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(10-10-2016, 10:04 AM)Canard Wrote: Is anyone going to the parade today? I'm curious how they'll make out at King/Frederick, and if GrandLinq or the Region will have any Light-Rail/Construction-related floats!
Not at the parade, but I saw King/Frederick on Friday - well tamped fill that's quite driveable, with all the manholes etc leveled off. Some floats might have to go slow and be careful, but it should be okay.
As for the content of the parade, CTV airs an edited version at noon.
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(07-04-2016, 10:57 AM)tomh009 Wrote: (07-04-2016, 10:20 AM)GtwoK Wrote: Anyone gonna point out we've hit #page300?
Thanks for doing it for us!  - First 100 pages: 12 months
- Second 100 pages: 5.5 months
- Third 100 pages: 4 months
At this rate, we may hit 1000 pages by the time the LRT is operational! 
Page 400! - First 100 pages: 12 months
- Second 100 pages: 5.5 months
- Third 100 pages: 4 months
- Fourth 100 pages: 3 months
Amazingly the traffic on this thread still continues to grow.
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...and we're just getting started! Once we know the first train is on its way, things are really going to ramp up!
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How many pages will we be on when the first LRV reaches Galt?
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(10-10-2016, 04:24 PM)tomh009 Wrote: (07-04-2016, 10:57 AM)tomh009 Wrote: Thanks for doing it for us! - First 100 pages: 12 months
- Second 100 pages: 5.5 months
- Third 100 pages: 4 months
At this rate, we may hit 1000 pages by the time the LRT is operational!
Page 400!- First 100 pages: 12 months
- Second 100 pages: 5.5 months
- Third 100 pages: 4 months
- Fourth 100 pages: 3 months
Amazingly the traffic on this thread still continues to grow.
I feel like we should probably shut this one down. It's kind of dead, no one uses it hah.
I'll be the first to admit, I don't know a ton about transit, so I don't always contribute a ton on this tread, but I read it ALL the time as it's such a great resource. Thanks to everyone that is carrying this!
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As I see the construction crews jackhammer out almost every platform edge in Waterloo, expose the rebar, and then re-pour, I'm wondering if this is either an on purpose construction technique, or a "never time to do it right the first time, but always time to do it twice" scenario.
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(10-11-2016, 01:34 PM)nms Wrote: As I see the construction crews jackhammer out almost every platform edge in Waterloo, expose the rebar, and then re-pour, I'm wondering if this is either an on purpose construction technique, or a "never time to do it right the first time, but always time to do it twice" scenario.
As I understand, there was a mistake made when constructing the first platform bases in Waterloo, where some welds were missing that are necessary for proper grounding. Those platforms have to be torn open and fixed. It was caught only after pouring a number of platforms (all the ones in Waterloo or so).
Of course, since this is a P3, the citizens of the region are not on the hook for this mistake, AFAIK.
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(10-11-2016, 01:34 PM)nms Wrote: As I see the construction crews jackhammer out almost every platform edge in Waterloo, expose the rebar, and then re-pour, I'm wondering if this is either an on purpose construction technique, or a "never time to do it right the first time, but always time to do it twice" scenario.
I think it's a "Murphy's Law" scenario.
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10-11-2016, 07:50 PM
(This post was last modified: 10-11-2016, 07:56 PM by Canard.)
The first five platforms were poured without rebar grounding. So they now have to all have a long strip exposed, end-to-end, and each horizontal rebar element is welded to a common rebar element that runs the length of the platform.
This was in the project agreement and missed by GrandLinq until the 6th platform was ready to be poured.
No cost to any of us (the Region), since it's P3.
Fun:
<blockquote class="twitter-tweet" data-lang="en"><p lang="en" dir="ltr"><a href="https://twitter.com/rideIONrt">@rideIONrt</a> <a href="https://twitter.com/iBikeInKW">@iBikeInKW</a> <a href="https://twitter.com/Grandlinq">@Grandlinq</a> <a href="https://twitter.com/citywaterloo">@citywaterloo</a> why are the workers drilling the concrete? Thanks.</p>— Jane Mitchell (@janemitchell) <a href="https://twitter.com/janemitchell/status/784147528090517505">October 6, 2016</a></blockquote>
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Won't that just make a nice seam for water to get into, freeze, and then break the edge off the platform?
Everyone move to the back of the bus and we all get home faster.
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10-11-2016, 09:46 PM
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No; they build a temporary form at the edge then pour more concrete in. No different than any other area where there are two pours that meet.
I suppose if they did a shitty job it would?
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Plus I believe the platforms will be getting a further layer above the base concrete to hold up against the expected foot traffic.
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Correct. The top surface you see on all the platforms is rough so that the final pour/treatment will adhere to it. There is also the tactile edge which will be installed over top of the corner.
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(10-12-2016, 11:25 AM)Canard Wrote: Correct. The top surface you see on all the platforms is rough so that the final pour/treatment will adhere to it. There is also the tactile edge which will be installed over top of the corner.
is there any info on what the final treatment will be? what is it shown as in the renders?
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I have the drawings but not sure if I can share them. I'll ask and get back to you.
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