General Construction Updates

[Joborule]

I don't see this city needing a secondary venue. If it gets one, it will be at Foothills Athletic Park as part of its Fieldhouse complex. On that note: I heard back from a councilour's office on the Foothills Athletic Park Redevelopment Assessment Committee... The Social Return on Investment Analysis is complete and will become public at the committee's next meeting that isn't scheduled yet but will occur before December.

Just a reminder, "the Social Return on Investment Analysis will identify the social value that would be created based on capital dollars needed to implement the Foothills+McMahon concept plan". AKA is it worth it.

Spoiler alert: It will be.

 

[FCC1982]

^ But can/will it be funded ?

 

[Rollerstud98]

Airdrie’s new Multi-use Facility and Library moving forward in its design

On Monday, Airdrie City Council heard a presentation about the Schematic Design for the new Multi-use Facility and Library. During a previous council meeting in May, council approved the project to proceed to the Schematic Design phase based on Concept Design Option 1, as presented by Gibbs...

www.discoverairdrie.com

New library/multi use facility for downtown Airdrie

 

[adamyyc]

Would like to see what the side facing the street looks like, but overall, it seems like Airdrie is taking the lead by putting the building close to the main street, and placing parking at the side of the building rather than the front. Obviously in a car-centric town like Airdrie, having no on-site parking would be difficult, but at least the number of parking spots seems reasonable. There is a sea of parking lots all around after all. Hopefully an additional entrance/exit is not required give Council’s comments.

 

[darwink]

Would like to see what the side facing the street looks like, but overall, it seems like Airdrie is taking the lead by putting the building close to the main street, and placing parking at the side of the building rather than the front. Obviously in a car-centric town like Airdrie, having no on-site parking would be difficult, but at least the number of parking spots seems reasonable. There is a sea of parking lots all around after all. Hopefully an additional entrance/exit is not required give Council’s comments.

source, which includes all aspect elevation drawings: https://pub-airdrie.escribemeetings.com/filestream.ashx?DocumentId=15155

 

[adamyyc]

Thanks

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source, which includes all aspect elevation drawings: https://pub-airdrie.escribemeetings.com/filestream.ashx?DocumentId=15155!

 

[Mountain Man]

Now lets see how much they VE this!

 

[GoVertical]

Eau Claire again:

 

[1875]

2yrs to do that, almost starting to feel normal

 

[haltcatchfire]

Was down there the other day. The big concrete platform that you have to step up to along the entire edge looks cheap and obstructive.

 

[The Familia]

I’ll wait until the final finished product, but as I assumed from the renderings, this plaza is going to look like shit. Two years and they are not even close to finishing. This thing looks value engineered already. They couldn’t be bothered to use any type of coloured, exposed, or stamped concrete let alone any fancy pavers to match the river walk promenade which I quite like. Basic broom finished sidewalk concrete, how special for what is probably the cities premier or second premier downtown plaza. You know something is wrong when University District can absolutely nail their new Central Park/plaza and this thing looks like it was dug up from the bargain bin.

 

[pharmer86]

Does anyone know what is going on with the ATCO building west of the beltline Safeway? Seems to be a major reno?

 

[UrbanWarrior]

 

[Surrealplaces]

Before and after pics of the Stampede LRT station

From https://www.reddit.com/user/0110101101110110

 

[Beltline_B]

A little less urine smell in the city of Calgary.