Construction can have a large impact on its surroundings, including local residents, pedestrians and vehicular traffic depending on the site’s location. For example, many of the sites visited in Toronto affected traffic as they had frequent deliveries and had to stop traffic to allow this. This includes the Centre for Engineering Innovation and Entrepreneurship at the University of Toronto where frequent trucks enter and exit to remove excavated soil (***Special Lecture***), stopping traffic on Galbraith Road and preventing tour buses from enterring. On the other hand, outside the city, construction has far less of an impact as there are often multiple lanes for traffic, and little or no pedestrian traffic. When building in Toronto then, it is important to minimize construction’s effect on pedestrians, vehicle traffic, and local residents if present, since these parties are all impacted by the decisions made on site.
In our site visits, we examined many sites at varying stages of completion, and noticed how some of them dealt with construction’s effect on the surroundings, as will be discussed here:
Yorkville Plaza II (YP2) - 21 Yorkville Avenue - Developer: Camrost-Felcorp
This site is located in the heart of Toronto’s affluent Yorkville neighbourhood, and will be the home of a 40-storey condo building. It has a luffing crane on site, so overhead protection had to be installed for pedestrians on Avenue Road in the form of wooden boards. These wooden boards were placed on
During the construction phase, there will be a lot happening all over. This may vary from the actual erecting of the building, to the transport of goods, to the extraction of materials needed, etc. There will be a lot of damage done to the o-zone layer, a lot of habitat and biodiversity destroyed, amongst other things.
1. A large amount of construction and building work was going on in the city. Unfortunately for the people, construction meant delays, but all for a good end result. “Construction delays elsewhere on the grounds were especially frustrating” (pg 167) Chicago is booming with new buildings and constructions sights everywhere. This quote shows the work of construction that is all over the city.
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“This demolition is devastating,” Archambault said. “These grounds are the resting places of our ancestors. The ancient cairns and stone prayer rings there cannot be replaced. In one day, our sacred land has been turned into hollow ground.”
A sophisticated house or dumpy gas station catches the eye for a moment then becomes lost amongst other thoughts. However, like the art in our homes, a building's purpose is not to be stared at like a museum painting. They influence the mood of those who occupy the space. Even for people who live far away, it creates a happy thoughtfulness that these places still exist in our throwaway
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One longitudinal façade consists almost entirely of glass, while the parallel side has punctured window openings. The architect strategically uses these design features to help incorporate innovative, environmental site strategies.
We can learn about the personal beliefs of these people through the excavation of buildings erected on the site. As noted earlier, astronomy was a clear influence on architecture. Religion and community dynamics were brough fourth following the discovery that not all buildings were for residential use. Rather for spiritual and communal use (Munson, Bates and Nordby, 45).
The environmental serenity is suffering from construction at the moment. The normal peaceful environment is full of noise from different power tools.
Allied’s properties within the city of Toronto comprise almost exclusively of office and mix-used space that has been converted from low-rise
Materials for Low Impact Buildings ARC 6821 Elena Constanti Number of words: 3002 CONTENTS Introduction 3 Chapter 1: Sheffield 1.1. Site Location and specification 4 1.2. Construction Materials of Sheffield 5 Chapter 2: Assessing Criteria 2.1 Life Cycle Assessment 6 Chapter 3:
By beginning the protection of buildings from weather, archaeologists will soon learn what methods work best, and will be able to apply it when uncovering parts of the city that have yet to be excavated. Immediately preserving the newest sections will insure that they stand longer and are safe to be toured by everyday people. The increase in areas available to explore will, should they advertise justly, result in an increase in tourism. Those who have already been will
The Mexican tile roofs jump out at your eyes, until the gorgeous iron gates of other estates snatch your attention. I can at times be overwhelmed with the feast before my eyes. My favorite structure by far is the towering ruins of the old sugar plantation. The words ruins, sugar, and plantation alone are enough to conjure up the most fascinating stories within ones imagination. I can see the bones of an age past; still standing before me to mourn, and dream about. I live in a grouping of villas where a restaurant and pool facilities are being constructed. I smell fresh sawn mahogany as the carpenters make bars, counters, and doors. I hear stone masons chipping at tiles, and the scraping sounds as they pull out the mortar to lay them.
Certain buildings are naturally anchored to the ground and their surroundings. There are certain places that are impossible to picture without the
- Advanced information on the schedule and duration of such operations can be provided to the nearby residents and holiday home owners. Noise from the crushing of blasted stone can be reduced by using acoustically