Regina Construction IV

[djforsberg]

Originally Posted by chrisniel

Also from the executive committee meeting:



http://reginask.iqm2.com/Citizens/Fi...79&Inline=True

This will certainly have an effect on residential construction and potential buyers if approved.

Probably a good thing to have considering the recent apartment fire in Saskatoon. I'm surprise insurance companies aren't pushing this more.

[cityboy]

Originally Posted by djforsberg

No mention of public transportation or mention of any evidence of how increasing capacity would reduce collisions. Yet another useless study making up stuff to justify its cost.

It will be really sad if these so called improvements come at the expense of a future BRT route on Arcola. The land is there now.

[Stormer]

There was discussion on this site several years ago when they failed to widen the bridge when they completely replaced the deck a few years ago. This is 90% of the bottleneck on Arcola and could have been added to that project for far less than this price.

An expansion to the Arcola Avenue interchange to six lanes as well as improved pathways and sidewalks: $20.2 million.

[Stormer]

Originally Posted by Dougler306

The company I work for did the mechanical rough in for that place, after we weren't paid, we went back in and cut it all out. Lots of work to do on the inside. I swear it would almost be better to demo it and start fresh, save the foundation perhaps

If you actually did that, it was totally illegal. The other lienholders have a claim against you.

[gecho111]

Tender out for a new path from Hillsdale to Arboretum park along 23rd Ave. Being done by Wascana Park not the city. And a few short ones for access to new picnic sites and exercise equipment.

[BrutallyDishonest2]

Originally Posted by chrisniel

Also from the executive committee meeting:



http://reginask.iqm2.com/Citizens/Fi...79&Inline=True

This will certainly have an effect on residential construction and potential buyers if approved.

I'm sorry, but this if fucking insane.

It would probably at $20,000+ to every single home in the city. It is completely unnecessary and will only make housing more expensive when we need volume. House fires have dropped dramatically over the past decades and this is bananas. Call your councillor to vote no on this rent seeking nonsense.

I'll give you one hint as to why Councillor Mohl promoted this: blantant conflict of interest from being a damn sprinkler installer.

[Dougler306]

Originally Posted by chrisniel

Also from the executive committee meeting:



http://reginask.iqm2.com/Citizens/Fi...79&Inline=True

This will certainly have an effect on residential construction and potential buyers if approved.

Landon Mohl is a pipe fitter or formally was one, which is the same union as sprinkler fitters and in my opinion is pushing this for the union because there has been a lack of consistent work for sprinkler fitters in the regina area. The cost estimate of 12,000 is an absolute joke, I'd say more like 20,000 to do a house, the builder would obviously just pass that on to the buyer with Mark up, so what, an additional 30,000 on any new home. This will make buying a home new home in regina ridiculous

[djforsberg]

Originally Posted by Dougler306

Landon Mohl is a pipe fitter or formally was one, which is the same union as sprinkler fitters and in my opinion is pushing this for the union because there has been a lack of consistent work for sprinkler fitters in the regina area. The cost estimate of 12,000 is an absolute joke, I'd say more like 20,000 to do a house, the builder would obviously just pass that on to the buyer with Mark up, so what, an additional 30,000 on any new home. This will make buying a home new home in regina ridiculous

For some reason I thought it was only for wood construction multi-family housing and apartments. Ya, this seems like overkill. Is it even backed by any formal studies on fire safety?

[skphc08]

Originally Posted by BrutallyDishonest2

I'm sorry, but this if fucking insane.

It would probably at $20,000+ to every single home in the city. It is completely unnecessary and will only make housing more expensive when we need volume. House fires have dropped dramatically over the past decades and this is bananas. Call your councillor to vote no on this rent seeking nonsense.

I'll give you one hint as to why Councillor Mohl promoted this: blantant conflict of interest from being a damn sprinkler installer.

Finally something so obvious we ALL agree....?

[StealthGirl]

Ceres announced the cancellation of their $350M canola crushing plant yesterday. Have to wonder if Cargill and Viterra are still so sure about their plans.

[pappcam]

Originally Posted by StealthGirl

Ceres announced the cancellation of their $350M canola crushing plant yesterday. Have to wonder if Cargill and Viterra are still so sure about their plans.

That one was going in the absolute middle of nowhere and was a weird project from the get go. The other ones here are getting built.

[McBean]

Originally Posted by StealthGirl

Ceres announced the cancellation of their $350M canola crushing plant yesterday. Have to wonder if Cargill and Viterra are still so sure about their plans.

I can't speak for the Viterra plant, but take a drive out by the GTH and you can see the Cargill plant is well underway. Ton of workers from out of province working on that Cargill one. I've talked with a few.

[Festivus]

I am 100% in favour of strong safety regulation for home construction (and also efficiency regulation)...but sprinklers in detached homes aren't the answer. High rise blocks? Absolutely, since the risk of fire spreading between units is so high.

[The mayor]

https://www.620ckrm.com/2022/06/27/f...rch-at-u-of-r/

Feds contribute $28.2 million for PTSD research at U of R

[TMB14]

Originally Posted by Dougler306

Landon Mohl is a pipe fitter or formally was one, which is the same union as sprinkler fitters and in my opinion is pushing this for the union because there has been a lack of consistent work for sprinkler fitters in the regina area. The cost estimate of 12,000 is an absolute joke, I'd say more like 20,000 to do a house, the builder would obviously just pass that on to the buyer with Mark up, so what, an additional 30,000 on any new home. This will make buying a home new home in regina ridiculous

I'm just picturing the damage claims for accidently bumping one when moving furniture or something and setting it off.

The water in commercial/industrial sprinkler systems is rancid, black, putrid water and not clear, pristine drinking water often seen in movies. It would be a disaster.

Observationally, this does nothing to save lives like Mohl says. Hard-wired smoke detectors that all go off when one device detects smoke is a much, much better solution than this. The flames have to be nearly licking the ceiling (obviously an exaggeration but Google says they go off around 74°C)

Edit: Apparently there are various types of sprinklers that are "hidden" but I still think this is not the way to go about this. Mohl should have abstained due to the potential for conflict.

[one_brick_at_a_time]

So much to unpack here! Exciting to see prelim designs for both the New Arena, aquatics facility as well as baseball stadium study.

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New Build




Reno + Addition





http://reginask.iqm2.com/Citizens/FileOpen.aspx?Type=1&ID=4591&Inline=True

[pappcam]

What am I even looking at in these pictures?

[The mayor]

It’s about time I love the look of the New hockey arena and the aquatic centre and the baseball diamond hopefully everything goes through as planned

[McBean]

Why does everything have to be built adjacent to north Central? It's one of the worst neighbourhoods in Canada?

[gecho111]

The notion of a trail along the railway is probably another lie just like the one that was supposed to be part of the stadium build.