Toronto U of T: Academic Wood Tower | 77m | 14s | U of T | Patkau

[ImmenselyMental]

From this morning:

 

[ImmenselyMental]

October 12, 2024

Rising on the left:

 

[FastidiousHack]

Whatever merits wood (timber) have vs concrete/steel construction, speed is certainly not one of them judging from the progress of this project .

Speed is actually one of the merits of mass timber, it's just certainly not highlighted here.

It took a crew of less than ten people, 9.5 weeks to assemble this 18-storey student residence at UBC, using only a crane and a couple mallets (the elevator cores (shear walls) were preconstructed of concrete).

 

[Rascacielo]

Speed is actually one of the merits of mass timber, it's just certainly not highlighted here.

It took a crew of less than ten people, 9.5 weeks to assemble this 18-storey student residence at UBC, using only a crane and a couple mallets (the elevator cores (shear walls) were preconstructed of concrete).

I wonder why it’s taking so long here

 

[rdaner]

This building has a large cantilever at 4th level which is complex. Maybe that is the reason?

 

[70Challenger]

Probably it will speed up past this point as it gets to the tower levels, clear of obstructions

 

[Rascacielo]

Hopefully it will speed up. We’ll see.