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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?

4X4 · 10-24-2007, 01:18 PM

I've got a question... When will they be finished with Glenmore Tr.?

surferguy · 10-24-2007, 01:23 PM

The bow is being built via excavation. THey pound in the pilings then excavate and but up wood to hold back the walls. MEanwhile they anchor the wood to exposed pilings and put in giant anchors to the bedrock behind the wall. The walls will eventually be concrete when they add the floors for the underground parking and foundation. I don;t know where the material is going.

The Germain (the hotel) is being buit via a slurry wall. A new stlye of construction for calgary. I think they are doing a simialr function to hydrovacing but filling the hole with concrete. Then they will excvate and teh entire pit will already be shored up with concrete.

More questions visit... Calgary Construction

http://forum.skyscraperpage.com/foru...hp?forumid=127

Hope that helps.

ken0042 · 10-24-2007, 01:26 PM

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

I'm guessing to the dump. They have to burry our trash with something, and when I was excavating for my garage the dump had me go to a special place to dump my fill, and either didn't charge me or just charged me the minimum $5.

FLAMESRULE · 10-24-2007, 01:51 PM

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Originally Posted by surferguy

The bow is being built via excavation. THey pound in the pilings then excavate and but up wood to hold back the walls. MEanwhile they anchor the wood to exposed pilings and put in giant anchors to the bedrock behind the wall. The walls will eventually be concrete when they add the floors for the underground parking and foundation. I don;t know where the material is going.

The Germain (the hotel) is being buit via a slurry wall. A new stlye of construction for calgary. I think they are doing a simialr function to hydrovacing but filling the hole with concrete. Then they will excvate and teh entire pit will already be shored up with concrete.

More questions visit... Calgary Construction

http://forum.skyscraperpage.com/foru...hp?forumid=127

Hope that helps.

Thanks for the help, thats kind of what I thought for both of them. You can see the drilling/anchor machine but thats it. They must concrete in small sections.

The slurry one seems kind of interesting, although slower. That construction site is much tighter and probably cant get away with a big ramp or shutting down roads. It seems quite tedious actually. Are they required to use something like that if they are near historical buildings and such??

I figured the dump, but wasnt sure if they needed the fill for some other project.

surferguy · 10-24-2007, 01:55 PM

^^^ not sure about the rules and why they went that way really. Really good questions in that other forum. Very Very knowlegable people there.

Flames0910 · 10-24-2007, 01:56 PM

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Originally Posted by 4X4

I've got a question... When will they be finished with Glenmore Tr.?

probably never...

Claeren · 10-24-2007, 02:07 PM

You seriously need to go to the Calgary/Alberta section of skyscraperpage!

A bunch of members here are members there and talk all day about stuff like you are asking:

http://forum.skyscraperpage.com/foru...hp?forumid=127

EDIT: I see i was beaten to the punch! lol...

Claeren.

surferguy · 10-24-2007, 02:09 PM

^^^ HAHA gotcha Claeren!

Resolute 14 · 10-24-2007, 02:19 PM

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Originally Posted by 4X4

I've got a question... When will they be finished with Glenmore Tr.?

Which part?

The exit from MacLeod to westbound Glenmore is now open, and I think they are doing the final paving through that area. It should all be wide open within a few weeks, I think.

The Causeway wont be done until next summer/fall, iirc.

ken0042 · 10-24-2007, 02:30 PM

And they are just starting on the new bridge on Glenmore over the Bow river; as well as the 84th street intersection. Not to mention the widening east of 18th street. (That is the reason there is now the "world's widest breakdown lane" there.)

4X4 · 10-24-2007, 02:36 PM

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(That is the reason there is now the "world's widest breakdown lane" there.)

I thought it was a planned fishing hole for cops.

But yeah, I meant from Mcleod to Crowchild. Glad to hear the Mcleod/WB Glenmore exit is now open. I discovered the other day the the Elbow/WB Glenmore is closed. Pain in the butt...
And I just can't wait to see the causeway totally finished. It'll be a glorious day in Calgary. (que the boo-birds that point out it'll "only help me get to the traffic jam at 37th faster")

Old Yeller · 10-24-2007, 03:02 PM

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(que the boo-birds that point out it'll "only help me get to the traffic jam at 37th faster")

Well unfortunately that's exactly what it's doing. The original plan was to do the overpass at 37th and Glenmore at the exact same time, but talks between the Natives and the city have broken down numerous times.

I'm honestly not sure what they have left to do on the causeway. It looks like the bridge Eastbound will open any day now (they were paving today)...

What's left to do after that? Anybody know? Are they putting a 3rd lane in each way under 14th street?

4X4 · 10-24-2007, 03:04 PM

Maybe for you (and for me), but half of the traffic on the WB causeway are headed to Crowchild. And those people are cheering the completion.

FlamesKickAss · 10-24-2007, 03:07 PM

I cannot wait for 22x to br finished. It is so close, when they first opened the bridge going westbound on that saturday it was so nice and then they closed 1 lane.

JohnnyFlame · 10-24-2007, 03:08 PM

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Originally Posted by ken0042

I'm guessing to the dump. They have to burry our trash with something, and when I was excavating for my garage the dump had me go to a special place to dump my fill, and either didn't charge me or just charged me the minimum $5.

It could be being used in the ongoing work for the ring road. There is a ton of dirt piled up around 84 St.

4X4 · 10-24-2007, 03:14 PM

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Originally Posted by FlamesKickAss

I cannot wait for 22x to br finished. It is so close, when they first opened the bridge going westbound on that saturday it was so nice and then they closed 1 lane.

Argh... I hear ya. It was open for about 20 hours and then the one lane was closed, plus the one lane at the top of the hill. At least that one's open now.

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It could be being used in the ongoing work for the ring road. There is a ton of dirt piled up around 84 St.

Yah... They're seriously going nuts with this ring road. The east side is being worked on simultaneously from 144th to at least halfway to the center. I loves it. Especially since I drove from Toronto to Calgary a couple months ago. Winnipeg's ring road is very handy. I'd hate to have had to cut through the sphincter of Canada.

Resolute 14 · 10-24-2007, 03:15 PM

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Originally Posted by 4X4

I thought it was a planned fishing hole for cops.

But yeah, I meant from Mcleod to Crowchild. Glad to hear the Mcleod/WB Glenmore exit is now open. I discovered the other day the the Elbow/WB Glenmore is closed. Pain in the butt...
And I just can't wait to see the causeway totally finished. It'll be a glorious day in Calgary. (que the boo-birds that point out it'll "only help me get to the traffic jam at 37th faster")

Only for a couple of weeks though. They are setting up the final exit lanes, and tearing down the temporary ones.

Cube Inmate · 10-24-2007, 03:47 PM

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Originally Posted by Old Yeller

I'm honestly not sure what they have left to do on the causeway. It looks like the bridge Eastbound will open any day now (they were paving today)...

What's left to do after that? Anybody know? Are they putting a 3rd lane in each way under 14th street?

They've re-built the South half of the old causeway bridge. When that's done in a few weeks or months (whenever), they'll re-route traffic onto that bridge and tear down the North half of the old bridge to re-build it. Yep...another whole bridge left to go :P

Juventus3 · 10-24-2007, 03:58 PM

In that link people are talking about the Penny Lane Towers being put on hold/ taken off the table.

Great idea to rip down Calgary landmarks then do nothing with the Prime land sitting there unused.

Morons.