[210 Trade | EpiCentre]

It is the formwork for the floor system of concrete beams and slabs. The rectangular shapes you see are the slab portions where the concrete will be 5-8" thick while the voids are where the beams are. The large voids running up and down in the picture are the girders and the smaller voids running side to side are the floor beams. Hope this helps.

Once they pass 4th floor, they will be using a post-tension slab system, which will only have flat form work and Post Tension steel cables embedded.

[210 Trade | EpiCentre]

This is what I posted would happen last year. It has too...there is no way to strip down the exterior enough to make things works.

I am not sure. Last I talked to the architects, they are still keeping the metal panel on the job. The reason that it is a curtain-wall/metal project is crane-time. Ghazi has a clause with Flaherty and Collins about restriction of tower crane use. Ghazi does not want any cranes flying over the retail complex after a certain date. I believe each day F&C violates that is $10K.

There are things they can do to "cheapen" the building on the exterior. Aluminum slab covers, rail design, pool deck materials, and curtainwall manufacturor are some possible VE items.

Over 60% of the units are sold so I don't see how they can cut any unit interior finishes (not that high end to begin with). BUT the common spaces can prob take a major tuning...

[210 Trade | EpiCentre]

Are they going to build the tower part immediately along with this development or is the tower to come at a later date? I don't remember what was decided. It would be nice if they built everything at once! I can't wait for this complex to be completed.

210 Trade tower will start as soon as the retail/office base topped out to level 5. Ghazi planned to have to achieved that September last year but due to unrealistic scheduling, miscues and city permit problems, they are way behind. The tower is way over budget, but should be done VEing by the time they are ready for construction.

Personally I think the complex will look odd because the tower is ultra modern and the rest of the deal is going to be fake European style. It can be done nicely (look at Europe), but will not happen here. The 2 developers barely talk to each other.