131 King Street - 31s (Under Construction)

[MrSlippery519]

Originally Posted by sparky212

Piling machine is on site today

Yes lots of activity, its good to see them moving along quick

[MrSlippery519]

Has anyone been by recently to see the progress on this? Has been over a month since I was in that area, would imagine to see foundation work underway?

[sparky212]

I drove by yesterday there is a big pile of dirt I the middle of the site and the shoring machine still working it's way around the perimeter

[TheBostonBoy44]

They do not have a finalized site plan agreement yet, so they cannot apply for building permits. Site prep can begin before all of this though (asphalt removal, etc.)

[jammer139]

Digging has started with excavator onsite and piling machine now gone.

[sparky212]

Drove by today and found hoarding up along king street and you can no longer see into the site

[jammer139]

Excavation now about 3 meters deep. I believe there is 2 levels of underground parking so would expect the pit to go deeper yet before sinking pilings. The York Street rebuild is likely having a big impact on this work as getting equipment and trucks into site is restricted.

[User_Name]

Originally Posted by jammer139

Excavation now about 3 meters deep. I believe there is 2 levels of underground parking so would expect the pit to go deeper yet before sinking pilings. The York Street rebuild is likely having a big impact on this work as getting equipment and trucks into site is restricted.

3 Levels of underground parking, plus another level for a massive raft slab. Much more digging to be done. The rain and soft soils have slowed down the process - lots of sinking excavators.

[jammer139]

Steel bracing in corners installed but no extra depth yet to the pit. On bright side York St now has base coat of paving installed as sidewalks and curbs continue.

[jammer139]

Alot of progress on deepening the pit. May have now reached 3 floors deep now with another set of steel bracing installed. Would expect the pilings for the footings to be starting soon. Also would expect the footings for a tower crane to be poured in the near future as well.

[jammer139]

Have been installing horizontal cable bracing into pit walls the last few weeks.

[jammer139]

They have reached bottom and are finishing up the pit walls. Would expect footings to be starting after that.

[jammer139]

Not much progress lately. Alot of standing water in pit. Must be issue to use pumps to drain the swimming pool.

[mcalpinestudios]

Saw this post by Zedd Architecture today, shows the construction site and renderings of the building.

Link: https://www.facebook.com/zeddarchitecture/photos/a.775862769090455/2882968945046483/?type=3&theater

[jammer139]

Still little progress onsite. Don't appear to be working today.

[jammer139]

Brought back an auger drill machine to site. Appear to be lining the caisson pilings of the pit.

[GreatTallNorth2]

I'm no construction expert, but Tricar and Old Oak seem to be significantly faster builders than York. How do they not have a crane up on this site yet?

[greenday99]

agreed! do they even have the crane footings poured yet?

[jammer139]

Don't believe so. Don't even think they have footings done although the auger drill machine may be going into the pit to drill the pilings for footings.

[Djeffery]

York is the builder on Fanshawe west and look how slow those have been.