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W.fSy.Photo By'GERRY CAIRNSThe foundation work for the Richardson Building on Lombard Place at the corner of Portage Avenue and Main Street is finished and work has begun pouring the cement basement. The above picture looks across the, corner excavation and along Portage Avenue. The 30-floor-building was sta‘r+ed in eariy Juiy and is slated for compietibn in 1969.R H ARDSON BUILDINGFloorsThe space will be used by Air Canada to house their accounting department, per-' sonnel and computers now ■in the- Canada Building on Donald- Street north of Ei-lice Avenue. ■ !- Air Canada officials, questioned ■ about, the move, would -only acknowledge that • the airline was looking : for space:and mentioned over-, crowding at:-. the , Canada Building as the reason. 'Richardson officials are also reluctant to discuss the negotiations believed to involve. five 'full floors of the building but did say-that discussions-regarding- the airline leasing', .space had been held and that any further comment would probably come in the-, form of a joint, announcement at a future date;■ Sources close to the real estate field tend to discount the-“cramped quarters in ’the Canada Building” reason for. the .massive move-however.One -, real -estate source said- that the airline had been hunting-for. new: office'■ space -for' some-time and atone point had considered building their own Building. ■The .'airline’s search, said, the source, was. Ibeiiig interpreted -as a gesture by the airline -to show .its continuing business. interest .in the Winnipeg area.(The airline has. recently-come under heavy criticism in: Manitoba for. its decision 1 to move ah of. the Winnipeg, aircraft, maintenance base to Montreal by 1973.)Real, estate sources also , say .-:the airline’s move wiil ■provide'a much-needed shot in the arm to the Richardson B u i 1 d i ng-'s rental : situation. : • '■Sources say that prospective, tenants have been'reluctant to'sign leases for office • space. renting -’for §6.60 ■ a square-foot per year- while•’space in the nearby-. Royal . Bank Building can be-had for between. §4 'and §5 a -.square foot. - ':.:.The 'announcement.: of ..the ahline’s -;.move 'should' spark 'those - 'waiting in the': wingsto move'forward aiid claimlt;# 9 ’space;in what is: bound-1 toA New GadgetCALGARY (CP) -r ;lf you’ve ever cursed while trying 'to take: a' reading, of your car’s oil dip stick in darkness, Harvey Nesbitt’s gadget may he for, you, V;.Mr., .Nesbitt, 50, .’Has invented an /.attachment for . .the dip stick .'that lights up . as soon as the stick: .is removed - from the ■ engine' block opening.: Called a Dip Stick Lite,it gets its power fromthe auto’s electrical’ system.. ’ It can easily .'be slipped over the ' dip stick.Mr. Nesbitt has begun producing'- the. patented device.-with' hiswife and 17-year-old ' son, ■ turning out. 200. a -'-'week;-. Retail-price is §2.98. \ ;The three drawings above show the procedure used: during the construction of the Richardson Building at-..the corner, of-Portage Avenue and . Main Street to install the caissons. Not shown is the ini-; tial augering through the 50 feet of clay above the granite boulders, and the limestone, bedrock underneath. Following the removal of the clay a temporary steel liner is set in place and a permanent steel liner is set inside the temporary liner. IThere are 64 major concrete caiss,onsp*some containing nearly 100 tons of concrete, constructed: at depths extending down to 85 feet below; ground.After the 50; feet of clay, these major caissons’ were drilled [through 15 feet of granite boulder and into .1,0 to 20 feet of limestone bedrock at the perimeter and . centre of the foundation. ’As well, 10 cast-in-place piles and 50 preicast piles have also gone into the foundation. Reinforcingthe more than 4,800 tons of High-streiigth concrete poured during the foundation work is 50 tons ofsfeel.--: ‘_
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Winnipeg Free Press
Winnipeg, Manitoba, CA
Wed, Dec 06, 1967
Page 45
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