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That's awesome, good job!

They're simply fast-tracking the project. While companies begin the bidding/estimation process for the work that's already known, CDPQ Infra will perform their feasibility studies of the Edouard-Montpetit and McGill stations. If all goes well, the winning consortium will most likely be tasked with submitting a price to complete these two additional stations as well. The other option is that each bidder has to include an "allocation" for each station should they be built. At this point, it all remains to be seen!

^^ LMAO!

Looks like Quebec City lost out to Las Vegas.... From ctvnews.ca: http://montreal.ctvnews.ca/nhl-rejects-quebec-s-bid-for-hockey-team-source-1.2945264 NHL rejects Quebec's bid for hockey team: source By Gary Beacham, The Associated Press Published Tuesday, June 14, 2016 12:51PM EDT A person with direct knowledge of the NHL's decision says the league has settled on Las Vegas as its choice for expansion, provided organizers can come up with a US$500 million fee. The person spoke Tuesday on condition of anonymity because details have not been released by the league ahead of its Board of Governors meeting on June 22. Quebec City was also considered for expansion. A second person who had been briefed on the decision said Las Vegas was a "done deal" following the recommendation of the NHL's executive committee. The 2017-18 season would be the earliest the league would expand. NHL Commissioner Gary Bettman had proposed an expansion fee of $500 million, a significant jump from the $80 million paid by the Columbus Blue Jackets and Minnesota Wild, when the NHL last expanded to 30 teams in 2000. The Las Vegas bid, led by Bill Foley, says it has secured more than 13,200 season-ticket deposits for a potential team. A 20,000-seat multipurpose arena near the Las Vegas Strip opened in April.

As mentioned in the article, this technique is often used when the water table is particularly deep (to control water infiltration). Here is an animated video which illustrates a simplified version of the whole process:

Le Crystal getting no love (or recognition) haha

http://montrealgazette.com/news/local-news/west-island-gazette/plans-for-20-million-extension-to-pierrefonds-library-set-to-go-ahead Plans for $20-million extension to Pierrefonds library set to go ahead KATE SHERIDAN, SPECIAL TO MONTREAL GAZETTE Published on: May 10, 2016 A $20-million extension to the Pierrefonds-Roxboro library will be going to tender in the next few months, borough Mayor Jim Beis confirmed Monday. Construction is expected to start this fall and be completed by 2018. The borough council took the last step required before going to tender with a motion at the council meeting on May 2, when the borough council approved the proposed site planning and architectural integration program unanimously. An extension to the Pierrefonds library has been in the works since at least 1995, according to the city’s 2013 master plan for cultural, sports and recreation facilities. “The facilities currently offered by (the libraries in Pierrefonds-Roxboro…) do not offer a ‘good’ level of service to the population of the borough,” stated the master plan, citing lack of staff and surface area. “However, once the new library is built, with the exception of the number of employees, the service could be qualified as ‘good’ for borough residents.” In addition to the building on Pierrefonds Blvd. next door to the borough hall, another library — the Roxboro library — exists on Cartier St. The planned extension will add more than 2,300 square metres of space to the main floor as well as a basement and a terrace with a café. New services, including a media lab, 3D printing suite and a learning lab for children, were included in the extension’s design. The extension is expected to receive an LEED Gold certification for sustainable development. “It’s going to be more than just a library, it is going to be an assembly point,” Beis said. “It’s not just a building to house books.” The extension should open in early 2018, Beis confirmed, and construction could start as early as this fall, assuming the quotes that are received during the call for tenders fall into the proposed budget. The estimated cost is about $20 million, with the provincial culture ministry and the city of Montreal covering 80 per cent of the construction costs. The borough must pay for the remaining construction costs and the library’s operating expenses. Until the library extension opens, residents can find library materials previously housed at the Pierrefonds library throughout the borough. “We had made a decision to house the books in satellite stations to make them available to the public,” Beis noted. Satellite stations include the basement of the Pierrefonds Cultural Centre, the Roxboro library and the East Community Centre. A contract to move the library materials out to these satellite stations was already issued, Beis noted, and will also cover moving the materials back when the extension is completed. The extension won’t be the only thing that’s new at the Pierrefonds library when it re-opens. New employees are also part of the package, Beis said. “Back when we had the project approved, one of the conditions was that we had to have the staff to go with it,” he said, noting that the number of new staff is still a subject of discussions. The extension’s design concept, a collaboration between architectural firms Chevalier Morales Architectes and DMA Architectes, received Canadian Architect magazine’s 2014 Award of Excellence.

