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FLAMESRULE · 10-24-2007, 01:16 PM

So I work downtown and walk pass the construction sites at Centre + 5th Ave (new Encana Bow Tower) and the one on 9th Ave and Centre (not sure, but I think its a fancy hotel??). I also have a birds eye view of the Encana construction from East Petro Can Tower.

Anyways, I cant figure out some of the things they are doing. Help formthe Civils on the board would be appreciated...

1) How are they reinforcing the walls of the Encana digging pit?? I have never seen a concrete truck (and they would be obvious with all the concrete needed). Also, there is no excavation trenches to allow them to pour concrete in with some type of prefabbed form.

2) Anyone know where they are taking the dirt to?? They head east on Memorial.

3) At the site on 9th Ave + Centre they have a machine that I think would make a trench to reinforce the walls. Can someone confirm that?? It looks like a set of pliers with big counter weights and is run via pulleys and cables mounted high up on the crane. It looks like they hydrovac it first becuase the trench is filled with liquid/mud

4) I assume they are pounding pilings of some sort as well there, but not sure.

Just curious more than anything...anyone else have construction related questions?

10-24-2007, 01:16 PM	#1
FLAMESRULE First Line Centre Join Date: Oct 2001 Location: The centre of everything Exp:	Construction Questions around Calgary So I work downtown and walk pass the construction sites at Centre + 5th Ave (new Encana Bow Tower) and the one on 9th Ave and Centre (not sure, but I think its a fancy hotel??). I also have a birds eye view of the Encana construction from East Petro Can Tower. Anyways, I cant figure out some of the things they are doing. Help formthe Civils on the board would be appreciated... 1) How are they reinforcing the walls of the Encana digging pit?? I have never seen a concrete truck (and they would be obvious with all the concrete needed). Also, there is no excavation trenches to allow them to pour concrete in with some type of prefabbed form. 2) Anyone know where they are taking the dirt to?? They head east on Memorial. 3) At the site on 9th Ave + Centre they have a machine that I think would make a trench to reinforce the walls. Can someone confirm that?? It looks like a set of pliers with big counter weights and is run via pulleys and cables mounted high up on the crane. It looks like they hydrovac it first becuase the trench is filled with liquid/mud 4) I assume they are pounding pilings of some sort as well there, but not sure. Just curious more than anything...anyone else have construction related questions?