Toronto The Well | 174.03m | 46s | RioCan | Hariri Pontarini

[vini007]

Update from this morning out my office windows.
New crane being installed, New ramp at the far west as mentioned above^^, first basement floor of the office tower has been started and rebar for the next set of columns is already up. Column forms are up on the rental tower base.

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Was wondering what that blue bin is on the side of the old ramp please...? and ty..

 

[tstormers]

Was wondering what that blue bin is on the side of the old ramp please...? and ty..

It is a water tank for the removal of the excess water in the pits after it rains. Also that water could be used for other on site work, like the watering of the new ramp or to minimize dust when digging/hammering the bedrock.

 

[Red Mars]

Pics taken Aug 23, 2018

 

[vini007]

It is a water tank for the removal of the excess water in the pits after it rains. Also that water could be used for other on site work, like the watering of the new ramp or to minimize dust when digging/hammering the bedrock.

thank you tst...
i predict least 10 cranes in there as not even to 1/2 there all 4 so fare to the east side and would that be one pumpcrete for each crane..? verdi co. has lot of in stock...cranes and all..

 

[Contra]

I assume the walls being poured for the office tower's basement floors will be knockouts? Creating an interesting divide on the site as the office rises.

 

[tstormers]

I assume the walls being poured for the office tower's basement floors will be knockouts? Creating an interesting divide on the site as the office rises.

The entire basement is to be built across the whole site, so no need for knockout walls between the office and residential.
There will be however knockouts for the proposed connection to the Front/Spadina Go station.

 

[ProjectEnd]

thank you tst...
i predict least 10 cranes in there as not even to 1/2 there all 4 so fare to the east side and would that be one pumpcrete for each crane..? verdi co. has lot of in stock...cranes and all..

8 cranes total.

 

[A Torontonian Now]

Taken Friday, from the Gardiner:

Close-up of the same shot:

 

[Red Mars]

Pics taken Aug 28, 2018

 

[Midtown Urbanist]

The entire basement is to be built across the whole site, so no need for knockout walls between the office and residential.
There will be however knockouts for the proposed connection to the Front/Spadina Go station.

Details like this just makes the entire project so damn fascinating.

 

[Tulse]

So the whole project has a single foundation? Is it then essentially a single building?

 

[interchange42]

Yup, it's all connected.

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[Tulse]

So how does The Well compare on a footprint basis to other single buildings in the city? Will this be one of the largest building footprints that isn't a stadium or mall (...that doesn't have a significant residential/office component)?

 

[ProjectEnd]

Yup, it's all connected.

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It's the largest single built undertaking in Toronto's history.

 

[ProjectEnd]

So how does The Well compare on a footprint basis to other single buildings in the city? Will this be one of the largest building footprints that isn't a stadium or mall (...that doesn't have a significant residential/office component)?

It's still larger.