Toronto St Lawrence Market North | 25.3m | 5s | City of Toronto | Rogers Stirk Harbour

[Roy G Biv]

Current Status
The Bid Document Stage for the new SLMN Building has been completed, including value engineering to bring the design within budget in consultation with an independent third party cost consultant. Tender Call for the construction of the new building is currently underway.

ruh roh

 

[AlvinofDiaspar]

ruh roh

RSH was quoted in a previous report as saying they can't VE further so I think everything is ok at this point. Until you get the bids back.

AoD

 

[G.L.17]

Here's the site from a week ago:

 

[someMidTowner]

Found this gem in the UT Flickr Pool:

View from St Lawrence Hall - Doors Open Toronto, 2017 by A Great Capture, on Flickr

 

[Ramako]

RSH was quoted in a previous report as saying they can't VE further so I think everything is ok at this point. Until you get the bids back.

AoD

The notion that this has been value engineered to the point where it's apparently no longer possible to further cheapen it makes me think that this is going to end up being a complete and utter blight.

 

[AlvinofDiaspar]

The notion that this has been value engineered to the point where it's apparently no longer possible to further cheapen it makes me think that this is going to end up being a complete and utter blight.

It doesn't bother me hugely so long as RSH is still willing to have their name on it. Beyond that all bets are off.

AoD

 

[maestro]

Are the building projects developed under the city's umbrella really that bad? There's a few like the City Hall renos but, I haven't been disappointed by the majority of them.

 

[Automation Gallery]

I haven't been disappointed by the majority of them.

i would assume you don't give a shite of how long the majority of them take to complete

 

[slicecom]

Forgot to post this... took it from St. Lawrence Hall at Doors Open.

 

[maestro]

i would assume you don't give a shite of how long the majority of them take to complete

City Hall? Sure. TTC? Always. Were the libraries timeframes, for example, not consistent with privately built projects? How about the Green P lot on Charles? Dundas Square was phased with additions deffered to following years. The first phase, the square itself, wasn't dragged out either.

 

[AlvinofDiaspar]

Quelle surprise - from CBC News:

http://www.cbc.ca/news/canada/toron...et-building-2-years-behind-schedule-1.4147323

It's 2020 now - at this rate, the Arcopolis Museum would have been built quicker.

AoD

 

[jje1000]

Geez just remove the stonework, get a backhoe, dig up everything and dump it in the Portlands for archeologists to sift through at their own leisure- I doubt there's anything absolutely mindblowing about Toronto in the 1830s.

 

[Bogtrotter]

Well you never know the Ark of the Covenant hasn't been found yet. I like the idea of displaying the artifacts within the new building however.

 

[PinkLucy]

Geez just remove the stonework, get a backhoe, dig up everything and dump it in the Portlands for archeologists to sift through at their own leisure- I doubt there's anything absolutely mindblowing about Toronto in the 1830s.

Yeah, that isn't how archaeology works.

 

[DSC]

Quelle surprise - from CBC News:

http://www.cbc.ca/news/canada/toron...et-building-2-years-behind-schedule-1.4147323

It's 2020 now - at this rate, the Arcopolis Museum would have been built quicker.

AoD

The Report to GM Committee is at: http://app.toronto.ca/tmmis/viewAgendaItemHistory.do?item=2017.GM21.19