Contractors are shopping for heavy equipment for sale in Calgary as officials in Canada's wild west city of Calgary orders a second building to mimic one planned in the city's south-west. Construction has started on Eighth Avenue Place between 8th and 9th Avenues and 4th and 5th streets. This project will feature a 183m west tower and 202m east tower, with building work starting on the east tower. A start date has not been determined yet for the west tower. Apparently just one tower was planned at first, but was increased to two because of the popularity of the design by Gibbs Gage Architects and Pickard Chiltern. The towers, themed around the Rocky Moutains, will sport a pale green glass at the western facing facade in tribute to mountain waters and glaciers. The rest of the buildings will be grey and layered to represent the tectonic plates that formed the mountains. The view would be great.
