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#5801 Nparker

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Posted 18 January 2018 - 06:36 PM

Ah-ha !

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#5802 Gary H

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Posted 18 January 2018 - 07:36 PM

Upper counterweight install near complete...

 

Looks like they're just about done with the installation of lead plates into the ring's upper counterweight cavities.  As can be seen in the pics, the lower cavities have now been bolted shut.

 

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#5803 Linear Thinker

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Posted 20 January 2018 - 10:57 AM

A quarterly update goes to Council next Thursday the 25th.

Nothing in the report about the recent bolt on plate issue.



#5804 Bingo

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Posted 20 January 2018 - 11:32 AM

A quarterly update goes to Council next Thursday the 25th.

Nothing in the report about the recent bolt on plate issue.

 

There was this in the January 19th report

 

Media have taken a keen interest in the bridge pieces arriving in Victoria and the City's Engagement department is working closely with the Project Director to ensure timely information and access to spokespeople Numerous media opportunities have been held to explain the project and next steps in construction and the Times Colonist did a major feature in their weekend Islander section about how the new bridge works. Frequent website updates, photos, and social media posts are also being proactively shared. Public inquiries have also increased over the past couple of months following the steel's arrival and staff continue to answer questions and share information as needed.

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#5805 dasmo

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Posted 20 January 2018 - 12:31 PM

Drove by the other day and was hoping it wasn’t so bad in reality. Nope. It looks like a total hack job. Why couldn’t they have at least made the plate integrate better. Those gaps are hideous! Maybe instead of the blue bridge it should be the Red Green Bridge....
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#5806 Nparker

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Posted 20 January 2018 - 12:39 PM

Drove by the other day and was hoping it wasn’t so bad in reality. Nope. It looks like a total hack job...

The Helps Hacked-It Bridge.



#5807 spanky123

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Posted 20 January 2018 - 03:49 PM

There was this in the January 19th report

 

Huggett still refusing to provide a budget/estimate for fenders.



#5808 Mike K.

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Posted 20 January 2018 - 04:07 PM

$102.9 is the last official cost, right? Broadband calls it a $115 million bridge. So is $115 the total current cost if you factor in potential expenses associated with the project ...but not on paper ...or is $115 million the estimated total that already includes fendering?

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#5809 Bingo

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Posted 20 January 2018 - 04:22 PM

The fendering will be tended to.

 

  • NEXT STEPS
  • Priority tasks over the next couple of months include the following:
  • 1. Continue to monitor steel work assembly and painting;
  • 2. Monitor the proposed testing and commissioning procedures for the bridge to assure satisfactory operation;
  • 3. Develop options for the north side tendering design and bring a report to Council regarding next steps;
  • 4. Work with PCL to amend their demolition work related to the old bridge so that the removal of the abutments is consistent with the final plans for the public realm.

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#5810 Bingo

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Posted 20 January 2018 - 04:49 PM

Starting on January 27, 2018, the main bascule leaf span will be lifted as one piece with all of the walkways and cycle tracks attached from the barge it currently sits on:

Once the span is in the air, the crane then moves under the existing bridge carrying the main span and rotating it ready to set it down in the correct position.

The main span is then bolted to the rings.

A detailed schedule for the entire bascule leaf lift and attachment is attached as Appendix C.

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#5811 Bingo

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Posted 20 January 2018 - 04:56 PM

FENDERING UPDATE

South side and in-channel tendering is complete to protect the bridge from vessel collision. During the past quarter various ongoing tasks have been undertaken related to reviewing options for the north side tendering. This has included the drilling of geotechnical investigation holes to assess soil conditions, discussions with Telus regarding the stability of the adjacent Telus duct bank, and preliminary design work. Other tendering work has also been undertaken during this quarter, including the removal of some of the old creosote coated piles both on the south side and in the in-channel areas. This has enabled a wider navigation channel to be established.

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#5812 VicHockeyFan

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Posted 20 January 2018 - 04:59 PM

So we are dropping in the $20 million piece with no fendering in Place on the north side?

Is that a good idea? Or do we have temporary fendering that will protect it?

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#5813 Bingo

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Posted 20 January 2018 - 05:00 PM

So we are dropping in the $20 million piece with no fendering in Place?

Is that a good idea? Or do we have temporary fendering that will protect it?

 

They might need fendering on the blue bridge span if it isn't raised enough



#5814 VicHockeyFan

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Posted 20 January 2018 - 05:13 PM

They might need fendering on the blue bridge span if it isn't raised enough

 

Can one person open both bridges, or will we need a two-person operation for a while?


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#5815 Bingo

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Posted 21 January 2018 - 07:19 AM

 During the past quarter various ongoing tasks have been undertaken related to reviewing options for the north side tendering.

This has included the drilling of geotechnical investigation holes to assess soil conditions, discussions with Telus regarding the stability of the adjacent Telus duct bank

 

The Telus cable being installed near the north side of the bridge 6 years ago.

 

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#5816 Linear Thinker

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Posted 22 January 2018 - 12:33 PM

No.

A $30,000 supplemental 2018 budget request was made for a 2nd operator, etc.

 

Can one person open both bridges, or will we need a two-person operation for a while?



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Posted 22 January 2018 - 02:28 PM

$30,000.00 doesn't pay for a trained COV staff position, but it might pay for a bit of training for the already existing COV Bridge Operators, of which there is most definitely more than one.

 

From the November 28th, 2013 TC article on the guy who fell off the bridge:

 

"....A bridge operator who raises the bridge for marine traffic works seven days a week between 8 a.m. and 4 p.m., said City of Victoria spokeswoman Katie Hamilton. There is an on-call operator for evening shifts ......"



#5818 Bingo

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Posted 22 January 2018 - 03:54 PM

Can one person open both bridges, or will we need a two-person operation for a while?

 

Why would you want to lower the second bridge. You leave one of them up until you decide which one to keep. 


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#5819 VicHockeyFan

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Posted 22 January 2018 - 03:59 PM

I think you are supposed to contact a professional if it stays up for more than a certain amount of hours.


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#5820 spanky123

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Posted 22 January 2018 - 04:04 PM

$30,000.00 doesn't pay for a trained COV staff position, but it might pay for a bit of training for the already existing COV Bridge Operators, of which there is most definitely more than one.

 

From the November 28th, 2013 TC article on the guy who fell off the bridge:

 

"....A bridge operator who raises the bridge for marine traffic works seven days a week between 8 a.m. and 4 p.m., said City of Victoria spokeswoman Katie Hamilton. There is an on-call operator for evening shifts ......"

 

It would pay until we get the new bridge up and running (in theory) and then the old one can be left up.



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