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Superstar
They going to demolish and get rid of that smokestack.
Ramako
Moderator
They going to demolish and get rid of that smokestack.
Nope. That's part of the adjacent property.
adma
Superstar
And it's "architectural", i.e. no eyesore--a smokestack as a John Andrews might have done it...
ponyboy
Active Member
correct me if I'm wrong, but the new SickKids building will connect to the other research building through elevated walkways (at the 3rd level), but not at ground level. Even though the Enwave plant and steam stack will be staying, this new building will hide it from view.
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junctionist
Senior Member
It's definitely a unique smokestack. Perhaps it should have heritage status.
LowPolygon
Senior Member
definitely goes into the "i'll believe it when i see it" category but i spoke to a contractor coming out of the now shuttered and unlamented Bay St Motel, on the SW corner of Bay and Elm, and he told me it was being converted to a 'small boutique hotel'. the interior is completely gutted....
Towered
Superstar
So glad they took down the hideous siding which covered the nice brick facade for years. Now they just have to strip the white paint and it'll be back to its charming old self. Could a boutique hotel work here though? Not exactly a hip area...
barrytron3030
Active Member
this is good news all-around. in response to Towered's concern over the neighbourhood's un-hipness, i think by the time this building actually becomes a boutique hotel, the area will be attractive. consider the presence of a new condo with retail at bay and dundas. consider also the proximity of dundas square, city hall, the eaton centre and the soon-to-be gargantuan Aura. this neighbourhood is no queen west. but remember, tourists will be staying here, not torontonians. we know better!
LowPolygon
Senior Member
you're right its not. especially with that bloody "Egg Theme Restaurant" across the road. the character of Yonge Street is slowing changing though. i believe that the Ryerson master plan, especially the redesigned Image Arts building and the very prominent Zeidler & Snøhetta Learning Center could have some serious knock on effects for the surrounding area to the east of Bay, with cooler restaurants, shops and services and the like. As well a boutique hotel could be a place to house visiting scholars and lecturers etc. The now defunct Kodak Lecture series that Ryerson ran was forced to put up their guests at the nearby Delta Chelsea. the presence of a funky little boutique lodging would have been most welcome. so who knows, the Yonge Dundas area may yet become kind of cool....
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yyzer
Senior Member
Interesting article in today's Daily Commercial News......
EllisDon to build new 21-storey tower for Hospital for Sick Children
PATRICIA WILLIAMS
staff writer
Constructing a 21-storey building on a tight urban site is one of the challenges facing EllisDon as it tackles a $400-million Hospital for Sick Children project in downtown Toronto.
The 750,000-square foot research and learning tower is being built at the corner of Bay and Elm streets, adjacent to both an Enbridge plant and a research facility that remains in operation.
“Getting out of the ground is always a challenge — and that is particularly true on this project,” says EllisDon senior project manager Dan Jolivet.
“We have to construct around a live steam and utility tunnel that is going into the Enbridge building. There is also going to be a lot of monitoring required for vibrations, given the proximity to both facilities.”
Ground was broken earlier this month on the tower, designed by Diamond + Schmitt Architects with HDR Inc. Designed to achieve LEED Gold, the building will include 17 floors of lab space, a learning concourse, administrative offices, lobby and retail space, 250-seat auditorium as well as two floors of below-grade parking.
The tower has been designed to encourage interdisciplinary research. Seven research neighbourhoods, spanning two and three floors, are connected by atrium spaces, staircases, lounges and kitchens.
It will be the largest high-rise research facility in Canada.
Jolivet, whose firm was awarded a stipulated-price contract to construct the tower, said there are some “unique” elements associated with the project, scheduled to be substantially completed in April, 2013.
Large, structural steel trusses span an entire storey, from the fourth to fifth floors.
“They will be actually cast into the fifth floor slab,” Jolivet said. “They get put in place and then temporarily braced. They cannot be un-supported until the fifth floor slab has been cast.”
Jolivet, a civil engineer who has been employed at EllisDon for 12 years, said the project also features some “complicated” curved curtainwall supported by ornamental, stainless steel cables.
“There are going to be some complicated connections, which will require a lot of co-ordination and planning.”
As well, close attention will have to be paid to installation of the mechanical-electrical systems, given the required “tight integration” with the hospital’s own building automation, fire alarm and security systems.
“This all needs to be up and running before we do our final commissioning of the building’s systems and equipment.”
The project is being undertaken by a team that includes structural engineers Halcrow Yolles and mechanical-electrical engineers H.H. Angus & Associates Ltd.
Jolivet said work is scheduled to get under way in August on construction of the concrete core. The building is to be topped off in March, 2012 and enclosed that fall.
