A convoy of concrete trucks will be descending on the waterfront as part of a pour for New Westminster’s tallest building.

The date of the concrete pour, however, has yet to be finalized.

A report in the July 12 city council agenda outlined plans for a concrete pour proposed for Friday, Aug. 13, but that report was pulled from the meeting’s agenda. It included a staff recommendation for an exemption to the city’s construction noise bylaw on the day of the pour for the foundation of the west tower, as the work would take longer to do than what’s permitted in normal construction hours.

“Bosa Development have confirmed that the monolithic pour of 4,500 cubic metres for the west tower core needs to occur all at one time and is estimated to take 12 to 14 hours,” said the report. “Because the work is a monolithic pour, it means that once the pour is started it must continue to completion.”

Mike Anderson, the city’s acting manager of transportation, said the concrete pour is still in the plans – just on a different date.

“They have delayed the concrete pour,” he told the Record. “It’s expected to happen, I believe, in September. It will come back to council.”

Bosa Development is committed to implementing measures to minimize construction noise as much as possible during the concrete pour, said the report.

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