Shangri-la is Flying

Picture taken by mark belcastro. Construction fly forming at Shangri-La Hotel in Toronto.

Using fly forming is a quick and efficient way to cast in place concrete floors without using post tensioning procedures and hollow core concrete slab plates. A complicated procedure using slip forms and concrete has a schedule in place for optimized scheduling. Your gant charts will be full. At this stage core drilling holes will be taking effect for Mechanical, electrical and plumbing. Xrays for steel rebar will be a tricky one. At Adamson I had 200 core drilling holes to be approved and using the BIM model was key for SI approvals to contractor. Make sure you cross your t's and dot your i's or else you will have swiss cheese.

Oakville Hospital

With the Town Council meetings and the RFP there are busy designers staying up late and coming up with a plan for the Oakville Hospital. I guess it is time to see what these 3 companies can offer the citizens of oakville. Time to get out your rendering computers and time to press a lot of buttons on the keyboard. Remember that the most efficient 3D modelers with benefit from this P3 project with saving time and money. A government project is a tricky one especially one in oakville. The citizens will be paying for this hospital in taxes so it is best to win the vote of the inside committee. How many Volunteers at Oakville hospital? Enough that take public transportation.
Keep up on your rendering techniques and let the judges decide who will take on this beast.