West Village Towers - Page 12

speedog · #**221** Posted **May 14, 2017, 5:10 PM**

I really don't care which tower goes up first as any new build on that site is a welcome sight when looking at the dimming tower construction future in Calgary. Now to get something going on the south side of 9th Avenue there.

Design-mind · #**222** Posted **Aug 12, 2017, 2:08 AM**

The pit is huge!

Da_Master · #**223** Posted **Aug 25, 2017, 3:14 PM**

Progress as of yesterday:

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craner · #**224** Posted **Aug 30, 2017, 5:01 AM**

Thank-you Da Master - I'm really interested on the progress of this project.

Design-mind · #**225** Posted **Sep 6, 2017, 3:39 AM**

If you go by the site today it is filled with water. They hit a water main and now it is a big swimming pool! So we will see some major delays on this one.

Fuzz · #**226** Posted **Sep 6, 2017, 1:55 PM**

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If you go by the site today it is filled with water. They hit a water main and now it is a big swimming pool! So we will see some major delays on this one.

Whoops, who put that there?

Calgarian · #**227** Posted **Sep 7, 2017, 3:55 PM**

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Originally Posted by Design-mind

If you go by the site today it is filled with water. They hit a water main and now it is a big swimming pool! So we will see some major delays on this one.

Did they really hit a water main? they should know where all utilities are before excavating. There is a very high water table downtown and it's possible they hit an underground stream that the geotechnical report missed.

Mistakes do happen though, I remember the Xenex project hitting a sewer main when anchoring their shoring. They ended up filling it with concrete and all the toilets and sinks in the buildings in the area started back flowing...

rotten42 · #**228** Posted **Sep 7, 2017, 4:26 PM**

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Did they really hit a water main? they should know where all utilities are before excavating. There is a very high water table downtown and it's possible they hit an underground stream that the geotechnical report missed.

Mistakes do happen though, I remember the Xenex project hitting a sewer main when anchoring their shoring. They ended up filling it with concrete and all the toilets and sinks in the buildings in the area started back flowing...

That was my thinking when I first read this. Something similar happened when the first tower for Bankers Hall was being built.

s211 · #**229** Posted **Sep 7, 2017, 6:59 PM**

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That was my thinking when I first read this. Something similar happened when the first tower for Bankers Hall was being built.

Yup. Ninth Avenue slid into the pit. Many lawsuits followed.

JSM18 · #**230** Posted **Oct 17, 2017, 10:05 PM**

Erosion

msmariner · #**231** Posted **Oct 18, 2017, 2:30 AM**

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Erosion

Don’t get what your talking about? Is there a joke or something your getting at?

People.talking · #**232** Posted **Oct 18, 2017, 3:08 PM**

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Erosion

I dont understand it either. Thats simply just dust thats being blown away while theyre excavating.

Calgarian · #**233** Posted **Oct 18, 2017, 3:10 PM**

Hard not to be dusty when you're excavating...

Deepstar · #**234** Posted **Oct 19, 2017, 1:33 PM**

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Erosion

Somebody outta get after the dust and tell it to cut that out.

Suburgatory · #**235** Posted **Oct 19, 2017, 4:38 PM**

If only they poured concrete over the dirt it would cut down on the soil blowing away. Then they could put some buildings on top too if they wished!

Calgarian · #**236** Posted **Oct 19, 2017, 5:07 PM**

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Erosion

Is it just me, or is the balcony in the gif moving a bit? that should be more of a concern...

s211 · #**237** Posted **Oct 19, 2017, 6:25 PM**

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Is it just me, or is the balcony in the gif moving a bit? that should be more of a concern...

Holy moley!

O-tacular · #**238** Posted **Oct 20, 2017, 7:26 PM**

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Is it just me, or is the balcony in the gif moving a bit? that should be more of a concern...

Yeah I noticed the same thing. WTF?

Calgarian · #**239** Posted **Oct 20, 2017, 8:37 PM**

Probably just deflection from the wind, and I'm sure it was designed to do that. Still a bit disconcerting though...

X_ting_on · #**240** Posted **Oct 21, 2017, 4:33 AM**

It's not the balcony moving. You can clearly see other subjects in background moving also. It's the camera moving and the way it's focused makes it look like the balcony is moving but it's not.

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Is it just me, or is the balcony in the gif moving a bit? that should be more of a concern...

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Holy moley!

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Probably just deflection from the wind, and I'm sure it was designed to do that. Still a bit disconcerting though...

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Yeah I noticed the same thing. WTF?