Winnipeg James Armstrong Richardson International Airport - Page 74

Mininari · #**1461** Posted **Jan 11, 2011, 3:12 AM**

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Originally Posted by kattiff

i was told by a friend that works at the airport the terminal might be delayed again till september... and i also heard they are just getting rid of the old terminal and it will become parking space and left untouched for future expansions in the future. and the museum is suppose to be doing its own thing at its current site. the old terminal is old and falling apart it really cant be saved from what im told... well it can be saved but it would of costed more then the new terminal

cant wait till it opens

WTF???? Is this true? Enough delays already!
What went wrong now?

roccerfeller · #**1462** Posted **Jan 11, 2011, 4:12 AM**

awww that sucks, if true.

From those pics it looked like it just needed a couple more months of work

I was hoping to use it a couple times this summer

trueviking · #**1463** Posted **Jan 11, 2011, 5:01 AM**

yeah, i heard fall as well....what a disater that construction has been.

1ajs · #**1464** Posted **Jan 11, 2011, 5:48 AM**

why so many delays oye

rrskylar · #**1465** Posted **Jan 11, 2011, 4:00 PM**

^ Check post # 1384

biguc · #**1466** Posted **Jan 11, 2011, 5:48 PM**

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Originally Posted by Mininari

WTF???? Is this true? Enough delays already!
What went wrong now?

I'm telling you guys, the leaking pipes under the foundation story is bullshit. The foundation on the terminal is fucked. Everyone who worked on that thing knew about six months before the free press caught on. There's supposedly a pretty massive lawsuit in the works against Ellis Donkey over it.

rypinion · #**1467** Posted **Jan 11, 2011, 6:11 PM**

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Originally Posted by biguc

I'm telling you guys, the leaking pipes under the foundation story is bullshit. The foundation on the terminal is fucked. Everyone who worked on that thing knew about six months before the free press caught on. There's supposedly a pretty massive lawsuit in the works against Ellis Donkey over it.

I remember hearing some (presumably) construction workers talking about the foundation problems when I was sitting in the Pan Am clinic waiting room back in May/June last year.

drew · #**1468** Posted **Jan 11, 2011, 7:19 PM**

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Originally Posted by biguc

I'm telling you guys, the leaking pipes under the foundation story is bullshit. The foundation on the terminal is fucked. Everyone who worked on that thing knew about six months before the free press caught on. There's supposedly a pretty massive lawsuit in the works against Ellis Donkey over it.

Does anyone who the consultants that are involved with the airport?

If the foundation is bad, then unless the contractor installed it wrong, they won't be on the hook for it.

Biff · #**1469** Posted **Jan 11, 2011, 8:46 PM**

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Originally Posted by drew

Does anyone who the consultants that are involved with the airport?

If the foundation is bad, then unless the contractor installed it wrong, they won't be on the hook for it.

Are you asking who the consultants are? You have a typo and i think that is what you are asking.

drew · #**1470** Posted **Jan 11, 2011, 8:47 PM**

yes that is what I am asking...

Biff · #**1471** Posted **Jan 11, 2011, 8:50 PM**

Crosier Kilgour & Partners Ltd (Winnipeg) & Yolles Partnership Inc (Toronto) are the structural engineers.

roccerfeller · #**1472** Posted **Jan 11, 2011, 9:30 PM**

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Originally Posted by biguc

I'm telling you guys, the leaking pipes under the foundation story is bullshit. The foundation on the terminal is fucked. Everyone who worked on that thing knew about six months before the free press caught on. There's supposedly a pretty massive lawsuit in the works against Ellis Donkey over it.

oh man....how could they screw the most important thing up??

I know nothing about buildings or architecture but that seems like a really big thing to screw up.

drew · #**1473** Posted **Jan 11, 2011, 9:35 PM**

Thanks Biff.

North of 49 · #**1474** Posted **Jan 12, 2011, 1:36 AM**

I believe the lawsuit has resulted in WAA on the hook for the cost to replace the pipes. I dont know all the details but I do recall glancing at a WPG Free Press article several weeks ago. Cant remember when exactly. I do believe a decision was made already. Hence further construction delays.

1ajs · #**1475** Posted **Jan 12, 2011, 6:43 AM**

the soil out there is not the best to begin with

Tower Crane · #**1476** Posted **Jan 12, 2011, 10:42 PM**

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Originally Posted by Tower Crane

" Ellis Don projects of this magnitute run 1 to 2 years late regularly ". I'm not sure why everyone is surprised. I also repeat "Low Bid get's you just that, the lowest price only and nothing more, it doesn't gaurantee a Quality Managed or Constructed Project.
Odds are low bidders ( both general and subtrades ) got the job by being too tight or out and out missing something from their price".

I Repeat the above from my previous posts.
Unfortuantely you have a less than stellar contractor building a world class facility. Now, how would you think something like that might turn out!

kattiff · #**1477** Posted **Jan 13, 2011, 12:53 AM**

i believe i just heard that right from ctv... 6 month delay or more... great!

trebor204 · #**1478** Posted **Jan 13, 2011, 4:45 AM**

The vendors are given 3 months notice, before the airport can open up.

Any idea what is going replace Mcnally Robinson (Booksellers)?

I notice that james2010.ca is being redirected to www.waa.ca.

1ajs · #**1479** Posted **Jan 13, 2011, 4:48 AM**

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Originally Posted by trebor204

The vendors are given 3 months notice, before the airport can open up.

Any idea what is going replace Mcnally Robinson (Booksellers)?

I notice that james2010.ca is being redirected to www.waa.ca.

james2010 was a marketing company set up thing i imagin the contract ran out

g35 · #**1480** Posted **Jan 13, 2011, 4:49 AM**

Damn it. I've been going to university for 6 years here, all the while eagerly awaiting a new terminal. Now they say they'll open it a couple months after I will leave the country?

I guess I can always fly back and see it in 5-10 years when my friends start getting married

...if it's open by then