Fort McMurray Construction - Page 12

Chadillaccc · #**221** Posted **Aug 11, 2014, 3:04 AM**

Plans for redevelopment along the Snye River near downtown Fort McMurray...

Source: http://www.woodbuffalo.ab.ca/Assets/...nt+Program.pdf

Tropics · #**222** Posted **Aug 28, 2014, 1:22 AM**

Most of the grand plans for redevelopment of the waterfront seem to have been shelved. Sadly.The town could really have used the redevelopment of the waterfront but the plans got crushed and backpedaling by the new council.

We already had the pedestrian bridge to Mac Island killed and I think I read somewhere that Borealis Park is going to go back to its old state.

Fort McMurray "needed" the Waterfront Redevelopment but the Mayor pushed the hugely unpopular downtown arena alongside it as a package deal and managed to kill the whole thing.

Airboy · #**223** Posted **Sep 11, 2014, 3:07 PM**

Mac Island - Shell Place Stadium- Field Turf is on site ready to be installed.

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South Operation Centre RMWB

With Solar PV panels 85 kW

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Design-mind · #**224** Posted **Sep 19, 2014, 3:46 AM**

Been a while since I have been to Ft Mac., and I am glad to see they are starting to invest in their community. The mentality when I was there last was, I will stay a year or two and make lots of money then leave. The problem is hardly any of them save money and they end up staying ten years. Was a very depressing place back then, but I can see from this thread a lot has changed for the good. Shell place Stadium looks like a great investment into the community!

Airboy · #**225** Posted **Sep 25, 2014, 8:11 PM**

There is also an indoor soccer field being built.
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Airboy · #**226** Posted **Oct 10, 2014, 12:51 AM**

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Mac Island Existing Arena and Field House
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thegx · #**227** Posted **Oct 11, 2014, 4:20 AM**

$350-M skyscraper project proposed for Fort McMurray

http://www.edmontonjournal.com/news/...410/story.html

Chadillaccc · #**228** Posted **Oct 11, 2014, 5:20 PM**

Golden Buffalo - Fort McMurray - 110 meters - 24 storeys

Golden Buffalo Centre - Side Profile by Golden Buffalo Development, on Flickr

Golden Buffalo Centre - Rendering 1 by Golden Buffalo Development, on Flickr

Mixed-use twin tower project. Office, hotel, mall, medical centre and community amenities.

http://www.goldenbuffalo.ca/

Design-mind · #**229** Posted **Oct 31, 2014, 3:57 AM**

Very interesting that they are going to be LEED Gold certified.
I guess they had to do Gold because it is after all Golden Buffalo Centre.

Airboy · #**230** Posted **Nov 5, 2014, 6:07 PM**

Some updates on Shell Place in Fort McMurray. about 3 months from completion

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rapid_business · #**231** Posted **Nov 5, 2014, 7:40 PM**

Very cool. Looking good.

SpongeG · #**232** Posted **Nov 6, 2014, 9:07 PM**

Fort McMurray cracks under oil boom’s strain

The tenants have long since vacated the Penhorwood condos on the edge of Fort McMurray’s gritty downtown. Engineers declared the cluster of low-rise apartments unsafe more than three years ago, forcing as many as 300 residents out in the dead of night. Nature has since moved in: So much moisture has seeped into the derelict structures that some units resemble terrariums. Paint and drywall are peeling, walls are bruised with black mould, and windows everywhere have been shattered by vandals.

It’s a jarring example of shoddy boomtown construction. But just across the street stands the flip side to Fort McMurray’s blistering growth: a sprawling recreation centre sponsored by oil giant Syncrude Canada Ltd. Nearby, another gleaming complex is going up, festooned with the insignia of European oil major Royal Dutch Shell. Or there’s the $258-million expansion to the regional airport, which opened this summer to accommodate the legions of oil workers who arrive from across Canada and around the world.

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interesting article
http://www.theglobeandmail.com/repor...ick=sf_globefb

Airboy · #**233** Posted **Nov 6, 2014, 10:45 PM**

Pennhorwood wasn't built during this latest boom it was the last one I believe. As for the spiffy new sports facility across the street, sorry to say that is the College rec centre Not Shell Place. That's a couple of Kms down the Clearwater river on the other side of downtown. But they did get the hospital issue right. though that is finally in the books to be rectified by adding an ambulatory care facility to the north side of town.

what do they teach in journalism school now. at least get the facts right.

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Fort McMurray cracks under oil boom’s strain

But just across the street stands the flip side to Fort McMurray’s blistering growth: a sprawling recreation centre sponsored by oil giant Syncrude Canada Ltd. Nearby, another gleaming complex is going up, festooned with the insignia of European oil major Royal Dutch Shell. O

interesting article
http://www.theglobeandmail.com/repor...ick=sf_globefb

Xelebes · #**234** Posted **Jan 16, 2015, 3:09 PM**

So, Penhorwood is coming down. I had never seen a picture of the building, despite all the reports on it. Now I see why. What a dismal little building it was. Yikes.

fortroad · #**235** Posted **Jan 16, 2015, 3:18 PM**

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So, Penhorwood is coming down. I had never seen a picture of the building, despite all the reports on it. Now I see why. What a dismal little building it was. Yikes.

8 Dismal buildings

Xelebes · #**236** Posted **Jan 16, 2015, 3:44 PM**

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8 Dismal buildings

"I'm sorry, we couldn't measure windows that were larger than a school ruler. Oh, but let me assure you you will have some of the best views in the city!"

Airboy · #**237** Posted **Jan 16, 2015, 5:40 PM**

I had a few projects near by during the time it was going up. We were always hearing how bad that was going. A lot of short cutting-and quite a few guys on site that were not qualified. The inspection service the Municipality used was fired about the time that was finished.

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fortroad · #**238** Posted **Jan 16, 2015, 5:45 PM**

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I had a few projects near by during the time it was going up. We were always hearing how bad that was going. A lot of short cutting-and quite a few guys on site that were not qualified. The inspection service the Municipality used was fired about the time that was finished.

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I had an offer in on a unit in 2006, The realtor handed me a copy of the condo docs and I had the review of said documents as a condition of the offer. Well when I read that the pilings were not deep enough and the building had excessive settling I called it off. Thank god I did or I would have been paying $225K mortgage on a mold pile right now.

Airboy · #**239** Posted **Jan 26, 2015, 6:08 PM**

Goodbye Fairwell

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bulliver · #**240** Posted **Jan 26, 2015, 7:03 PM**

Did they ever allow people back in to retrieve their personal possessions?