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

[Edward Skira]

 

[AndreaPalladio]

Excavation started this morning.

 

[AlbertC]

 

[Allandale25]

^ What ever happened to the historic brick sewer that was on the site? Did they remove it?

https://www.cbc.ca/news/canada/toronto/st-lawrence-market-costs-1.4298986

 

[DSCToronto]

^ What ever happened to the historic brick sewer that was on the site? Did they remove it?

https://www.cbc.ca/news/canada/toronto/st-lawrence-market-costs-1.4298986

They removed a 'representative section' of the 'porcupine sewer' and it will be re-installed somewhere in new building. I think they had to give up on the glass floor idea.

 

[AndreaPalladio]

They've started putting in tiebacks this morning.

 

[AlbertC]

 

[salsa]

Nov 16th

 

[AlbertC]

 

[Red Mars]

Nov 30, 2019

 

[AlbertC]

 

[DSCToronto]

This update is at Budget Committee today: https://www.toronto.ca/legdocs/mmis/2019/bu/bgrd/backgroundfile-140902.pdf

 

[innsertnamehere]

I love it how it's "on budget and on time". This is the exact opposite of that.

Classic government - don't meet expectations? Adjust the expectations. Then brag about how you are meeting them.

 

[condovo]

^^^ And wasn't this value-engineered to such an extreme that Richard Rogers threatened to walk away from the project entirely?

I think the sad saga goes something like:

*Project initially mis-budgeted
*Then cheapened to death to meet correct budget
*Then over budget again
*Requiring funds from other projects to be within budget

 

[DSCToronto]

^^^ And wasn't this value-engineered to such an extreme that Richard Rogers threatened to walk away from the project entirely?

I think the sad saga goes something like:

*Project initially mis-budgeted
*Then cheapened to death to meet correct budget
*Then over budget again
*Requiring funds from other projects to be within budget

Not totally, the major hold-up and cost increases were caused by the fact that they had to do a detailed archaeological investigation and save some things like part of the 'porcupine drain' and that the first contractor (Bondfield) was unable to get insurance. The project had to be re-tendered and bids came in at a higher price.