Toronto Union Station Revitalization | ?m | ?s | City of Toronto | NORR

CodeMonkey said:
I ment at that spot in the photos. Are they currently working on digging out the for a new subway platform or are they digging for the new concourse already.
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The City is replacing the 'bridge' which goes over the 'moat' from Front Street to the main entrances of Union Station. They have just about finished the west 50% (as shown in the pics) and when that section is completely done they will open that half and move to the eastern half. As far as I know they are NOT rebuilding the two bridges at either end - going to the east and west wings. It is all supposed to be finished by early 2010 and was done because it was about to collapse.
 
Has there been any progress on the new subway platform since the underground water main work was completed ...many many months ago?
 
from today's Daily Commercial News....

TRAIN STATION ALTS Proj: 9089809-10

Toronto, Metro Toronto Reg ON LOW BID
Union Station, 65 Front St W, M5J 1E6 Thu Aug 13, 2009 14:00
IT-2008-EN-026 $195,994,561


Project: Train shed renewal. steel girders; wood deck; membrane roofing; smoke vents; proposed rehabilitation of the train shed roof. The project includes rehabilitation of the existing roof of the 350,000 sq ft Union Station, built in 1920. The roof will be replaced in three sections. Over tracks 3-12 50,000 sq ft of roof will be replaced with a glass atrium, report number 9078012. The remaining roof membrane will be removed, steel structure will be replaced and repaired as needed. The project will include installation of new steel decking, new concrete smoke ducts for ventilation over tracks 1-12. Also included will be installation of green roof and solar panels from tracks 1-12 to the North and South of the building. The project will also include waterproofing beneath the existing tracks and existing stairwells.

Development: Alterations
Category: Passenger terminals
Owner Complete information is available to subscribers. Click HERE to receive email showing all the information about this project.
First report Wed Sep 17, 2008. Last report Mon Aug 10, 2009.
This report Fri Aug 14, 2009.

Bid Results
Aecon Buildings, 20 Carlson Court, Suite 800, Toronto ON M9W 7K6, Phone: 416-293-7004, Fax: 416-754-8871 $195,994,561
EllisDon Corporation, 89 Queensway Ave W Ste 800, Mississauga ON L5B 2V2, Phone: 905-896-8900, Fax: 905-896-8911 $213,399,240
Kenaidan Contracting Ltd, 1275 Cardiff Blvd, Mississauga ON L5S 1R1, Phone: 905-670-2660, Fax: 905-670-9172 $220,787,400
 
10% spread in price is not bad.

Only 3 bidders and that surprising.

Couple months and work will get underway.
 
I can't wait to see what they come up with for doing the train shed. No overhead cranes, no on-site storage of material, no laydown areas, it's being done in like 10 phases (two tracks at a time), this easily has to be one of the most complicated jobs ever done in Toronto.
 
Why wouldn't they have cranes and space to put things? It sounds like they will have two tracks and a whole platform which reaches a whole city block at a time. I can't imagine putting up the new central roof and supporting columns without a crane.
 
That's a big improvement over the current union station. There's actually more space to stand while waiting for the train. And there's more stairs to go up and down rather than creating line ups going up or down with narrow stairways.
 
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