The Kenten | 40m | 9s | Davignon Martin

[O-tac]

That’s crazy they got those backhoes on the roof!

 

[Surrealplaces]

Must be a sturdy building.

 

[No_Problem]

I think the scope of work should be clarified for everyone: They are completely demolishing and reconstructing the existing residential tower from floors 3 to 9 and enlarging the floor area of the building slightly. The 2nd floor condo units at the rear, and commercial units on the main floor are not being altered in this phase. The building will remain 9 storeys.

 

[Canadian 001]

Holy, that's a whole lot of concrete to smash up

 

[outoftheice]

I think the scope of work should be clarified for everyone: They are completely demolishing and reconstructing the existing residential tower from floors 3 to 9 and enlarging the floor area of the building slightly. The 2nd floor condo units at the rear, and commercial units on the main floor are not being altered in this phase. The building will remain 9 storeys.

Is there a future phase planned where they will be altered?

 

[Mountain Man]

Must be a sturdy building.

With everything inside the building removed, there isn't much load on the structure anymore, so this is a pretty common form of demolition these days. That being said, I'm sure the operators need to be very careful to not accidentally drive off the roof! probably a little sketchy at times!

 

[Alex_YYC]

I think the scope of work should be clarified for everyone: They are completely demolishing and reconstructing the existing residential tower from floors 3 to 9 and enlarging the floor area of the building slightly. The 2nd floor condo units at the rear, and commercial units on the main floor are not being altered in this phase. The building will remain 9 storeys.

Thanks for the info. That makes more sense IMO. The huge cost of the underground and podium portion is still avoided, but for the residential floors they get to start fresh.

 

[Surrealplaces]

Link to high res version

Source - https://www.reddit.com/user/cjmsc2/

 

[kora]

I didn't know they could put excavators on the roof

 

[DougB]

I didn't know they could put excavators on the roof

The former court house building was demolished the same way

 

[Roaring Flames]

I wonder how long the demolition will take. This isn't going to be another Beltline Block, is it?

 

[Albertasaurus]

Are they demolishing the tower portion and building a new one or are they just stripping it down to the skeleton? Since it's the same height as the existing building I assumed the latter?

 

[Roaring Flames]

Are they demolishing the tower portion and building a new one or are they just stripping it down to the skeleton? Since it's the same height as the existing building I assumed the latter?

This post above clarified:

I think the scope of work should be clarified for everyone: They are completely demolishing and reconstructing the existing residential tower from floors 3 to 9 and enlarging the floor area of the building slightly. The 2nd floor condo units at the rear, and commercial units on the main floor are not being altered in this phase. The building will remain 9 storeys.

 

[Surrealplaces]

They also had excavators on top of the York Hotel when they were taking it down. I used to have some pics, but can't find them.