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RE: Duke Tower Kitchener | 39 fl | U/C - Square - 03-21-2019
From the regional road closures, crane assembly?
From: Tue 9 Apr, 2019
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RE: Duke Tower Kitchener | 39 fl | U/C - jeffster - 03-21-2019
(03-21-2019, 01:18 PM)Square Wrote: From the regional road closures, crane assembly?
From: Tue 9 Apr, 2019
To: Wed 10 Apr, 2019
At 60 Frederick St
Kitchener
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Sounds right. That'll make #5 for DTK.
RE: Duke Tower Kitchener | 39 fl | U/C - jgsz - 03-21-2019
(03-21-2019, 01:18 PM)Square Wrote: From the regional road closures, crane assembly?
From: Tue 9 Apr, 2019
To: Wed 10 Apr, 2019
At 60 Frederick St
Kitchener
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Closed. No Access.
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I was sceptical when I saw your post. Yesterday it still looked like a lot of work still had to be done. But later today I saw that they started to level the soil. So in two weeks they may be ready to install the crane.
RE: Duke Tower Kitchener | 39 fl | U/C - Rainrider22 - 03-21-2019
(03-21-2019, 04:32 PM)jgsz Wrote:Note the red paint on the leveled portion of dirt. Can you say x marks the spot where the crane will go ?(03-21-2019, 01:18 PM)Square Wrote: From the regional road closures, crane assembly?
From: Tue 9 Apr, 2019
To: Wed 10 Apr, 2019
At 60 Frederick St
Kitchener
Closed
Closed. No Access.
Other
I was sceptical when I saw your post. Yesterday it still looked like a lot of work still had to be done. But later today I saw that they started to level the soil. So in two weeks they may be ready to install the crane.
RE: Duke Tower Kitchener | 39 fl | U/C - jgsz - 03-21-2019
(03-21-2019, 04:41 PM)Rainrider22 Wrote: Note the red paint on the leveled portion of dirt. Can you say x marks the spot where the crane will go ?
Interesting. You might be right.
RE: Duke Tower Kitchener | 39 fl | U/C - jeffster - 03-21-2019
I guess things move a lot more quickly when there is no special remediation needed. Really that spot was ideal for a quick build condo, being that a former church was there.
It will be an impressive addition to DTK.
RE: Duke Tower Kitchener | 39 fl | U/C - jamincan - 03-21-2019
(03-21-2019, 07:24 PM)jeffster Wrote: I guess things move a lot more quickly when there is no special remediation needed. Really that spot was ideal for a quick build condo, being that a former church was there.
It will be an impressive addition to DTK.
Yeah, but it was a former United church. Surely the site requires remediation to remove all of the unhallowed ground that must remain.
RE: Duke Tower Kitchener | 39 fl | U/C - jgsz - 03-22-2019
Today they started to pour cement. I wish IN8 Developments would take over some of the seemingly stalled projects like the Young Condos.
RE: Duke Tower Kitchener | 39 fl | U/C - Spokes - 03-22-2019
I'm becoming more and more impressed with these guys. They're moving very quickly.
Does anyone feel like Circa hasn't moved as fast though? Or just more difficult getting the lower levels ready to integrate heritage components?
RE: Duke Tower Kitchener | 39 fl | U/C - Rainrider22 - 03-22-2019
I am very impressed with their speed. I am curious about ths pour though... no rebar, just a flat pad...For the crane ?
RE: Duke Tower Kitchener | 39 fl | U/C - panamaniac - 03-22-2019
Can someone educate me about how you ensure the stability of a 39 storey tower with a 2(?) storey foundation built on sand? Mathew 7:24-27 and all that!
RE: Duke Tower Kitchener | 39 fl | U/C - megabytephreak - 03-22-2019
They did similar at Circa up in Waterloo. This is just a thin layer to start and all of the rebar for the actual foundation will go on top and get poured later. I think it is mostly to make it easier to work on. No equipment getting stuck in the mud etc.
RE: Duke Tower Kitchener | 39 fl | U/C - KevinL - 03-22-2019
Ah, so a 'working floor' so to speak. Cool.
RE: Duke Tower Kitchener | 39 fl | U/C - jeffster - 03-22-2019
(03-22-2019, 09:59 AM)panamaniac Wrote: Can someone educate me about how you ensure the stability of a 39 storey tower with a 2(?) storey foundation built on sand? Mathew 7:24-27 and all that!
I'd imagine the footings and retaining walls will be more than thick enough handle the 39 floor above. "As long as the underpinnings aren't undermined." (said in the Mike Holmes voice)
RE: Duke Tower Kitchener | 39 fl | U/C - ijmorlan - 03-22-2019
(03-22-2019, 10:05 AM)megabytephreak Wrote: They did similar at Circa up in Waterloo. This is just a thin layer to start and all of the rebar for the actual foundation will go on top and get poured later. I think it is mostly to make it easier to work on. No equipment getting stuck in the mud etc.
I speculate that it is at least in part to provide a more stable base for the thicker and heavier pour that will come later. In effect, using a layer of concrete, rather than soil, as the bottom of the form for the footings. I recall seeing something similar with some of the supports for the EIT at UW — they would roughly pour a thin layer of concrete, then build nice neat square formwork on top, fill it with a grid of rebar, then then pour it full of concrete. My idea is that pouring directly on dirt would have the danger of slight shifting during setting, leading to lower strength.
Would love to have the opportunity to ask a big-building foundation expert about this!