02-02-2012, 03:24 PM
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#1661
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Franchise Player
Join Date: Dec 2005
Location: Moscow
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Originally Posted by zuluking
Peace Me Off Bridge
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"The Peace, Peace, Peace Don't Fall into the River While I'm Crossing" Bridge?
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02-02-2012, 03:32 PM
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#1662
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Franchise Player
Join Date: Jul 2005
Location: in your blind spot.
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From the article:
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The price of tag of project hasn’t changed and it’s not immediately clear whether Calgary-based Graham Infrastructure, the company assembling the steel bridge, will be asking for more cash.
Farrell said she hasn’t heard a “whisper” that Graham would be demanding for more cash.
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If it is Graham that is on the hook for the delays then they can delay as long as they want, just as long as it is done right when they are finally finished. I'd much rather a delay (on their dime) than see it temporarily closed on and off while it is fixed on the taxpayer dime.
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02-02-2012, 04:06 PM
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#1663
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Powerplay Quarterback
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Originally Posted by Mazrim
Give me a freaking break. Head over to any new bridge made in the last 10 years and you'll find cracks in all of them. It always happens. The only important fact about the cracking is if it's in critical areas. People need to stop being so oversensitive about things.
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This is 16th Ave taken from crowchild NB...
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02-02-2012, 04:09 PM
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#1664
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Powerplay Quarterback
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Originally Posted by rayne008
This is 16th Ave taken from crowchild NB...
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"that looks perfectly fine" - province of quebec
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02-02-2012, 04:13 PM
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#1665
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Franchise Player
Join Date: Mar 2007
Location: Income Tax Central
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Quote:
Originally Posted by rayne008
This is 16th Ave taken from crowchild NB...
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Waht are you worried about? That power line is keeping things together rather nicely.
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02-02-2012, 04:41 PM
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#1666
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Franchise Player
Join Date: Feb 2010
Location: Park Hyatt Tokyo
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Electrical conduit 1 gravity 0
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02-02-2012, 04:55 PM
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#1667
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Crash and Bang Winger
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This isn't really a big deal. The concrete isn't structural, it's just the surfacing material. It's going to be cracked in a year anyway, but I guess they want things to look shiny and new for the opening.
The dumb thing is that the surface was supposed to be granite, but that was switched to concrete when it was bid, to save costs and keep the bridge in budget.
The savings may end up being short term, though, as the maintenance cost of the concrete decking could be greater over the long run.
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02-02-2012, 04:56 PM
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#1668
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Franchise Player
Join Date: Jul 2010
Location: Calgary - Centre West
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Quote:
Originally Posted by rayne008
This is 16th Ave taken from crowchild NB...
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Yeah... that's an expansion joint. Nothing that is responsible for the load-bearing ability of the bridge is compromised in that picture.
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Originally Posted by Azure
Typical dumb take.
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02-14-2012, 11:56 AM
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#1669
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Voted for Kodos
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According to Druh Farrell on Twitter, the Peace Bridge will open on March 24th.
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02-14-2012, 11:57 AM
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#1670
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Franchise Player
Join Date: Apr 2008
Location: Calgary
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March 24th of what year?
PS: Race you to SSP to post this!
Last edited by Bigtime; 02-14-2012 at 12:00 PM.
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02-14-2012, 11:58 AM
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#1671
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Voted for Kodos
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Originally Posted by Bigtime
March 24th of what year?
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Druh's tweet doesn't specify.
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02-14-2012, 12:00 PM
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#1672
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Voted for Kodos
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But, other new agencies are saying that it's this year.
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02-14-2012, 12:48 PM
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#1673
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Lifetime Suspension
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This project is appalling for the city, from top to bottom just appalling.
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02-14-2012, 12:51 PM
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#1674
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Franchise Player
Join Date: May 2004
Location: YSJ (1979-2002) -> YYC (2002-2022) -> YVR (2022-present)
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Quote:
Originally Posted by You Need a Thneed
According to Druh Farrell on Twitter, the Peace Bridge will open on March 24th.
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Who wants to organize a CP latte-sipping meetup during the ribbon-cutting?
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02-14-2012, 12:52 PM
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#1675
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Monster Storm
Join Date: Apr 2007
Location: Calgary
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You are so correct, they should have spent the money on another power centre just like 162nd, that place is awesome.
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02-14-2012, 01:35 PM
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#1676
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Franchise Player
Join Date: Apr 2008
Location: Calgary
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Originally Posted by MarchHare
Who wants to organize a CP latte-sipping meetup during the ribbon-cutting?
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But I'm trying to organize a SSP latte-sipping meetup. Let's have one on each end of the bridge!
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02-14-2012, 01:36 PM
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#1677
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Franchise Player
Join Date: May 2004
Location: YSJ (1979-2002) -> YYC (2002-2022) -> YVR (2022-present)
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Quote:
Originally Posted by Bigtime
But I'm trying to organize a SSP latte-sipping meetup. Let's have one on each end of the bridge!
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Dibs on south side!
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02-14-2012, 01:37 PM
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#1678
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#1 Goaltender
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Originally Posted by MarchHare
Dibs on south side!
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South > North for sure!
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02-14-2012, 01:52 PM
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#1679
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#1 Goaltender
Join Date: Mar 2004
Location: Calgary...Alberta, Canada
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Wow, I can't believe there's already people camped out by the bridge to be the first to go acro...no, sorry, those are just hobos.
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02-21-2012, 01:04 PM
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#1680
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First Line Centre
Join Date: Feb 2010
Location: Calgary
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Honestly I quite like the design of the bridge, and I think time will be much kinder to it once it's open and done with. But this really has been a mess from start to finish.
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