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The hydraulic lifts can lift up to 40 000 tons !!!! Incredible stuff

Regarding the colour of the pile caps vs. the footings, the pile caps and bridge will be white whereas the foundations will remain unfinished.

That bridge between Ile-Bizard and Laval will never happen (unfortunately)

That Tour Quebec render looks like it belongs in Pyonyang...

Sad day for sports fans as CTV Montreal lays off local sportscasters PAT HICKEY, MONTREAL GAZETTE More from Pat Hickey, Montreal Gazette Published on: June 20, 2017 | Last Updated: June 20, 2017 10:14 PM EDT Regular viewers of the news on CTV Montreal were surprised, perhaps shocked, when they tuned in Tuesday night and learned that there would be no more local sportscast. Host Paul Karwatsky made the announcement and said sportscasters Randy Tieman, Brian Wilde and Sean Coleman have all been fired. “The way I look at it, I’ve started my retirement,” said Tieman. “I’m 63 years old and I’ve been here 34 years. My only regret is that I wasn’t able to do one last show to say goodbye.” Tieman was fondly remembered by CBC veteran Tom Harrington, who recalled some encouraging words from Tieman shortly after arriving in Montreal. “My first year in Montreal was the fall of 1983,” recalled Harrington. “The Canadiens were struggling and I asked Habs coach Bob Berry about his uncertain future and the growing choruses for him to be fired. He told me to eff off and kicked me and the handful of other reporters out of his office (yes, you could talk to the coach in his office in those days). After we got kicked out, some of the reporters were angry and started dissing me. Randy, who hardly knew me at all, came to my defence. I never forgot it and we became good friends. The decision to cut him is a sad one for one of the most passionate sports cities in the world.” “I remember that incident,” said Tieman. “I told Tom that was the question everyone wanted to ask and he beat us to it.” The decision to end the local sports segment is part of a national restructuring of the news package. Earlier this year, Bell Media shut down sports departments in Calgary, Edmonton, Winnipeg, Kitchener, Windsor and London, Ont. “I figured it was coming when they asked me to come in, but I thought I would be the only one to go because I’m the old guy,” Tieman said. “Then I saw Coleman going in before me and I knew it was over for all of us. I feel sorry for Brian because he’s younger and I’m sure he’s not ready to retire.” Wilde had taken a few days off and was driving back from the U.S. when he received the news. ‘It’s the nature of the business,” he said. “I’m sure I’ll land on my feet somewhere.” Wilde, who covered the Canadiens, was respected by the players and his peers. He was active on social media with more than 25,000 Twitter followers and his always informative and provocative Call of the Wilde blog. Sports had always been a major part of the local package going back to the days of Brian McFarlane, Dick Irvin and Ron Reusch. There was a glimpse of the future Tuesday when the newscast featured a report on the Vegas Golden Knights by TSN Ottawa reporter Brent Wallace and a short note about tennis players Andy Murray and Toronto’s Milos Raonic losing in London. The old guys would have mentioned that Montrealer Eugenie Bouchard lost in Majorca. Coleman admitted he was disappointed to lose his dream job, but was very thankful for the opportunity. phickey@postmedia.com twitter.com/zababes1

Mécanique/électrique: Dupras Ledoux Structure/civil : NCK Gestionnaire de construction : TEQ

http://montrealgazette.com/news/local-news/montreal-quebec-agree-to-build-cavendish-extension-blue-bonnets-housing

How to devalue your own condo 101

Nashville

I was able to see yara's pictures last night but they are no longer visible this morning

I can confirm that this project is going ahead. The bid closed a few weeks ago.

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Not sure if it's already been posted but the official closing date for all bids is September 15 2017

This project should be getting the green light before the end of the year. Construction will last until 2022.

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Demolition has already begun

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Could also be a problem with the envelope itself.... sometimes a smoke test (test de fumée) can help to identify if (and where) your curtain wall is deficient The test isn't cheap though, so I would use it as a last resort...

A 3+1 tu gardes le meme nombre de voie pour le TEC. T'es quand meme en banlieue, ca prend un auto pour te deplacer la plupart du temps. Le REM va aider mais le secteur va etre bati a une certaine densité et on aura le meme probleme que sur les trois autres boulevard de l'ouest de l'ile.* And Enalung, *I realize the government doesn't have unlimited funds, thank you for the insight... The West Island is not public transit friendly. You're not in the Plateau or Rosemont or Mile Ex; having a car is, unfortunately, a necessity. I'm not suggesting 4 or 5 lanes, which is common in many cities for major urban boulevards. I said 3 + 1, which I think is very, very reasonable given the current situation on des Sources, St-Jean and St-Charles. I lived in Pierrefonds for 25 years and I'm not even talking about traffic flow during rush hour, I'm talking about 10 30am on a Saturday morning, when it's gridlock on St-Charles. I am a big advocate of public transit and the West Island very badly needs a major overhaul to its network, but you also can't be naive and short-sighted and think that by reducing future infrastructure, the problem will be solved!* Also, for your information, the traffic already backs up to Vaudreuil (to the 30/40 interchange to be precise).*

Wow, Toronto in the mid-70's is unrecognizable in comparison to the Toronto we now know.... Meanwhile, from 1975:

Why not three lanes + 1 reserved for public transit... why do we always plan for now and not 20 years from now With all the development planned for this sector of Pierrefonds, the new urban boulevard will be just as saturated as des Sources, St-Jean and St-Charles five years after it's built!!!!

C'est possible que le sol n'a pas été compacté selon les normes (90-95% du Proctor modifié) et les séquences gel-dégel ont crées une vide en dessous du pavage (et ensuite l'affaissement de la ruelle). In any case, c'est quand même weird....

Well that answers the question as to where the soil went.... The water from the break in the sewer most likely caused additional compaction/settlement of the soil and the pavement above it simply collapsed.

La livraison pour la phase 2 est en 2020, pas la phase 1

Chantier incroyable.. je ne m'en reviens pas!