{"id":1441,"date":"2016-04-25T14:56:12","date_gmt":"2016-04-25T14:56:12","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/minutes.machine.market\/?p=1441"},"modified":"2016-04-25T14:56:12","modified_gmt":"2016-04-25T14:56:12","slug":"construction-in-full-swing-at-canadas-tallest-building-outside-of-a-downtown-area","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/machine.market\/blog\/construction-in-full-swing-at-canadas-tallest-building-outside-of-a-downtown-area\/","title":{"rendered":"Construction In Full Swing at Canada’s tallest building outside of a downtown area"},"content":{"rendered":"

One of the largest excavation pits in the Greater Toronto Area is now buzzing with activity as work is under way to build two condominium towers\u2014one of them the tallest building in Canada outside of a downtown area\u2014and the sweeping podium they will rise from. Eau du Soleil<\/a>,\u00a0being developed by Empire Communities<\/a>, will feature towers of 49 and 66 storeys, with the taller one rising to 228 metres, just 5 metres shorter than the easterly\u00a0Harbour Plaza Residences<\/a> tower in Toronto’s South Core, making Eau du Soleil the second tallest building currently under construction in the city which has not already topped off.<\/p>\n

\"Construction<\/a>

Looking northwest across the Eau du Soleil excavation pit, image by Craig White<\/p><\/div>The excavation pit for the development is a large rectangle, about 4 acres in area, located to the immediate southwest of the Jade Waterfront Condominiums<\/a> seen at right in the image above. At ground level, Eau du Soleil is\u00a0u-shaped, and separated from Jade Waterfront by a street. Above the six-storey podium, Eau du Soleil’s towers rise out of terraced lower floors, the design by\u00a0Zeidler Partnership Architects<\/a>\u00a0and\u00a0Richmond Architects<\/a>\u00a0meant to evoke the feel of cruise ships.<\/p>\n

\"Construction<\/a>

Garage floor poured at the Eau du Soleil construction site, image by Craig White<\/p><\/div>The site can currently be read as four quadrants, each one with successively more completed than the quadrant to its side. Furthest along is the northwest corner where the second garage level has been poured and where several columns to hold up the next floor are already in place. To its right, the wooden forms where the concrete floor will next be poured can be seen. At the back the image below (click on it or any image to see it in greater detail), workers are placing the steel rebar mesh that will give the concrete slab its strength.<\/p>\n

\"Construction<\/a>

Garage floor forms at the Eau du Soleil construction site, image by Craig White.<\/p><\/div>To the right of the wooden forms, the walls, columns, and slab of the lowest level of the garage can be seen.<\/p>\n

\"Construction<\/a>

Garage floor columns at the Eau du Soleil construction site, image by Craig White.<\/p><\/div>In the southeast and furthest quadrant of the site from the camera\u2014beyond where the lowest level of columns have been erected\u2014three shovels break up rock and move it in steps to the surface, where it is then trucked away.<\/p>\n