05-29-2017, 10:08 PM
(05-29-2017, 08:06 PM)Canard Wrote: I cannot picture at all how this will work! It really doesn't seem like there is enough room between the LRT station (Block Line) and the CN yard. They already spent ~6 months terraforming that whole area, just to support the weight of the tracks and the station. I can't even fathom how much concrete they'll have to pour here to make this possible! And then there will be like a 10-story drop-off on the backside, whee!
Basically it will be dug into the hillside. The front (foundation) wall will be almost at the LRT tracks and will go straight down. The rear wall will be near the CN yard. A tall retaining wall at the back between the buildings -- or maybe the garage will be continuous across all four buildings?
Not that difficult to build, really. They won't have to dig deep, and likely won't run into the water table, either.