm focused on.

They finish the podium levels,... and now working on second level of tower above podium,.... first of which might be amenity floor or something with odd non-standard ceiling height. But look closely at this photos from WillTo today,... and you'll see TMG Builders seems to have just started using their pioneer flying-form concrete forming system on that top-most forming floor,... that'll speed up their production!

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Notice the top floor they're forming,... there's truss (diagonal) structures underneath,... that's basically a large portable flying-form floor that'll get reused multiple times as-is,... VS the traditional way of constantly building new forming-floor and disassembling,... only to constantly rebuild and disassemble the forming floor again and again,... which is what they did for the floors below. This looks like the first standard ceiling height floor,... idea for flying-form concrete forming system since basically all the floors from here and up should all be a constant ceiling height (exception are likely penthouse, mechanical and amenity pool floor). Anyways, now you'll start seeing a whole lot of those diagonal plywood enclosing each floor!

http://www.concretecentre.com/Building-Elements/Formwork/Table-form-flying-form.aspx

If you're an engineering geek, here's a nice animation:

Thus, once TMG Builders set up enough of these flying-form truss structures for one floor,... they should start going at a good pace of about a floor per 1.5 week or so. TMG Builders invented this innovative flying-form concrete forming system/methodology that's been adapted by many other construction firms.

 

[someMidTowner]

Today:

 

[someMidTowner]

Feb 1st:

 

[innsertnamehere]

they are doing the first tower floorplate right now by the looks of it, right?

 

[maestro]

Yes, that's the general area I'm focused on.

They finish the podium levels,... and now working on second level of tower above podium,.... first of which might be amenity floor or something with odd non-standard ceiling height. But look closely at this photos from WillTo today,... and you'll see TMG Builders seems to have just started using their pioneer flying-form concrete forming system on that top-most forming floor,... that'll speed up their production!



Notice the top floor they're forming,... there's truss (diagonal) structures underneath,... that's basically a large portable flying-form floor that'll get reused multiple times as-is,... VS the traditional way of constantly building new forming-floor and disassembling,... only to constantly rebuild and disassemble the forming floor again and again,... which is what they did for the floors below. This looks like the first standard ceiling height floor,... idea for flying-form concrete forming system since basically all the floors from here and up should all be a constant ceiling height (exception are likely penthouse, mechanical and amenity pool floor). Anyways, now you'll start seeing a whole lot of those diagonal plywood enclosing each floor!

http://www.concretecentre.com/Building-Elements/Formwork/Table-form-flying-form.aspx

If you're an engineering geek, here's a nice animation:

Thus, once TMG Builders set up enough of these flying-form truss structures for one floor,... they should start going at a good pace of about a floor per 1.5 week or so. TMG Builders invented this innovative flying-form concrete forming system/methodology that's been adapted by many other construction firms.

It was innovative 50 years ago. I'm surprised they aren't mandated to use skydeck on such a tight site. There's barely enough room to maneuver without having to block traffic.

 

[WillTo]

It was innovative 50 years ago. I'm surprised they aren't mandated to use skydeck on such a tight site. There's barely enough room to maneuver without having to block traffic.

They concrete trucks are blocking traffic ☹ There are Marshalls helping trucks back up into the site. Intersection is nuts at the moment.

 

[DonValleyRainbow]

They concrete trucks are blocking traffic ☹ There are Marshalls helping trucks back up into the site. Intersection is nuts at the moment.

In all fairness, it's the Crosstown construction that is the biggest cause of congestion there.

 

[denfromoakvillemilton]

I think this project will change the neighborhood.

In all fairness, it's the Crosstown construction that is the biggest cause of congestion there.

agreed.