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#241 2F2R

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Posted 15 July 2017 - 12:35 PM

How many cranes are up in Greater Victoria right now ,,, gotta be a record.


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#242 Nparker

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Posted 15 July 2017 - 01:00 PM

I hope something really nice ( and tall ) gets built in the parking lot beside the Janion...

The odds of something taller than the Janion getting built in that location are about 1 in 1,000,000,000,000,000.


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#243 Mike K.

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Posted 15 July 2017 - 08:13 PM

Can you spot all six tower cranes?

 

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#244 2F2R

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Posted 17 July 2017 - 11:18 AM

yes ... there must be twice that at least ...



#245 Mike K.

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Posted 17 July 2017 - 12:21 PM

There are 13 tower cranes in the city centre now, I think?


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#246 shoeflack

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Posted 17 July 2017 - 01:44 PM

There are 13 tower cranes in the city centre now, I think?

 

2 at Encore

1 at Capital Park

1 at 989 Johnson

1 at Legato

1 at Jukebox

1 at 1075 Pandora

2 at 1008 Pandora

2 at 1515 Douglas/750 Pandora

1 at Yellow on Yates

1 at Summit

 

That right?


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#247 Mike K.

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Posted 17 July 2017 - 01:49 PM

Yup, that's what I've got!


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#248 Bingo

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Posted 18 July 2017 - 09:06 PM

It's not a tower crane but time is it if it's a crane watch.

Which it isn't, but it's over at the Mayfair Centre Mall,  at least it was at 3:45 pm today.

 

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#249 Nparker

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Posted 18 July 2017 - 09:47 PM

It's not a tower crane but time is it if it's a crane watch...

You mean like this?

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#250 Bingo

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Posted 05 September 2017 - 03:48 PM

Six cranes seen from the top of Blackwood Street

 

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#251 Bingo

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Posted 06 September 2017 - 01:11 PM

Spinning crane video.

http://www.cnn.com/2...efSrc=permalink



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Posted 10 September 2017 - 07:45 AM

One crane down in Miami.


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#253 Bingo

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Posted 10 September 2017 - 11:38 AM

One crane down in Miami.

Two down now


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Posted 02 November 2017 - 05:36 AM

Do we need more trees on the tops of our tall buildings? Of course we do, this is Victoria.

 

Crews, using a massive crane, lifted a new 10-metre high pin oak tree up 60 metres to the roof of the Eugenia Place condominium building on Beach Avenue Wednesday afternoon.

The initial pin oak tree was installed on the roof deck in 1987 but was removed this year after it died.

http://www.cbc.ca/ne...anted-1.4382702

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A crane lifts the new 10-metre tall pin oak 60 metres in the air to its new home in English Bay. (Kelly Gavin)

 

 



#255 lanforod

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Posted 02 November 2017 - 07:23 AM

I didn't think they'd go through with replacing that tree, when I read the cost somewhere. Over half a million dollars. You'd think they could've just been patient and waited for a 10 foot tree brought up the elevator to grow.


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#256 tjv

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Posted 02 November 2017 - 07:39 AM

How the heck does that cost over $500k????

 

Cut the original tree down

dig out root ball/dig for new tree root ball, put dirt to the side

buy a new tree

crane up to the roof

backfill root ball with topsoil from original hole

 

a street closure permit, etc, etc

 

I am seeing no more than 20k

 

On another note there is a tower crane up at Camosun Interurban for the Health and Wellness building



#257 VicHockeyFan

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Posted 02 November 2017 - 08:16 AM

They should have planted a second and maybe third tree beside it back in 1987 as backups.
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#258 laconic

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Posted 02 November 2017 - 08:29 AM

The tree was an architectural element similar to the Mosaic's mosaic. They were required to replace it.

 

As with all buildings, at some point maintenance is required (thanks mandated depreciation reports....)

 

http://bc.ctvnews.ca...lding-1.3401073



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Posted 02 November 2017 - 08:33 AM

$35,000 per suite! Yowza.
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#260 aastra

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Posted 02 November 2017 - 08:34 AM

 

The tree was an architectural element similar to the Mosaic's mosaic. They were required to replace it.

 

Exactly as it was, squirrels and all. A totally different tree or two trees or a holographic tree or a rose bush would have been unacceptable. Lawsuits from every corner.



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