[Burnaby] Sovereign | 155.9m | 45fl | Completed - Page 6

hollywoodnorth · #**101** Posted **Jul 28, 2011, 5:28 PM**

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Originally Posted by red-paladin

Today, I can see they are digging up the old gas station and continuing to dig in the north west corner. There are large hills of dirt now from all the digging. The old sales centre is still being gutted.

a neat little adage to teach you >>

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/A_pictu...thousand_words

red-paladin · #**102** Posted **Jul 28, 2011, 9:14 PM**

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Originally Posted by hollywoodnorth

a neat little adage to teach you >>

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/A_pictu...thousand_words

To paraphrase Citizen Kane: You provide the camera, I'll provide the pictures

Metro-One · #**103** Posted **Jul 28, 2011, 9:29 PM**

Not that much to see right now anyways. Still waiting for the sales centre to be torn down

red-paladin · #**104** Posted **Aug 6, 2011, 1:40 AM**

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Originally Posted by Metro-One

Not that much to see right now anyways. Still waiting for the sales centre to be torn down

Well, the sales centre is now gone!
Also, I would says excavation has officially begun, as they are applying shotcrete to the walls of the pits now.

osirisboy · #**105** Posted **Aug 6, 2011, 6:50 PM**

and yet it still is listed as proposed lol maybe we should change it to approved now

red-paladin · #**106** Posted **Aug 14, 2011, 2:04 AM**

They have removed the lane that was going through the site, and the pit is getting quite deep now, at least in the north west corner. Lots of shotcrete can be seen along the wall of it.

red-paladin · #**107** Posted **Aug 21, 2011, 10:36 PM**

There has been a lot of excavation and the lane is gone. a new gravel ramp into the north west corner of the site has been built, and the whole site it basically a series of pits and dirt piles. The western side has shotcrete to hold up the walls in places.

Nites · #**108** Posted **Sep 22, 2011, 1:59 AM**

Just passed by today on my way to school and they are excavating fast. I think they are around 25-30 feet down already on the section of the site next to Kings Way. Lots of activity this morning.

Chadillaccc · #**109** Posted **Sep 22, 2011, 4:00 AM**

Anyone know how far down the excavation is going? They should be pretty close

red-paladin · #**110** Posted **Sep 22, 2011, 2:52 PM**

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Originally Posted by Chadillaccc

Anyone know how far down the excavation is going? They should be pretty close

It's really deep. 4+ Floors? I'm not a very good judge.

Chadillaccc · #**111** Posted **Sep 22, 2011, 10:18 PM**

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Originally Posted by red-paladin

It's really deep. 4+ Floors? I'm not a very good judge.

haha sorry, I meant more along the lines of "how far down is the excavation going to be when completed" cause I figure it shouldn't be too long before concrete starts pouring.

Nites · #**112** Posted **Sep 23, 2011, 4:12 AM**

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Originally Posted by Chadillaccc

haha sorry, I meant more along the lines of "how far down is the excavation going to be when completed" cause I figure it shouldn't be too long before concrete starts pouring.

I think he meant that the pit will be 4+ floors deep when it's completed. I'm assuming that the pit will be somewhere around 60-70 feet down because of the size of the building. As for the concrete, I'd say that they are still 3 weeks away from pouring any sort of serious concrete for the foundation.

Nites · #**113** Posted **Sep 23, 2011, 4:26 AM**

This tower will actually be taller than the One Wall Centre minus the spire. Even with the Spire it is only 1 meter shorter.

Nites · #**114** Posted **Sep 23, 2011, 7:19 AM**

These were taken by Yellow Fever from Skyscraper City

August 28th

Nites · #**115** Posted **Sep 29, 2011, 4:31 AM**

All three excavators are still digging.

Nites · #**116** Posted **Sep 29, 2011, 4:47 AM**

Taken September 24th by Yellow Fever from SSC

They still have a long ways to go down.

Nites · #**117** Posted **Oct 2, 2011, 11:09 PM**

These pictures are from the Sovereign website

red-paladin · #**118** Posted **Oct 3, 2011, 12:19 AM**

Sure is going to be a great addition to the neighbourhood.

I sleep during the day as I work graveyards, and so far the noise hasn't been an issue at all, which is great as I live a block away.

Nites · #**119** Posted **Oct 3, 2011, 12:43 AM**

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Originally Posted by red-paladin

Sure is going to be a great addition to the neighbourhood.

I sleep during the day as I work graveyards, and so far the noise hasn't been an issue at all, which is great as I live a block away.

Once they get out the hammers and start working away on the foundation and everything I'm sure you will hear quite a bit.

red-paladin · #**120** Posted **Oct 3, 2011, 12:57 AM**

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Originally Posted by skymaster

once they get out the hammers and start working away on the foundation and everything i'm sure you will hear quite a bit.