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   Rich_ | Feb 08, 2002 07:44am | #1

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   Wut's wid u? Jus a cupl weeks 'go u were saying it too hot, now dis!!!

   Actually, for some reason I have been thinking lately 'bout a picture a gurl had shown to me of her brothers on Martha's Vineyard. Snow yards deep all oveh da site an dem workin in da snow wid no mittens. Brrrr.

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   Bill_Richardson | Feb 08, 2002 05:08pm | #2

   *Is that you in the skid loader or in the crane? Where are you located or where was this taken, looks cold like it is here in Buffalo. I think I see a hot cup of java somewhere in that pic.

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   Gabe_Martel | Feb 08, 2002 07:04pm | #3

   *Neither, I was taking the picture.The location is Ottawa, Canada. We're on a hill on the west end of the city so it's always windy and very cold.The open space behind it is our golf course and it adds to the openness of the campus.Gabe

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   Gunner_1750 | Feb 08, 2002 08:37pm | #4

   *Well Gabe take us inside so we can have a look. Share some details.

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   Gabe_Martel | Feb 08, 2002 09:16pm | #5

   *Gunner, We've only begun to install drywall on the typical floors ( 5 to 18)and none of the retail areas are closed in yet, so there's no finishing to look at.If you want to see something specific, I'd be glad to take a shot and post it with the details.Gabe

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   Stan_Foster | Feb 09, 2002 02:39pm | #6

   *Gabe: Wow! That is quite the project. Very impressive.

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   Gabe_Martel | Feb 09, 2002 05:11pm | #7

   *Thanks Stan,Truth is the bigger they are the less impressive they are.They require a team as opposed to smaller projects that require only a single super, left to his own ingenuity, armed with a set of drawings and specs to build a building.On this site there are 3 senior supers with a combined experience of 100 years. Anyone of us can take a week off and no one notices because the slack is taken up in stride by the other two.Much prefer the pressure of the mid sized projects.Gabe

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   Gunner_1750 | Feb 09, 2002 07:17pm | #8

   *How much drywall gabe?

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   Gabe_Martel | Feb 09, 2002 07:23pm | #9

   *Gunner,The ceilings in all the rooms are skip finished over concrete. The walls however are all metal studs, double layers of drywall between rooms for sound attenuation and fire. All together about 8 million.Gabe

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   Bucksnort_Billy | Feb 10, 2002 09:21pm | #10

   *So Gabe, are you post-dating your pics? That date stamp looks like May. 30°below in May? or is that just a Canadien thing. No problem with erectile dysfunction, eh?

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   Gabe_Martel | Feb 10, 2002 11:14pm | #11

   *I don't think so.......that would be the 5th day not the 5th month. It's an American camera so it may have it backwards. :)No, we get it up everytime, on time, on budget.Gabe

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   jcallahan | Feb 12, 2002 04:22am | #12

   *Nice work, Gabe. Is it precast?

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   Gabe_Martel | Feb 12, 2002 04:41am | #13

   *Yes it is and believe it or not, only 4 guys make up the entire crew.Today was brutal, winds gusting to 60KM and -20C with a windchill factor that averaged -35C.Gabe

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    jcallahan | Feb 13, 2002 04:51am | #14

    *That crew must be good. Do you use PCA standards for making your panels or does Canada have different ones?

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    Gabe_Martel | Feb 13, 2002 05:43am | #15

    *Yes they are. 1 working foreman, 1 labourer, 1 welder and 1 crane operator. 88,000 sq ft of precast in 16 weeks.Pre-cast on a building like this are specifically engineered to our standards. A typical panel will move 1/8th of an inch, plus or minus, over our temperature range. The building is designed to allow for 20mm of deflection on any given floor.Typical panels are 125mm or 5 inches in thickness and made of re-enforced concrete.Gabe

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    jcallahan | Feb 13, 2002 06:02am | #16

    *Sounds like tighter tolerances than we used ........ spent the past year working for a precast firm. Appreciate the comments.