A number of green features have been incorporated into the design.
These include sourcing local construction supplies with recycled content and wood from sustainable forests, harvesting rainwater from the roof in two cisterns for use in washroom fixtures and to irrigate landscaping and incorporating a building lighting control system with daylight sensors and occupancy sensors to reduce electrical energy consumption.
Other features are high-performance curtainwall cladding and low-emitting interior materials to improve indoor air quality.
Jolivet, whose firm has completed two projects that have been LEED Gold certified and has nine more either awaiting certification or under construction, said the key challenge from a contractor’s perspective is dealing with the additional paperwork.
Subtrade contracts have been awarded to: Comstock Canada Ltd. (mechanical); Ontario Electrical Construction Co. (electrical); Avenue Building Corp. (formwork); C&T Reinforcing Steel Co. Ltd. (rebar); Deep Foundations Contractors Inc. (caissons and shoring); and York Excavating & Grading Co. Ltd. (excavation/backfill).
EllisDon to build new 21-storey tower for Hospital for Sick Children
PATRICIA WILLIAMS
staff writer
Constructing a 21-storey building on a tight urban site is one of the challenges facing EllisDon as it tackles a $400-million Hospital for Sick Children project in downtown Toronto.
The 750,000-square foot research and learning tower is being built at the corner of Bay and Elm streets, adjacent to both an Enbridge plant and a research facility that remains in operation.
“Getting out of the ground is always a challenge — and that is particularly true on this project,” says EllisDon senior project manager Dan Jolivet.
“We have to construct around a live steam and utility tunnel that is going into the Enbridge building. There is also going to be a lot of monitoring required for vibrations, given the proximity to both facilities.”
Ground was broken earlier this month on the tower, designed by Diamond + Schmitt Architects with HDR Inc. Designed to achieve LEED Gold, the building will include 17 floors of lab space, a learning concourse, administrative offices, lobby and retail space, 250-seat auditorium as well as two floors of below-grade parking.
The tower has been designed to encourage interdisciplinary research. Seven research neighbourhoods, spanning two and three floors, are connected by atrium spaces, staircases, lounges and kitchens.
It will be the largest high-rise research facility in Canada.
Jolivet, whose firm was awarded a stipulated-price contract to construct the tower, said there are some “unique” elements associated with the project, scheduled to be substantially completed in April, 2013.
Large, structural steel trusses span an entire storey, from the fourth to fifth floors.
“They will be actually cast into the fifth floor slab,” Jolivet said. “They get put in place and then temporarily braced. They cannot be un-supported until the fifth floor slab has been cast.”
Jolivet, a civil engineer who has been employed at EllisDon for 12 years, said the project also features some “complicated” curved curtainwall supported by ornamental, stainless steel cables.
“There are going to be some complicated connections, which will require a lot of co-ordination and planning.”
As well, close attention will have to be paid to installation of the mechanical-electrical systems, given the required “tight integration” with the hospital’s own building automation, fire alarm and security systems.
“This all needs to be up and running before we do our final commissioning of the building’s systems and equipment.”
The project is being undertaken by a team that includes structural engineers Halcrow Yolles and mechanical-electrical engineers H.H. Angus & Associates Ltd.
Jolivet said work is scheduled to get under way in August on construction of the concrete core. The building is to be topped off in March, 2012 and enclosed that fall.
A number of green features have been incorporated into the design.
These include sourcing local construction supplies with recycled content and wood from sustainable forests, harvesting rainwater from the roof in two cisterns for use in washroom fixtures and to irrigate landscaping and incorporating a building lighting control system with daylight sensors and occupancy sensors to reduce electrical energy consumption.
Other features are high-performance curtainwall cladding and low-emitting interior materials to improve indoor air quality.
Jolivet, whose firm has completed two projects that have been LEED Gold certified and has nine more either awaiting certification or under construction, said the key challenge from a contractor’s perspective is dealing with the additional paperwork.
Subtrade contracts have been awarded to: Comstock Canada Ltd. (mechanical); Ontario Electrical Construction Co. (electrical); Avenue Building Corp. (formwork); C&T Reinforcing Steel Co. Ltd. (rebar); Deep Foundations Contractors Inc. (caissons and shoring); and York Excavating & Grading Co. Ltd. (excavation/backfill).
Uncle Teddy
Senior Member
Looks to be quite the sophisticated building. This is a major addition to the area.
AHK
Senior Member
The Walton Street district heating steam plant is owned and operated by Enwave, not Enbridge - they are two very different companies.
AHK
CML
Active Member
This thing is starting to go subterranean!
yyzer
Senior Member
pics by Jasonzed at SSC....
