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  Thread: Duke Tower Kitchener | 39 fl | completed
Post: RE: Duke Tower Kitchener | 39 fl | U/C
DK519 Wrote: (06-15-2023, 12:18 PM) -- skyrise32 Wrote: (06-15-2023, 10:00 AM) -- Seems like a separate issue, actual broken glass in the guard above. The peeling is cosmetic and should not stop an...
   skyrise32 Urban Areas 1,392 592,548 06-15-2023, 12:29 PM
  Thread: Duke Tower Kitchener | 39 fl | completed
Post: RE: Duke Tower Kitchener | 39 fl | U/C
DK519 Wrote: (06-15-2023, 08:00 AM) -- Residents barred from Kitchener condo floor because of problem windows (https://www.thestar.com/tr/news/waterloo-region/2023/06/15/residents-barred-from-kitchen...
   skyrise32 Urban Areas 1,392 592,548 06-15-2023, 10:00 AM
  Thread: TEK Tower (30 Francis) | 45 fl | U/C
Post: RE: TEK Tower (30 Francis) | 45 fl | U/C
CP42 Wrote: (05-06-2023, 03:51 PM) -- CuilTard Wrote: (05-06-2023, 02:13 PM) -- New memo from IN8: -- Work being done 20 hours a day… wow.  Any predictions on where they’ll end up by end of Octob...
   skyrise32 Urban Areas 591 138,458 05-08-2023, 12:36 PM
  Thread: TEK Tower (30 Francis) | 45 fl | U/C
Post: RE: TEK Tower (30 Francis) | 45 fl | U/C
ac3r Wrote: (04-22-2023, 10:30 PM) -- Spokes Wrote: (04-22-2023, 09:22 PM) -- That's a surprise! -- There was a popular meme last year about how men just instinctually love digging holes, so when ...
   skyrise32 Urban Areas 591 138,458 04-24-2023, 02:56 PM
  Thread: TEK Tower (30 Francis) | 45 fl | U/C
Post: RE: TEK Tower (30 Francis) | 45 fl | U/C
CuilTard Wrote: (04-06-2023, 03:40 PM) -- IN8 taking some serious heat in this thread. Maybe their fast pace seemed great but has its consequences? Duke and Frederick Condos (Reddit Kitchener) (ht...
   skyrise32 Urban Areas 591 138,458 04-13-2023, 04:02 PM
  Thread: 88 Queen St S | 44 fl | Proposed
Post: RE: 88 Queen St S | 44 fl | Proposed
robdrimmie Wrote: (06-02-2022, 12:58 PM) -- tomh009 Wrote: (06-02-2022, 11:56 AM) -- More sidewalk is good. But the end building is currently about 11m wide. In the above drawing, the edge of the...
   skyrise32 Urban Areas 49 11,134 06-02-2022, 03:10 PM
  Thread: Garment Street Condos | 25 & 6 fl | U/C
Post: RE: Garment Street Condos | 25 & 6 fl | U/C
JK2021 Wrote: (05-25-2022, 03:25 PM) -- taylortbb Wrote: (05-20-2022, 09:07 AM) -- There's retail units along Garment St. -- So has anyone heard anything about the local 793 strike? How long will th...
   skyrise32 Urban Areas 497 216,306 05-25-2022, 03:28 PM
  Thread: Station Park | 18, 28, 36, 40, 50 fl | U/C
Post: RE: Station Park | 18, 28, 36, 40, 44 fl | U/C
Acitta Wrote: (05-13-2022, 08:08 AM) -- tomh009 Wrote: (05-12-2022, 11:02 PM) -- Fundamentally it's about money. I don't have enough information to judge whether they are already fairly paid or not....
   skyrise32 Urban Areas 1,678 994,131 05-13-2022, 10:45 AM
  Thread: Station Park | 18, 28, 36, 40, 50 fl | U/C
Post: RE: Station Park | 18, 28, 36, 40, 44 fl | U/C
CP42 Wrote: (05-11-2022, 11:15 PM) -- mastermind Wrote: (05-11-2022, 10:51 PM) -- I believe they're on strike though (drywall tapers), along with much of the construction industry.  Interesting to s...
   skyrise32 Urban Areas 1,678 994,131 05-12-2022, 12:40 PM
  Thread: Station Park | 18, 28, 36, 40, 50 fl | U/C
Post: RE: Station Park | 18, 28, 36, 40, 44 fl | U/C
Seems like balconies are lagging behind quite a bit.
   skyrise32 Urban Areas 1,678 994,131 04-27-2022, 03:23 PM
  Thread: Garment Street Condos | 25 & 6 fl | U/C
Post: RE: Garment Street Condos | 25 & 6 fl | U/C
taylortbb Wrote: (04-27-2022, 02:31 PM) -- skyrise32 Wrote: (04-27-2022, 01:57 PM) -- Just wondering what you refer to as construction elevator? If it was inside the building that would be the perma...
   skyrise32 Urban Areas 497 216,306 04-27-2022, 03:19 PM
  Thread: Garment Street Condos | 25 & 6 fl | U/C
Post: RE: Garment Street Condos | 25 & 6 fl | U/C
Serendipity Wrote: (04-26-2022, 07:26 PM) -- They were not functional at the time. We had to use the construction elevator. -- Just wondering what you refer to as construction elevator? If it was i...
   skyrise32 Urban Areas 497 216,306 04-27-2022, 01:57 PM
  Thread: Garment Street Condos | 25 & 6 fl | U/C
Post: RE: Garment Street Condos | 25 & 6 fl | U/C
dtkvictim Wrote: (04-21-2022, 06:41 PM) -- Serendipity Wrote: (04-21-2022, 05:17 PM) -- When I did a walk through at the end of Feb, my unit was very warm so it's surprising to me that the pipes wou...
