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[tjv]

what a joke

[Mike K.]

What is the alternative?

[VicHockeyFan]

There likely isn't one short of a new expensive retaining wall on city property, that becomes redundant as soon as the parking garage south wall is done. 

 

If the matter were more pressing, the street seriously congested, it would make sense to hurry up and make a fix.   But traffic is managing.

Edited by VicHockeyFan, 16 April 2018 - 06:18 AM.

[tjv]

What is the alternative?

I think they could have probably engineered a new shoring wall around that side

 

If they have to wait for the new foundation wall, then they couldn't backfill until the main deck is poured as well to provide lateral support at the top of the wall.  In other words you are likely talking about 3 months as a guess

[shoeflack]

The 900- and 1000-blocks of Johnson are absolute train-wrecks in the afternoon rush. I'd hardly say that traffic is managing. The combination of the 900-block often being down to one lane due to 989 construction, plus the 1000-block being down to one lane because people don't understand to not merge until the merge point has resulted in a pretty gnarly situation on those two blocks.

 

I see instances almost daily of drivers using the bike lane for the full length of the 1000-block so they can make a right hand turn on Cook while avoiding the block-long lineup of cars. It can be pretty harrowing if you're parked on the south side of the street.

[Mike K.]

As VHF said, there's no other logical way to reconcile the situation until The Wade's underground walls are completed and soil can be trucked on-site. Nobody wants this issue to last any longer than it has to but I doubt the insurance company would have agreed to a temporary, potentially unsafe half-measure, while construction catches up to the situation.

[Nparker]

Has it ever been determined who or what exactly was at fault for the collapse?

[lanforod]

Has it ever been determined who or what exactly was at fault for the collapse?

Mother Nature.

[Mike K.]

From: https://victoria.cit...ction-ramps-up/

 

Meanwhile excavation for the underground parking garage and the foundation of the new-build four-storey wing continues on schedule despite a broken water main displacing the excavated pit’s concrete shoring along Johnson Street.

“The rupture of a water main alongside our south perimeter made for some excitement several weeks ago, but together with the City of Victoria we are working towards finalizing the clean-up. The good news is our construction schedule has not been impacted by the issue and this will actually allow us to immediately start construction of the parkade wall in lieu of re-shoring the site,” Tomaszewski said.

[Nparker]

So is the city on the hook for any costs to the developer?

[Mike K.]

Beyond the insurance premium I don't think so.

[spanky123]

So is the city on the hook for any costs to the developer?

 

Did the water main break by itself or did a piece of equipment hit it?

[VicHockeyFan]

Did the water main break by itself or did a piece of equipment hit it?

 

Well, it happened while nobody was on site.

[Mike K.]

The water main was also underground, not exposed to machinery nor had it ever been.

[tjv]

As VHF said, there's no other logical way to reconcile the situation until The Wade's underground walls are completed and soil can be trucked on-site. Nobody wants this issue to last any longer than it has to but I doubt the insurance company would have agreed to a temporary, potentially unsafe half-measure, while construction catches up to the situation.

Sorry, I disagree.  The end result is Johnson St has turned into a one lane train wreck for many many months to come.

 

The insurance company is looking for the cheapest solution, when do you ever know an insurance company to go for the most expensive option?

 

Anyway, I am not going to beat on this, I have stated my concerns

[MarkoJ]

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[Promontory Kingpin]

Any updates to the construction site?

[MarkoJ]

Any updates to the construction site?

 

Few excavators there.

[MarkoJ]

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[Mike K.]

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