CALGARY | The Bow | 774 FT / 236 M | 58 FLOORS

[1ajs]

Originally Posted by The Chemist

They're digging that hole awfully fast, so I don't see why they won't make it. Remember, they won't be finished the parkade before 6th reopens - they'll still be working below ground.

6th will be like that street at ground zero..........

[mersar]

Stopped by tonight and the CPS lot has been relocated and there is a nice pit now to the east of the York. About 3 floors of brick have been removed from the west wall as well now.

I do agree that the city needs to get their act moving a bit faster and get this released soon otherwise it may start to push it. The Zeidler drawings indicated that the temporary bridge should be in place by June however we don't know what date they had anticipated being under 6th by when they did those.

[Boris2k7]

All pics courtesy of myself

July 26, 2007

[Boris2k7]

July 26, 2007, by Big-Bird (SSC)

Originally Posted by CtrlAltDel

Posted on SSC by Big-Bird. A great angle of The Bow construction site.

[Boris2k7]

All pics courtesy of myself

August 04, 2007


Most of the progress has been on the south site in the last week. Apparently the builder recieved a stop-work order from the City until they get some issues cleared up, so the main site hasn't changed much...

[borgo100]

Originally Posted by Boris550

August 08, 2007

Most of the progress has been on the south site in the last week. Apparently the builder recieved a stop-work order from the City until they get some issues cleared up, so the main site hasn't changed much...

is'nt today the 5th not the 8th?

[Boris2k7]

I'm tired lol, and they should read "the 4th" (still 1 minute to go till the 5th here)

There, edited.

[Calgarian]

Looks like the York is coming down down quickly. Hopefully the city will stop dicking around and let them dig up 6th soon, they have a lot of work to do to get it open again in 11 months.

[A-town]

The interior of this building reminds me of that building in i'robot with the tall atriums, gardens, and glass.

[1ajs]

updates???

[mersar]

Not much has happened, just slowly digging out the main site and removing brick from the York. The issues with delay of closing 6th have hit the media, so hopefully we will see a closure in the next two weeks as has been reported. The developer is saying that even with the delay they can get the road reopened in time since they changed the type of bridge structure that 6th have built over the parkade.

[Boris2k7]

All pics courtesy of myself

August 11, 2007

[Boris2k7]

The road closure is finally coming!

Originally Posted by Zilla

Date: Fri Aug 17 09:47:59 2007
Subject: 6th Avenue Announcement
From: Citynewsroom

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CITYBEAT - CITY OF CALGARY PRESS RELEASE
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Calgary, August 17, 2007 – Media are invited to attend a news
conference related to plans for the 6 Avenue S.E. temporary
closure at the Traffic Management Centre (2808 Spiller Road
S.E.) at 1:30 p.m. on Friday, August 17, 2007.

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Public Email Contact:

3-1-1contactus@calgary.ca

[Boris2k7]

Confirmation of that road closure in the newspaper (not that the city website isn't trustworthy):

Originally Posted by freeweed

Sixth Avenue to close Tuesday for EnCana construction
Colette Derworiz, Calgary Herald
Published: Friday, August 17, 2007

Drivers who use 6th Avenue S.E. will have to find a new route to work starting Tuesday as the busy downtown street closes for nearly a year to build the city's tallest office tower.

The block of 6th Avenue between 1st Street S.E and Centre Street S. will be shut down for about 11 months to build a six-storey underground parkade as part of the Bow office tower, which will house EnCana Corp.

It was scheduled to close in July, but had been delayed due to tie ups with the city's planning department.

Further details will be revealed at a press conference at 1:30 today.

While some aldermen were concerned the delay will lead to problems at the end of construction, the developer has said they should still be able to complete all of the work by next July -- in time for the Stampede parade, which uses the street.

The Bow office tower is part of a two-building development that will sit on either side of 6th Avenue. It is expected to be finished in 2011, and will be the tallest building west of Toronto.

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Can we please, PLEASE find some non-morons for our news? It is the tallest building IN CANADA, OUTSIDE OF TORONTO.

Yeesh, how hard is this to get right?

[mersar]

Yep, looks like full steam ahead now.

The pit itself has just about been excavated flat (except the ramp) over the entire pit, the entire east section of the shoring they've done so far is visible just about fully from one side of the block to the other. And I passed an empty flatbed semi that belongs to the company thats doing the excavation work heading west on 6th avenue just past the site tonight, so they may have started moving additional equipment in now that they actually know when the major work is going to get underway.

[Wooster]

Now the party really begins. This thing will really start to fly. According to the construction schedule, there will already be the steel structure in place for the first 24 floors by this time next year. It will be a site to see.

[evolv]

Originally Posted by josh white

Now the party really begins. This thing will really start to fly. According to the construction schedule, there will already be the steel structure in place for the first 24 floors by this time next year. It will be a site to see.

is this construction schedule public? Where would I find a copy?

[Calgarian]

So is there any action on 6th Ave today?

[Wooster]

Lots. Only hours after the closure, they'd already ripped up a good portion of 6th. Not wasting any time. It'd be nice to have some pics.

[mersar]

Pics will be coming soon. I'm heading downtown after work with my camera.