~ New Record ~

Largest single concrete pour in Canada; 3rd largest in the World

Starting 9 p.m on Friday, May 9, 2008, through to 12 p.m Sunday May 11, 2008, 14,000+ cubic meters (18,500 yd3) of concrete delivered by 1000+ concrete mixers discharged into numerous concrete pumps to fill the foundation of The Bow in downtown Calgary, Alberta. The Bow, named for its crescent shape and view of the Bow River will cost over $1 Billion to construct with an addition $1 Billion for the interior. With a footprint of 17,651 m² (190,000 ft²), the final height of The Bow will be 236 m (774 ft), 58 stories: 2 retail floors; 3 floors with sky gardens; 53 office floors; 4 mechanical floors; 1,400 parking stalls (6 level parkade, spanning two blocks), plus 15 skywalk connections to neighboring buildings.

“I will never see a project like this again” states Joe Delehay President of Dynamic Concrete who was awarded the contract to pump, place and finish the 14,000+ cubic meters of concrete for the foundation. “The only other continuous pours larger than this one where in Dubai and Las Vegas, so this is quite something. We have a good reputation in the industry for getting the job done. For this pour especially, there is little room for breakdowns or errors” Joe concludes.

Dynamic Concrete completed the 3rd largest continuous pour in the world using Alliance concrete boom pumps which included: four 55 meter; three 42 meter (lowered into the hole with cranes); two 37 meter; and one 33 meter; one JSF 17 Alliance line pump.

The proposed high-rise was announced in 2006 by EnCana Corporation, North America's second largest natural gas producer. The project will eventually house all of EnCana's 3,300 Calgary-based employees. With an estimated 1,700,000 square feet (158,000 m²) of total office space, the complex is expected to be the city's largest. The towers will be Canada's tallest-built since Toronto's BCE Place, completed as Canada Trust Tower in 1990.

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Wow!

wow and wow and wow!!!!!!!!!!!

And i thought i do big jobs sometimes!!!

Looks like Munir has some "competition" in the "big job" photo department...

Big T

Big job,to think back in the hay day we thought 6,000+ was a big deal in Huston.My how things change.

Very nice job

Please I want detail for this job as follow

1)      Total pump pumping at a time.

2)      Total truck mixer from start to end

3)      Total plant batching at a time

4)      About plants how many ready mix and dry mix

5)      I calculate total 39hours can I am right?

speedy,you find all those good pic's.He must have had some steam coming out of the hole.

I can't help but wonder how long it took the rod busters to place and tie all that rebar.

SORRY TO BURST HIS BUBBLE, BUT CROSS PUMPING IN MICHIGAN PUMPED 23,000 YARDS OF CONCRETE IN 1999, AT THE NORTHWEST WORLD GATEWAY. IN 23 HRS

  putz63

So, what is your point? By definition; if this is the third largest then there are two that were larger.

Nice job. Aren't you glad you don't have another one this weekend?

This should help change the way that folks think about Korean pumps. Way to go Alliance/Jun-Jin.

Well Bob, on behalf of both our people and our Korean counterpart - thankyou. And thankyou Dynamic!

I have to admit to some curious feelings in the pit of my stomach in seeing a 42 meter 4 axle rearing up like that as the driver bundles it up and out of the hole. I know our front suspension has ample travel, hopefull his re-entry was gentle as he crested.

Otherwise, the mechanometer may have rolled over and service will be geting a call.

Lorne

sweet pics man!!!!, hey bob in one of the pictures a pump is short rigged, i'm surprised you havent picked up on it and gave the man a rollocking lol.

Did not mean any disrespect to Dynamic or to the Korean putzs, or what ever name they go by.

I wonder if this story will get any play in the acpa magazine?  First ever article on Korean pumps... I've only ever seen stories on the big two.

  sccp jamie

This is a major accomplishment for a company. It is pretty hard to throw any rocks at a success of this scope.

A very DYNAMIC matt pour.

are we allowed to throw rocks at companys and operators that dont have R clips fitted to pipeline clips or safety slings that are way too long!