No problem; one caveat, he has a tendency to say more than he knows, so take these as rumors. Apparently CN didn't agree to having pylons in their yard. Years ago he said the tunnel would have to be deep to due to (freight) train weight and to avoid dealing with pollution leaching through the...

My BIL is middle management at ETS, he had a few interesting things to say. The switch from 4 to 2 car trains is preventing drug use and loitering from when homeless concentrate and take over an entire car. Shorter trains force people to mix and this eye's on the street psychology has caused a...

10050 86 Ave NW The building form is classic (to me anyway), it could have been so elegant with even some brick. Like the one behind it. Especially as its across the street from the beautiful all brick King Edward Junior High. (I should have got a picture of it too...)

I spotted this sweet build just off of 90th ave. Looks like the span is deflecting already? What about when it has a roof, and it snows, or... well... anything? I feel obligated to narc on this guy? I mean it's visible from the road, and there's no way this is to code?

This trail will be closed over the winter;

I'm no fancy building scientist, but don't we normally put the roof on before we install windows? (Seriously, I don't know, 20 years and I've never actually been involved with windows).

The vast majority of stalls were open on Sunday noonish. The few vendors I asked said business was steady. Apparently some weren't open as they only prepare enough stock for one day of sales (small scale Bakers etc.). It wasn't as crowded as Saturday's but still we waited in line to buy from a...

Yikes! Well there isn't much debate on that construction as an industry has become less efficient over the last few decades, https://www.nytimes.com/2023/02/05/opinion/economy-construction-productivity-mystery.html. Incompetence and laziness though? That's harsh. What has changed though...

I've seen projects slow walk the early stages when the critical path runs through procurement. Electrical and control equipment usually has very long lead times, so early scope could be detached from the completion date. It can benefit your risk profile (in case of unexpected stuff underground)...

The first (and last) 10-20% typically goes much slower. Productivity and worker density is highest between 30-60% complete. For very large projects 2-3 percent a month is high, but there's also a discipline based component; when we see large concrete pours we will probably see the number spike...

Yeah; K was purchased as a blocking tactic, W is Westrich owned, Toma owns those 2 properties, and /W was a pending sale to Westrich. The information is from a neighbour whose a Lawyer. Probably pulled property data? He spoke about these properties, apparently the talk was 'we can't stop these...

My parents live in WP; meetings are being organized to challenge this and other potential projects. A restrictive covenant doc was handed out. It was eye opening as this guy actually purchased a house as a tactic; W is owned by Westrich? Who has enough spare cash to buy a (k) house as a...

Crane has been up for around a week.

From the Windsor Park newsletter, not sure if these particular projects are on the radar;