WINNIPEG | Manitoba Hydro Tower | 369' Pinnacle / 317' Roof - Page 2

1ajs · #21 Posted **Aug 13, 2006, 5:27 PM**

Bokimon · #22 Posted **Aug 14, 2006, 3:31 AM**

Nice pictures!
Is that a poster of a rendering of the building in that first shot of the latest update? If so could you get a pict of it and post?
The rendering at the front of this thread is not the best angle so I would like to get a better look at this thing.

Other questions, who are the architects for this project?
Is there a underground parkade included?

Spocket · #23 Posted **Aug 14, 2006, 3:52 AM**

^I can't remember who designed the building but if you follow the links provided at the top, I'm pretty sure they'll have all the FAQ's answered.
The rendering you see on the board in the pictures is one that can be found by following the links too.

Just in case I missed something though, just Google Manitoba Hydro and everything we can provide you with can be found there.

I'm not sure if they mention anything about parking on the site although they probably do. If I'm not mistaken, there's only one underground level of parking. It's not because they wouldn't need it obviously but I seem to recall that the idea was to encourage people to use public transit. In theory, not providing any parking at the site will make public transit that much more attractive to those who otherwise are on the fence about it. Don't know if it will work or if I even remembered the parking details properly.

Biff · #24 Posted **Aug 14, 2006, 3:18 PM**

^ There was two levels of underground parkade planned but the lower level became too costly to build due to the fact there is an underground stream running through the site. They looked at using sump pits to keep the water out but the volume was too great for the cost benefit of the parkade.

zerokarma · #25 Posted **Aug 14, 2006, 5:58 PM**

Good pics!

1ajs · #26 Posted **Aug 14, 2006, 9:35 PM**

Quote:

Originally Posted by Bokimon

Nice pictures!
Is that a poster of a rendering of the building in that first shot of the latest update? If so could you get a pict of it and post?
The rendering at the front of this thread is not the best angle so I would like to get a better look at this thing.

Other questions, who are the architects for this project?
Is there a underground parkade included?

yes that post is... its of the back side along graham ave theres another one of the same render at the top of the page on portage ave side..
there was supost to be 2 lvls of parking as biff mentions the whole issue was talking about in the old winnipeg consturction thread in the archives (here) ..

Integrated Design Team

Design Architect
Kuwabara Payne McKenna Blumberg Architects
Toronto

Architect of Record
Smith Carter Architects & Engineers Inc.
Winnipeg

Construction Manager
PCL Constructors Canada Inc.
Winnipeg

Electrical & Mechanical
EarthTech (Canada) Inc.
Winnipeg

Energy Engineering
Transsolar Energietecknik GMBH
Stuttgart, Germany

Advocate Architect
Prairie Architects Inc.
Winnipeg

Structural Engineering
Crosier Kilgour & Partners Ltd.
Winnipeg
Halcrow Yolles
Toronto

Civil Engineering
Wardrop Engineering Inc.
Winnipeg

Geotechnical Engineering
UMA Engineering Ltd.
Winnipeg
Dyregrov Consultants
Winnipeg

Traffic, Access and Parking
ND LEA Inc.
Winnipeg

C-2000 Advisor
Natural Resources Canada

Quantity Surveyor
Hanscomb Limited
Winnipeg

Power Smart Advisor
Manitoba Hydro

Interior Designer
Marshall Cummings / IBI Group, Toronto
Number Ten Architectural Group, Winnipeg
Environmental Space Planning, Winnipeg

Building Envelope
Brook Van Dalen & Associates Ltd., Ottawa

Landscape Architects
Hilderman Thomas Frank Cram, Winnipeg
Phillips Farevaag Smallenberg, Vancouver

Commissioning Agent
Integrated Designs, Saskatoon

1ajs · #27 Posted **Aug 18, 2006, 1:20 AM**

BigG · #28 Posted **Aug 22, 2006, 2:07 AM**

Keep posting those pics my friend!

1ajs · #29 Posted **Aug 27, 2006, 2:28 AM**

1ajs · #30 Posted **Sep 5, 2006, 2:14 AM**

Sept 4

1ajs · #31 Posted **Sep 8, 2006, 12:22 AM**

see they're hauling dirt out of the basement... gues they're geting ready to poor the basement.

Alas another floor is going up not the tower proper yet but the foot of it anyhow

1ajs · #32 Posted **Sep 12, 2006, 1:51 AM**

Dougall5505 · #33 Posted **Sep 12, 2006, 1:59 AM**

love the updates very thourough

Lecom · #34 Posted **Sep 12, 2006, 3:34 AM**

Yep, what he said ^

1ajs · #35 Posted **Sep 12, 2006, 9:03 PM**

txs guys i must take atleast 40 photos for an update or so and pick the best ones...
wish i could open the PEF raw files from my camera with gimp not suported yet