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At the same time, engineers are often completely oblivious about factors they aren't directly concerned with. It's ultimately a management issue concerning integrating necessary stakeholders early enough in the design process.
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10-28-2016, 12:12 PM
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We generally know all the factors. You have to make decisions about which ones trump others, what your budgets or constraints allow, and then move forward - often knowing that someone won't be happy with the end result.
What, for example, could designers possibly do at the corner of Queen/Charles? There is literally no practical solution there.
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I was at City Café today. Spoke with the construction workers. They advised that the embedded rails at Ottawa onto Charles will be poured on Tuesday.
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10-28-2016, 01:48 PM
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(10-28-2016, 12:12 PM)Canard Wrote: We generally know all the factors. You have to make decisions about which ones trump others, what your budgets or constraints allow, and then move forward - often knowing that someone won't be happy with the end result.
What, for example, could designers possibly do at the corner of Queen/Charles? There is literally no practical solution there.
They could have done exactly the same thing that was done at Queen and Duke, square off the corner, as described here:
http://www.tritag.ca/blog/2016/09/19/thi...oo-region/
It is practical to reduce the turning radius (prioritize pedestrians over trucks) on a one of the busiest pedestrian intersections in the city.
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(10-28-2016, 12:00 PM)Canard Wrote: If there's one thing I've learned over my 15 year career as a designer it's that no matter what you do, someone's going to be pissed off at you
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Concrete poured today for the embedded track in uptown waterloo from the HSBC down to the Gospel Light shop. Based on the forms in looks like they will pour down to the Works restaurant by end of day.
Everyone move to the back of the bus and we all get home faster.
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The LRT train signals were on today between Bearinger Road and University.
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Duke and Water has reopened
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I saw this weird looking structures on King St in Uptown, near the LCBO. I have no idea what's their purpose
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It's a planter system, designed to give trees ample space to spread their roots out under the sidewalk.
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Is it mainly to prevent soil compaction?
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