I would say 2 at the very least. With Yellowstone moving along, and what looks like Imperia and Francesco coming online, as well as the strong possibility of Nest and 526 4th, we should see the crane count into the 20s for a while.
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Crane Count
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Albertasaurus
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When I lived in Ottawa back in the day, and they were building the Palladiam/Corel Centre/Scotiabank Place/Canadian Tire Centre, they had 4 cranes.
UrbanWarrior
Senior Member
It’s 2 city blocks, will definitely be 4 cranes here.
There’s a few other ones likely to go ahead soon as well Surreal. Could see the crane count hit 30 again.
There’s a few other ones likely to go ahead soon as well Surreal. Could see the crane count hit 30 again.
Albertasaurus
Active Member
4 cranes for Event Centre, 1 each for Imperia, Yellowstone, Francesca's, 526 4th and the Arts Commons addition seem like sure bets. Still hopeful but not supremely confident about Sovereign and Nest, and would not be surprised to see Gallery First & Tenth and WVT Tower 3 go ahead before them. And we will likely see more cranes for residential conversions that are upcoming.
Of course, the challenge is that we are losing cranes at the same time, so by the time a crane is up at these sites, cranes will be coming down at 4 St Lofts, Enzo and others, so it's still going to be a tough go to get us to 30+ cranes.
Of course, the challenge is that we are losing cranes at the same time, so by the time a crane is up at these sites, cranes will be coming down at 4 St Lofts, Enzo and others, so it's still going to be a tough go to get us to 30+ cranes.
AtlanticAvenue
Active Member
I don’t see it on the list, but there’s a crane up on 85st NW at the University of Calgary SpyHill campus for their expansion project.
Just drove by wasn’t able to get a photo.
Just drove by wasn’t able to get a photo.
Saw a crane today at Mission Hill Landing.
Crane count at 25 now.
Golfing guy
Active Member
I’ve been staring at this crane at the next phase in Emerald Sky in Kincora for months thinking it was just another unmanned crane. After taking a closer look it actually has a control pod up high to operate from above. Any opinions if it should be added?
Just my two cents, but if it's manned it should be added.
Tarsus
Active Member
It’s a gray area, but with a manned pod, I think you could call it a tower crane.
There’s not much difference from many of the luffing cranes usually on the list and that one at Emerald Sky.
There’s not much difference from many of the luffing cranes usually on the list and that one at Emerald Sky.
CT (Chinese_T)
Active Member
I think the most important distinction of a tower crane is whether or not it's rooted in the ground. If it's just a portable crane vehicle, then it probably shouldn't be added to the crane count. (Ex. The BMO centre)
Good point, the cranes we usually count have a crane based in the concrete.
Geo_Jedi
New Member
Saw a second one going up on my bike ride past this morning.
MichaelS
Senior Member
One of the cranes at West 33rd is down. There is only 1 there now. No pictures unfortunately.
And, it looks like there is a second crane going up at the Springbank Hill Agecare facility, this photo is from Saturday morning.
And, it looks like there is a second crane going up at the Springbank Hill Agecare facility, this photo is from Saturday morning.
UrbanWarrior
Senior Member
It’s looking more and more likely that my prediction of 40 cranes by (sometime) next year might be accurate. We’ve got - at least - 4 for the arena, 2 for the SAIT campus centre(?), 1 or 2 for MNP Centre, 1 for Yellowstone, 1 for Sovereign, 1 for Nest, 1 for Francesco… so at least 10 more than present.
4 other towers relatively likely to start up between now and the end of the year as well (Cantiro, the one across from Cantiro, the one next to Lofts, and the short Mission one), plus Arts Commons. Either way, even getting back into the 30s will be great, but 40 wouldn’t be shocking.
Edit: I have a feeling I’m missing more than a couple projects.
4 other towers relatively likely to start up between now and the end of the year as well (Cantiro, the one across from Cantiro, the one next to Lofts, and the short Mission one), plus Arts Commons. Either way, even getting back into the 30s will be great, but 40 wouldn’t be shocking.
Edit: I have a feeling I’m missing more than a couple projects.
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