   skyrise32 Urban Areas 497 216,306 04-25-2022, 09:29 AM
  Thread: Garment Street Condos | 25 & 6 fl | U/C
Post: RE: Garment Street Condos | 25 & 6 fl | U/C
dtkvictim Wrote: (04-21-2022, 02:27 PM) -- ac3r Wrote: (04-21-2022, 02:13 PM) -- Lol what? That's not how ice works. It's obvious the pipes failed somewhere in the building and then liquid water was...
   skyrise32 Urban Areas 497 216,306 04-21-2022, 03:14 PM
  Thread: Garment Street Condos | 25 & 6 fl | U/C
Post: RE: Garment Street Condos | 25 & 6 fl | U/C
pandapants87 Wrote: (04-15-2022, 10:39 PM) -- The email we got claimed that the burst pipe caused an 'unavoidable delay' but this doesn't seem right. If they kept the building at a correct temperatur...
   skyrise32 Urban Areas 497 216,306 04-20-2022, 05:18 PM
  Thread: Duke Tower Kitchener | 39 fl | completed
Post: RE: Duke Tower Kitchener | 39 fl | U/C
Bjays93 Wrote: (12-11-2021, 01:20 AM) -- ac3r Wrote: (12-10-2021, 10:47 PM) -- I don't know what kind of standards you guys have if you think this looks good or on par with buildings you'd find in T...
   skyrise32 Urban Areas 1,392 592,548 12-15-2021, 02:21 PM
  Thread: Victoria and Park | 25, 36, 38 fl | Proposed
Post: RE: Victoria and Park | 25, 36, 38 fl | Proposed
CP42 Wrote: (12-06-2021, 07:19 PM) -- taylortbb Wrote: (12-06-2021, 04:40 PM) -- https://www.dovcapital.com/ -- Is this their first residential project? -- They look like more of a partner/finan...
   skyrise32 Urban Areas 302 53,523 12-07-2021, 11:36 AM
  Thread: Victoria and Park | 25, 36, 38 fl | Proposed
Post: RE: Victoria and Park | 25, 36, 38 fl | Proposed
Sorry, do we know who the developer is yet?
   skyrise32 Urban Areas 302 53,523 12-06-2021, 11:53 AM
  Thread: Station Park | 18, 28, 36, 40, 50 fl | U/C
Post: RE: Station Park | 18, 28, 32, 36, 44 fl | U/C
Camper Wrote: (11-01-2021, 04:58 PM) -- skyrise32 Wrote: (11-01-2021, 02:31 PM) -- Its the other way around. No chance that the drawings show 11' and the formworker/GC is trying to "save time/money"...
   skyrise32 Urban Areas 1,678 994,131 11-02-2021, 11:03 AM
  Thread: Station Park | 18, 28, 36, 40, 50 fl | U/C
Post: RE: Station Park | 18, 28, 32, 36, 44 fl | U/C
Camper Wrote: (11-01-2021, 12:59 PM) -- I can 99% guarantee your floor height change from 11' to 9' is not a typo or miscommunication and is directly related to schedule and cost.  To change formwork...
   skyrise32 Urban Areas 1,678 994,131 11-01-2021, 02:31 PM
  Thread: Charlie West (Charles & Gaukel) | 31 fl | Complete
Post: RE: Charlie West (Charles & Gaukel) | 31 fl | U/C
taylortbb Wrote: (10-18-2021, 03:30 PM) -- 519 Wrote: (10-18-2021, 02:50 PM) -- If they were going for the industrial look, I would expect metal conduits, exposed duct, vents, etc. From the pic prov...
   skyrise32 Urban Areas 1,072 600,061 10-19-2021, 02:27 PM
  Thread: Duke Tower Kitchener | 39 fl | completed
Post: RE: Duke Tower Kitchener | 39 fl | U/C
ijmorlan Wrote: -- jgsz Wrote: -- 2019-08-10 They work on this site every day.  All the walls make no sense to me.  Some seem to have windows and some seem to have doors.  If this level is for un...
   skyrise32 Urban Areas 1,392 592,548 08-13-2019, 12:18 PM
  Thread: Duke Tower Kitchener | 39 fl | completed
Post: RE: Duke Tower Kitchener | 39 fl | U/C
jeffster Wrote: (06-21-2019, 09:28 PM) -- ZEBuilder Wrote: (06-21-2019, 03:50 PM) -- In that location the only thing needing to be supported is the podium and not 39 floors. -- Am I right if I say...
   skyrise32 Urban Areas 1,392 592,548 06-25-2019, 12:30 PM
  Thread: Duke Tower Kitchener | 39 fl | completed
Post: RE: Duke Tower Kitchener | 39 fl | U/C
clasher Wrote: (05-24-2019, 11:00 AM) -- TSSA does elevators and roller coasters (and other things) but I don't think they inspect and certify cranes. A professional engineer inspects the crane with ...
   skyrise32 Urban Areas 1,392 592,548 05-24-2019, 11:11 AM
  Thread: Duke Tower Kitchener | 39 fl | completed
Post: RE: Duke Tower Kitchener | 39 fl | U/C
Lets just say this crane has seen better days.
   skyrise32 Urban Areas 1,392 592,548 05-21-2019, 08:11 AM
  Thread: Duke Tower Kitchener | 39 fl | completed
Post: RE: Duke Tower Kitchener | 39 fl | U/C
jeffster Wrote: (05-10-2019, 06:36 PM) -- KevinL Wrote: (05-10-2019, 05:17 PM) -- The crane isn't nearly tall enough to do the whole building, so either it gets extended later or it's the kind that ...
   skyrise32 Urban Areas 1,392 592,548 05-13-2019, 12:11 PM

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