http://montrealgazette.com/news/local-news/west-island-gazette/victor-schukov-pierrefonds-library-extension-an-investment-in-citizen-happiness Victor Schukov: Pierrefonds library extension an investment in citizen happiness VICTOR SCHUKOV, SPECIAL TO THE MONTREAL GAZETTE Published on: May 23, 2016 I have a confession. A few years back, I used to practically live in the Chapters store in Pointe-Claire, speed-reading all of the latest books and magazines, and then walk out without buying anything. I looked upon the bright and airy bookstore as a library with mostly new goodies. My kind of clientele, of course, does not pay their utility bills. And apparently, I was not the only opportunist: Like a Tai Chi snail-paced version of musical chairs, they very gradually removed more and more seating. At one point, I considered bringing my own folding lawn chair but figured that I might be thrown out as a squatter. Then, I had a brainstorm: I thought, if I loved library-like reading so much, maybe I should go to a library. So, I switched to the Pointe-Claire Library, or as I like to call it today, The Greatest Library in the World, which tells you something about my unworldliness. I was hooked all over again. The books don’t all have that new-car smell, but the seating is abundant and there is no cloying satellite music to distract me from my reading. (I am incapable of multitasking and my lips move when I read so I catch myself lip-synching any lingering song.) And you can rent DVDs. All of this is Nirvana to someone like me who doesn’t own a cellphone nor an iPad. I prefer topping off my kettle of scuttlebutt in the analog way. And how much more of a pleasurable and convenient transformation can we make to West Island public libraries? Well, Pierrefonds is taking the high road with its $20-million extension to the Pierrefonds-Roxboro library, adding 2,300 square metres of space to the main floor as well as a basement and a terrace with a café. Wow. It’s like deja-vu at Chapters all over again. But wait, it’s going to become ground zero for all ages, co-mingling in a recreational setting that transcends the old idea of a library being just dull channels of aging books like in the opening scene of Ghostbusters. With the addition of a media centre, a 3D printing suite and a children’s learning lab, it is a design concept on the cusp of a new age. With that alone, it leads the West Island into the 21st Century. According to Mayor Jim Beis, more employees will be added proportionally. But, for me, the beauty of it all is that libraries are practically self-serve centres anyway. One doesn’t really need much help; it’s not like you are in Réno-Dépôt looking for a drill chuck key. In the future, the sky is literally the limit as we should see our libraries retrofitted with more natural lighting through skylights, and glass displacing brick. And maybe lots more internal greenery till you have that feeling of peace in the park. The grey days of single-purpose funereal public libraries will one day be a thing of the past. The City of Pierrefonds has it right. A modern designed library is an investment in its citizens’ wholesome recreation and education, and most importantly, happiness. With chairs that don’t conspicuously disappear into the Twilight Zone.

Unbelievable

A LOT of activity on this site the past 3-4 weeks. Mostly demolition, but still....

Another "metro" style map by Reddit user AdviceAdam. He christened the REM as the purple line

So what you guys are saying is... buy some Bombardier stock at 9 30am, wait for the announcement at 10am, sell at 10 30am

25% can also be written as.... 1/4 QUELLE HORREUR

I can think of a few other buildings along the service road that look much more atrocious than this new multi-level parking lol ... edit: We have a winner! the headquarters of MakeMeVomit Inc. https://www.google.ca/maps/@45.4762909,-73.8002277,3a,88.1y,85.25h,91.54t/data=!3m6!1e1!3m4!1s_Q59kLYlno6bfSAvZn7VwQ!2e0!7i13312!8i6656

All I can think of when I see a picture from this angle is: QUAD WINDSOR

Meanwhile, in Jeddah.... http://www.skyscrapercity.com/showthread.php?t=525819&page=732 https://www.instagram.com/p/BDfaZDEgx6l/

From Place Bonaventure (March 20th 2016):

In fact, 13 is not even universal. In Italian culture, it is a lucky number.

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183.8m! Time to change the project info in the header

Les travaux de réfection à la station Laurier commence le 6 juin 2016 et termine le 22 décembre 2016. Entrepreneur général: MGB

Those look like prefab concrete panels The reason why they haven't installed the edge panels is simply because they are the hardest to install given the fact that all the other panels have already been installed and they won't "fit" as easily. Normally, these panels have to be cut to the exact on-site dimensions of the remaining opening rather than using the dimensions listed on the architectural drawings. If every other panel installed is even 2mm too big, it adds up when you get to that final panel. In extreme cases, every single panel has to be adjusted and re-installed for the final panel to fit. The same principle applies to curtain wall installations. Hope that helps

I went on a tour of the Deloitte building here a couple of weeks ago (with someone I know) and while the building may not be as "green" as the one in Amsterdam, the office concept of "no set workspace" is exactly the same. You have to reserve your spot via an app and no one has precedence over anyone else (a junior auditor and the VP's have to battle it out on an even playing field haha). They also have MANY different types of working spaces, including a few treadmill desks! Most importantly though, the bathroom doors open with a wave of your hand so you never have to touch them

Renovation work at Laurier metro from June 6th to December 22nd Deadline for submissions is March 10th