Street level facade looks pretty solid. I like the reveals that separate the individual 'modules' and that canopy should shelter the sidewalk pretty well.
 
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Hey guys. I have a unit on the 5th floor and received an occupancy date for late Jan 2026. Wanted to get an idea from the board if you think it will get delayed further, considering the current stage of construction.
 
jasonkhoury22 said:
Hey guys. I have a unit on the 5th floor and received an occupancy date for late Jan 2026. Wanted to get an idea from the board if you think it will get delayed further, considering the current stage of construction.
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Based on the progress made so far I think late Jan 2026 is pretty realistic. Maybe Feb or March of next year if you want to be really conservative in expectations. But considering that the building has topped out and the exterior cladding is more than 50% done, then the target occupancy seems doable.
 
AlbertC said:
Based on the progress made so far I think late Jan 2026 is pretty realistic. Maybe Feb or March of next year if you want to be really conservative in expectations. But considering that the building has topped out and the exterior cladding is more than 50% done, then the target occupancy seems doable.
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Thanks appreciate it.
 
At long last, it appears the sidewalk (really pretty nuts they just completely shut down a sidewalk for an entire city block for years) is nearing a place where it can reopen.

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Shaw sidewalk is already kinda sorta open:
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But...why exactly are the fire hydrants almost smack dab in the middle of the pedestrian clearway?

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Anyhoo, some street trees (or at least shrubs) sure will be nice on the car hellscape that is Dupont.

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Also, construction on the public park well underway. Love to workout while sucking car fumes! Parks public consultation department strikes again.

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ProjectEnd said:
Because at the end of the day they Just. Don't. Care.
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Look at it from someone in the construction industry's perspective. You drive everywhere for everything on the job, so you might not think about what makes for a good sidewalk. Also, construction work is often physically tough and in many jobs also requires plenty of critical thinking and problem solving. The notion of walking around a fire hydrant naturally doesn't seem like a big deal to many of the people who build this stuff. But this isn't good quality civil engineering or construction work. Sidewalks get busy and should be wide, open and obstacle free.
 
junctionist said:
Look at it from someone in the construction industry's perspective. You drive everywhere for everything on the job, so you might not think about what makes for a good sidewalk. Also, construction work is often physically tough and in many jobs also requires plenty of critical thinking and problem solving. The notion of walking around a fire hydrant naturally doesn't seem like a big deal to many of the people who build this stuff. But this isn't good quality civil engineering or construction work. Sidewalks get busy and should be wide, open and obstacle free.
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I dunno, in my experience it's not quite that simple: you've got site supers and assistant site supers (and sometimes more) on-site every day, and then you've got PMs back in-house. If you hire good people, they generally take having a clean and safe site that is delivered to the tender docs very seriously. Someone was asleep at the switch here.
 
junctionist said:
Look at it from someone in the construction industry's perspective. You drive everywhere for everything on the job, so you might not think about what makes for a good sidewalk. Also, construction work is often physically tough and in many jobs also requires plenty of critical thinking and problem solving. The notion of walking around a fire hydrant naturally doesn't seem like a big deal to many of the people who build this stuff. But this isn't good quality civil engineering or construction work. Sidewalks get busy and should be wide, open and obstacle free.
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the decision of where that hydrant goes isn't made by the construction guys, it's made by the civil engineers and signed off on by the City.

The City's standards are a 2.1 metre wide clear width for pedestrians. In this case, they probably approved it because the clear path goes north around the hydrant. I'd imagine the hydrant had to go there for some reason and it was challenging to move as I can't imagine the City wouldn't have commented on it's location through SPA.
 
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