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[Glen]

Looks like the excavation is done, thr drill rigs seem to be off the site.  Let the next phase begin.

[Mike K.]

Wow, if that's the case they sure got lucky wit this one!

[HB]

I am sorry to report this but your information is just plain false. There are weeks of excavation left excavators hoe rams and driller rigs are still in the hole and there is more blasting to come

https://m.youtube.co...h?v=vNUiEk4NtTE

This video is from 1031 am today

Maybe you were looking at a different project somewhere else

[HB]

Campbell will be on site starting some formwork on the Fort -Cook side while excavation continues. The core is exposed and being worked on now in preparation for a pour

Edited by HB, 27 April 2017 - 09:44 AM.

[Glen]

From an earlier picture it looked like all the drill rigs had gone.  I stand much corrected.

 

tx

[Glen]

Anyone know if they've completed the excavation? 

[kafkaesque]

I will be in the building this afternoon and post pictures. I am curious what they have done in the last 2 weeks.

[HB]

Still excavating

[Glen]

I guess the original estimate of excavation/blasting, 90 days is fairly accurate, without seeing the site

[kafkaesque]

From Cook Street, street level

 

 

Fort street, street level, Looking towards Meares

 

 

They are removing their road, and have added a stairway at the Meares/Cook Corner. Lots of rubble at the Zen Building side and more green blasting holders along the Zen wall.

 

This is looking straight down into the Zen lobby, which is open air.

 

From 5th floor Zen building.

 

Closing up for the night.

 

I will skip posting the picture of blue sky, which was my phone taking a picture as I dropped it, about 2 inches from  a very deep hole along Cook Street. There was language.

[Nparker]

The form work going in is a positive sign. 

[Glen]

Glad you didn't loose your phone! It reminds me of dropping my keys down the gap of an elevator door.  Language was very.......

Excellent pictures of the progress.  Abstracts other project Bowker is now a go.

[kafkaesque]

Glad you didn't loose your phone! It reminds me of dropping my keys down the gap of an elevator door.  Language was very.......

Excellent pictures of the progress.  Abstracts other project Bowker is now a go.

 

Yeah, I have been ill and am still shaky.  Luckily there was a rock in the right place. The site is moving along!

[Glen]

Hope you feel better soon.

[kafkaesque]

And today's update:

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

They have blasted along the Zen wall.  There was a new notice in the elevator saying that there was no known end date for the blasting, due to unknown conditions, that there were cracks noted in the common areas and Abstract's insurance company had sent an adjuster.  Individuals noticing any damage in their properties were to document it and contact their own insurance, who would deal with Abstract.

 

I saw several floor to ceiling cracks along that wall, including the one in the last picture running down the wall behind the sign.  It looked new - I didn't notice it last week.

 

 

[mbjj]

I can hear the blasting horn and blasts from my house, several blocks away.

[LJ]

Makes you wonder what the cracks would like in a sizable earthquake.

[HB]

The cracks are normal and they are monitored at all blasting site

The Atlas audio store building moved about 2 cm when they were blasting the site for legato that is a huge number more severe than a few cracks here and there

[kafkaesque]

I guess cracks are basically a "known complication" from that much blasting and excavation.

[Glen]

Those photos certainly speak clearly.  I would think owners next to new builds should learn from .....  take before videos and pic's of their homes if the are going to experience a new building come up along side their properties. That would minimize the time showing proof to insurance adjusters.

I would suspect builders do their utmost to contain and minimize collateral damage.  It's the process, nothing perfect.