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RE: Arrow Lofts phase II | 15 fl | U/C - panamaniac - 08-11-2018
(08-11-2018, 11:03 AM)tomh009 Wrote:(08-11-2018, 10:48 AM)ijmorlan Wrote: Usually I think of those as blasting mats. I remember as a child riding through highway construction zones around Peterborough and Haliburton, where they would demolish rock outcroppings to allow levelling and straightening the road. There were similar mats used there. I think they put them on top of the rock being demolished to prevent small pieces from flying off. I’d be a bit surprised to find they need to do that in downtown Kitchener however — even the deep excavation for the QNC at the University of Waterloo didn’t get anywhere near bedrock.
There is definitely no bedrock. But they will be breaking through the concrete wall that is next to the blasting mats in the photo.
Yikes!
RE: Arrow Lofts phase II | 15 fl | U/C - ijmorlan - 08-11-2018
(08-11-2018, 11:03 AM)tomh009 Wrote: There is definitely no bedrock. But they will be breaking through the concrete wall that is next to the blasting mats in the photo.
With dynamite? I would have expected either a pneumatic drill or a concrete saw.
RE: Arrow Lofts phase II | 15 fl | U/C - KevinL - 08-11-2018
(08-11-2018, 09:38 AM)panamaniac Wrote: Excavation in DTK. So much sand. So much sand ...
It was once called 'Sandhills' for good reason.
RE: Arrow Lofts phase II | 15 fl | U/C - tomh009 - 08-11-2018
(08-11-2018, 10:48 AM)ijmorlan Wrote:(08-11-2018, 09:11 AM)Pheidippides Wrote: What are the large mats of used tires used for?:
Usually I think of those as blasting mats. I remember as a child riding through highway construction zones around Peterborough and Haliburton, where they would demolish rock outcroppings to allow levelling and straightening the road. There were similar mats used there. I think they put them on top of the rock being demolished to prevent small pieces from flying off. I’d be a bit surprised to find they need to do that in downtown Kitchener however — even the deep excavation for the QNC at the University of Waterloo didn’t get anywhere near bedrock.
There is definitely no bedrock. But they will be breaking through the concrete wall that is next to the blasting mats in the photo.
RE: Arrow Lofts phase II | 15 fl | U/C - Spokes - 08-12-2018
Thanks for the updates on this one. There's a part of me that definitely never thought this project would happen.
RE: Arrow Lofts phase II | 15 fl | U/C - Lens - 09-18-2018
![[Image: ArrowLoftsPhase2.jpg]](https://gis.region.waterloo.on.ca/storymap/ArrowLoftsPhase2.jpg)
This render was in the "ION Attracts" map posted on another thread.
RE: Arrow Lofts phase II | 15 fl | U/C - KevinL - 09-18-2018
Was by the site earlier, looks like they have the edges of the pit fully excavated but there's still a big pile of sand in the middle that needs to come out.
RE: Arrow Lofts phase II | 15 fl | U/C - Spokes - 09-18-2018
Hmm. Seems kinda block-ish. But very similar to what we saw years ago when it first came out. I'm surprised there are only balconies on the corners.
Anyone else reminded of the Regency on Weber/Queen with it's brick podium and stucco tower?
RE: Arrow Lofts phase II | 15 fl | U/C - GtwoK - 09-18-2018
Shouldn't that.... have a significant grade to it? Or am I imagining that wrong?
RE: Arrow Lofts phase II | 15 fl | U/C - KevinL - 09-18-2018
(09-18-2018, 03:31 PM)GtwoK Wrote: Shouldn't that.... have a significant grade to it? Or am I imagining that wrong?
Oh, you're right there should be a grade. I'm not sure how they rendered all this without that.
RE: Arrow Lofts phase II | 15 fl | U/C - tomh009 - 10-30-2018
Finally getting ready to pour some concrete:
RE: Arrow Lofts phase II | 15 fl | U/C - Spokes - 10-30-2018
More tower cranes!!!
RE: Arrow Lofts phase II | 15 fl | U/C - tomh009 - 10-30-2018
Soon enough! I think we'll have a veritable forest of cranes in 2019.
RE: Arrow Lofts phase II | 15 fl | U/C - Spokes - 10-30-2018
I do too. We got away from our annual "How many Tower Cranes?" poll this year by accident, but it's coming back in 2019, because there's going to be a TON
RE: Arrow Lofts phase II | 15 fl | U/C - rangersfan - 10-31-2018
Hopefully!