Friday night after a night of light, and I mean very light drinking, I accompanied Squiggles and Bicky through the York Concourse to catch our LSE train home.
I'm no building or "water is bad we should divert it" engineer, but we were surprised and dismayed to see that the brand-spanking new facility can't handle rain.
Will this be fixed before we host the world in July?
I was just dismayed at the start of a stalagmite.
ReplyDeleteAnd mmmmm..... drinking.
It's an eyesore to be sure. Whether it's fixed in time for Pan Am visitors is another story. My guess would be band-aids for now. Hopefully, they get things looking spiffy with a permanent fix.
ReplyDeleteWas a fun night out.
Bit of paint should fix it
ReplyDeleteWhat engineering firm is responsible for this mess? Why wasn't Mike Holmes brought in at the front end of this renovation?
ReplyDeletenot surprised at all..Last week where was a lot of rain in the morning (sorry...too old to remember which day it was) and as i was coming down the stairs, where were at least 6 buckets in sight catching rain(they are within 3 meters of each other)....my....i'm afraid that the whole building is going to collapse....
ReplyDeleteOMG - really? Didn't any of this come up to date lol
ReplyDeleteOne would think that, as bad as the economy is, these companies and government agencies could do better than just merely "scraping the bottom of the barrel" when hiring professionals and employees.
ReplyDeleteIt's my understanding the BEST was hired here. But too many factors caused issues. The number one factor being the enormity of the project itself. The fact that it's dug so deep underground and in an area that used to be under Lake Ontario. But, I'm not making excuses.
ReplyDeleteInquiring minds are wondering whether Dutch engineers, who know a thing or two about water containment in low lying areas, were consulted before the project began.
ReplyDeleteIona, it's not about water containment. It's about water diversion. It's impossible to expect a perfect waterproof seal on an 85 year old ceiling that's under the water table and was never expected to be anything but a rail bed.
ReplyDeleteThey need to improve the diversion system. Hopefully some bright engineer can come up with a solution that works better.
As you platform gets renovated, the track and ballast is lifted, and the no-longer-waterproof lining is replaced. Not all the tracks have been done yet. These pictures look like they're below platform 12/13, and those haven't been done yet. So, this will be sorted out, eventually.
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