Advanced Skills Centre | ?m | 4s | NAIT

[constance_chlore]

At something like 250-ish by 200-ish meters, this building would be almost as long as (and much wider than) HUB Mall, which is 300 m.

The most terrifying post-secondary campus I've been to is Université Laval, where all the buildings are incredibly large and imposing and have a vaguely Soviet feel. This could have a nicer-looking version of that vibe. (I mean that as a compliment.)

 

[Airboy]

The old ETS Westwood Garage site. Land is not serviced yet but that could happen soon. Price could exceed 450M

 

[archited]

As I understand it the Skills Centre is meant to look at methodologies for building unitized building elements, tuning up for the "factory-built" era that is creeping up upon us (and that is a very good thing).

 

[Airboy]

Was at Nait today Saw this as I was leaving. Looks like Pile Testing set up.

 

[archited]

Coring machines most definitely -- with the large expanses promised in the ASC build-out, structural capacity of soils will be paramount.

 

[Airboy]

Yes I figured this was early from what I know the design is still ongoing.

 

[MacLac]

Was at Nait today Saw this as I was leaving. Looks like Pile Testing set up.
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It’s happening!!!

 

[MacLac]

Was at Nait today Saw this as I was leaving. Looks like Pile Testing set up.
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Isn’t that a Caisson driller for pile driving? A soil test driller sits on the back of a 2 ton

 

[Airboy]

This would be just for the testing, Set a couple of piles then a steel been on top. Still a lot of design going on.So don't expect anything yet. I'll will post when I know more.

 

[archited]

Isn’t that a Caisson driller

You are quite right it is a Soilmec Drilling rig.

 

[Airboy]

Just checking with a source about when we can see the start. I know the design is well underway. I suspect the construction will start next spring.

 

[archited]

For certain, someone has this in a "hurry-up" mode.

 

[Airboy]

Hurry up in the sence that design has been going on for a while

 

[constance_chlore]

Really hoping everything goes well. I think this center could be more genuinely transformative than anything going on at U of A or MacEwan.

 

[Edmcowboy11]

Not to do really about this specific project, but I couldn't think where else to discuss further NAIT expansion. What I'm wondering about is, are they going to replace that whole strip of parking lot on the west side of the NAIT campus. For the longest of time that section has been on the "back side" of the campus but now all that parking will be right in the middle of the campus. I wonder if there are any plans to reconfigure parking so that it isn't dividing up the old buildings to the future buildings that will be on the Blatchford site.