New Harvard Office Tower in Downtown Regina! - Page 15

Stormer · #**281** Posted **Dec 15, 2010, 7:04 PM**

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Originally Posted by Spongebob

I don't mean to belabour the question, but is this thing going to be 20 or 18 floors? Different articles are saying different things.

18 as per the owner's own words in the Journal of Commerce article.

Stormer · #**282** Posted **Dec 19, 2010, 5:48 PM**

They have been working late every night this past week and all weekend on the foundation. They still seem to have a lot to do

sask1982 · #**283** Posted **Dec 19, 2010, 6:33 PM**

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Originally Posted by Stormer

They have been working late every night this past week and all weekend on the foundation. They still seem to have a lot to do

I'm keeping my fingers crossed that Capital Pointe's construction will be as aggressive as this...once the bldg is finally demolished and cleared away.

SkydivePilot · #**284** Posted **Dec 19, 2010, 10:35 PM**

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Originally Posted by Stormer

They have been working late every night this past week and all weekend on the foundation. They still seem to have a lot to do

One and a half weeks ago, an acquaintance of mine (whom works on that site) said that they --- at that time --- were 3 weeks behind. I'm sure that they are making-up for that now.

North_Regina_Boy · #**285** Posted **Dec 20, 2010, 6:48 AM**

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Originally Posted by Devon

Sask1982's office?

Haha yea... that is an amazing spot, I use to work with him, and our part of the office was right on that corner. I kinda wish I still worked there, but alas I do not.

sask1982 · #**286** Posted **Jan 4, 2011, 5:14 PM**

http://www.harvard.ca/webcam.php

My apologies if this has already been posted.

jigglysquishy · #**287** Posted **Jan 7, 2011, 7:34 PM**

Do we have a date as to when this will be reaching ground level?

Also, once they hit ground level they should be able to do a floor a week, right?

Robag · #**288** Posted **Jan 7, 2011, 7:44 PM**

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Originally Posted by sask1982

http://www.harvard.ca/webcam.php

My apologies if this has already been posted.

Thanks for posting. That's a fantastic view!

SkydivePilot · #**289** Posted **Jan 14, 2011, 3:52 PM**

Regrettably, Harvard III is now four weeks behind.

Rottie · #**290** Posted **Jan 14, 2011, 4:28 PM**

It's amazing they can get anything done at all with constant cold and snow. How do they pour concrete in sub temperatures anyway? Must be fast setting. I always thought temps needed to be above zero for concrete to cure properly.

roccerfeller · #**291** Posted **Jan 14, 2011, 4:47 PM**

^ Its Prairie Magic

Kinguni · #**292** Posted **Jan 14, 2011, 6:51 PM**

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Originally Posted by Rottie

It's amazing they can get anything done at all with constant cold and snow. How do they pour concrete in sub temperatures anyway?

Tarps and heaters.

Rottie · #**293** Posted **Jan 14, 2011, 8:44 PM**

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Originally Posted by Kinguni

Tarps and heaters.

There's a couple of infill houses going up across the street from my parents house in Regina and Dad was saying they just came one day last month and poured the foundation for one of the houses on a very cold day, no hoarding. As for the Mosaic site I don't remember seeing any hoarding either in any of the pics or web cam but I could be mistaken.

Rottie · #**294** Posted **Jan 14, 2011, 9:07 PM**

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Originally Posted by sask1982

Major concrete pour happening today - there is also a sign with a rendering now on the site corner.

Doesn't look like anything is tarped in on a major concrete pour.

kiwi4life · #**295** Posted **Jan 15, 2011, 2:51 AM**

im a second yr apprentice carpenter, and you can use tarps and heaters, or accelerators in the concrete, the best temperature to pour concrete in is 5- 10 degrees, if you tarp and heat, and temperature is above ten, that will be perfect, you will not get maximum strength within your conrete, if you do not tarp and heat, rebear has to be warm to be able to stick to the concrete as well, if not heated or tarp, concrete will be poor and your rebar will not stick, i was on a bridge in calgary, we were to pour one day, but the pour was cancelled for a day due to the cold rebar.

kiwi4life · #**296** Posted **Jan 15, 2011, 2:52 AM**

also that photo, they will have it at least heated, you obviously can not see it in the above photo, look towards where the black hose of the pump is, even that you cant see

Rottie · #**297** Posted **Jan 15, 2011, 3:43 PM**

It is tough to tell in the pic but one would assume it's being tarped and heated,it's just never been obvious in the Mosaic project that there's ever been any visible tarping anywhere. As for the house foundation I mentioned above there was no heat or tarping used and it was a bloody cold day. I wondered if there were new methods of pouring concrete in cold weather that I was not aware of but it sounds to me like cutting corners in boom times. Just get it done quick,no time to tarp. And that's probably one of the reasons why you see cracks in the foundations and floors of new homes and garage floors shortly after moving in. Thanks for the info kiwi.

kiwi4life · #**298** Posted **Jan 16, 2011, 1:26 AM**

thats understandable, ill take a look on google or something for any new methods in pouring concrete in cold weather, ill ask my journeyman too, or my teacher next time i go to school, but i highly doubt it, who knows tho

brithgob · #**299** Posted **Jan 16, 2011, 2:01 AM**

I know that before Christmas they were pouring concrete for the pool at North Battleford's new aquatic centre. I believe they were using heaters.

Coldrsx · #**300** Posted **Jan 16, 2011, 2:39 AM**

You don't want to pour past about -25... Even with additives, heating, hoarding.