With the most expensive penthouse priced at $13 million,
it’s no surprise that residents will enjoy swanky amenities
such as private garages, carwashing facilities, an outdoor
water garden that can become a winter skating rink, private
elevators in approximately three-quarters of the units, fitness
room, swimming pool, golf simulator and 24-hour concierge
and security.
“Building more downtown communities fits in with the
city’s view around increasing density in our city,” said Calgary
Economic Development business development manager,
Tom Dixon.
In all, there will be 218 units spanning 1,060 square feet to
6,200 square feet.
Doublestar Drilling of Calgary was awarded the temporary
shoring contract for the construction and excavation
of the Concord. The ground engineering firm (which also
has offices in Edmonton and Regina) provides services that
include project consultation and engineering, small- and
large-diameter piling, shoring, anchor work, load tests,
micropiles, CFA piles, shotcrete and soil nails, vibratory
hammer work, post-tensioning, grouting, caissons and specialty
drilling solutions.
The Doublestar team started on the Concord project on
August 15, 2015. Piling was completed three months later in
mid November, with anchors completed on March 21, 2016.
PROJECT SPOTLIGHT
Doublestar Drilling’s construction of the third row of four temporary tieback anchors for a secant pile wall construction
on The Concord project in downtown Calgary in January 2016. Two of Doublestar’s Davey Kent 725 drill rigs were used
to drill the anchors. Air rotary drilling with a downhole hammer was required for the majority of the anchors.
LNGPRODUCTIONS
A great video on the structure from a flood-resistance
standpoint can be viewed at https://youtu.be/jdBM_hzfnsE
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