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[manuel]

Technically the water did relax as it flowed from an area of high soil and main pressure into the swimming pool....

[Bingo]

Technically the water did relax as it flowed from an area of high soil and main pressure into the swimming pool....

 

Good point!  Where was the muddy water flowing to from the pumps in the bottom of the excavation?

 

[Bingo]

Today

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Broken pipes in there

 

Water out or in?

 

SW corner of top of hole

 

 

 

 

[Bingo]

As of today...

 

[shoeflack]

So is the developer responsible for fixing this collapse? Or is the idea that it won’t be fixed until they reach ground level with the underground? How long until this is fixed?

Johnson Street in the evening rush is an absolute mess these days. Far worse than anything on Fort Street at the moment.

Never a good thing when your two major eastbound arteries out of downtown are both facing serious gridlock.

[Mike K.]

I don't know, but it involves quite a few pieces of a puzzle, that's for sure.

 

You've got the city, you've got the developer, you've got the excavator, the contractor, the utility company (can't tell if its hydro or telus), and then layers of insurance.

[Nparker]

...You've got the city, you've got the developer, you've got the excavator, the contractor, the utility company (can't tell if its hydro or telus), and then layers of insurance.

How about the tree? Whose looking out for its interests?

[tjv]

Every time I talk to people who would know I forget to ask.  Still not sure if its the City or the shoring contractor, but I suspect everyone will be tight lipped about it, just like the sagging floors at the RJH Patient Care Centre where I tried for almost a year to get a straight answer

[Mike K.]

Oh yeah, the ole sagging floors at the RJH.

[Mike K.]

Sold out!

[Nparker]

Any idea when work will resume in the "pit" - or has it started again already?

[CitoyenduMonde]

So apparently the date in which an apartment may legally be occupied has now officially been moved to some time between May and June 2019.

 

The Developer furthermore has commitments to the City of Victoria to effect sidewalk and boulevard improvements adjacent to the lands (likely in conjunction with the collapse of December).

[Mike K.]

So apparently the date in which an apartment may legally be occupied has now officially been moved to some time between May and June 2019.

 

The Developer furthermore has commitments to the City of Victoria to effect sidewalk and boulevard improvements adjacent to the lands (likely in conjunction with the collapse of December).

 

Can you elaborate on what you mean by "an apartment may legally be occupied?" I've never heard of that phrase used to describe occupancy. Is that what you mean, the anticipated occupancy date?

 

The commitments to the CoV stem from an agreement in place at the time of project approvals, not the retaining wall collapse. Sidewalk improvements and streetscape improvements adjacent to a construction site's location are typically required with every project, and you'll see various stages of these improvements underway now around downtown (at 1515 Douglas/750 Pandora, Yello on Yates, etc.).

[Mike K.]

@Kingpin, please check your private messages.

[CitoyenduMonde]

Can you elaborate on what you mean by "an apartment may legally be occupied?" I've never heard of that phrase used to describe occupancy. Is that what you mean, the anticipated occupancy date?

 

The commitments to the CoV stem from an agreement in place at the time of project approvals, not the retaining wall collapse. Sidewalk improvements and streetscape improvements adjacent to a construction site's location are typically required with every project, and you'll see various stages of these improvements underway now around downtown (at 1515 Douglas/750 Pandora, Yello on Yates, etc.).

The wording about occupancy is the wording used by the Wade. They state between May 1 and July 31 2019, with a schedule which would presently point to May 31, 2019 for occupancy of residential units.

 

As far as the sidewalk improvement commitments, in November there were no commitments listed, so something happened between November and now, or else it points to sloppiness in preparing the prior documents.

[Rob Randall]

The developer can predict a completion date but it seems weird to declare a legal occupation date. For one thing, I've never heard a developer say that, for another thing, it's not up to them to declare anything legal, for another thing, hardly any buildings are completed on time so you're just going to get your buyers riled up by carving dates in stone.

[VicHockeyFan]

between May 1 and July 31 2019

 

 

...does not look like stone.

[Mike K.]

Every project has these dates. There has to be a date.

Janion had a completion window of over a year, if memory serves correct. It might have been even longer.

[VicHockeyFan]

Ya, the disclosure requires a date.  Then it's often moved, that's just the way it is.

[Mike K.]

Especially in a market where labour is so tight.

Look at Jukebox. The sign still says move in by summer but we’re betting on winter 2019.