No pictures this time, but a general update on the activities at The Well site:
The two shoring machines and the mobile crane in the south-west corner of the site were not active at all today - do not know whether they are finished on the set, and just waiting for pick up, or will resume work in the future.
On the Wellington side, site preparation activities are continuing, with small scale excavation and retaining wall construction taking place on the east end of the Wellington Street perimeter, by the 401 Wellington building.
In the south-east corner, both along the Spadina frontage, as well as along Front Street, excavation activities and installation of the retaining walls is continuing. On the south side of the 401 Wellington Street building, a shotcrete retaining wall has been built, and excavation of a wide trench area is underway in front of the wall. The photo by Red Mars (above) also shows the large tieback machine working on the Front Street retaining wall.
Three excavators were active much, if not all, of the day today. A flotilla of 45 (according to one of the staff on site) dump trucks was arriving, being filled, and departing in a steady stream throughout the day.
If three excavators in just one corner of the site can keep 45 trucks going, one wonders what it will look like if excavation activities are carried out concurrently in other areas - the west end and the northern part of the site.