Progress Update

Work completed over the summer includes:

• Parking garage structure completed, including ramp to Jarvis Street. Mechanical and electrical systems rough-in work ongoing
• Foundation walls waterproofing and backfill completed
• Electrical room on P1 level nearing completion
• Tapered concrete columns installation on Ground Floor is complete
• Structural steel framing for superstructure has commenced. Progress currently at grid line 2. Approximately 15 per cent of framing completed to date

Next steps:

• Structural steel frame is being erected in four sequences, working from east to west, commencing from the south end of the site (Front Street) and working north towards St. Lawrence Hall
• Each sequence includes erection of steel columns and beams from Level 2 to roof, installation of steel decking, and pouring of the concrete slab on deck at each floor
• Glass curtain wall installation will follow
• Installation of permanent power is scheduled for mid-October 2021
• Site trailers to be removed from Market Lane Park by the end of September 2021

Work completed until the end of June 2021 includes:

• Parking garage concrete structure completed
• Parking garage elevator and stair cores completed
• Mechanical and electrical rough-ins nearing completion
• Ground floor tapered concrete columns underway (12 of 32 completed)

Ongoing work over the summer will include:

• Steel superstructure construction to commence in July 2021
• Glass curtain wall fabrication underway and will be installed in sequence with the steel superstructure construction
• Continuation of below-grade building mechanical and electrical services
• Continuing installation of elevator and stair cores above grade

Revised Timeline:

The Contractor has advised of disruptions to material and equipment supply chains due to COVID-19. This, combined with added safety protocols for workers has caused a productivity loss on-site, resulting in a delay in completion from Spring 2022 to Fall 2022.

Work completed to date includes:

• Perimeter waterproofing to ground floor level
• Parking Level 1 perimeter foundation walls ongoing
• Parking Level 1 concrete slab and interior columns
• Elevator and stair cores ongoing to ground level
• Electrical rough-ins ongoing
• Ground Floor concrete formwork commencing

Ongoing work over the spring will include:

• Completion of below grade concrete sub-structure, including foundation walls, interior columns, and ground floor level concrete slab
• Continuation of below grade building mechanical and electrical services
• Continuing installation of elevator and stair cores
• Commencement of above grade structural construction

Work completed to date includes:

• Perimeter waterproofing to Parking Level 1
• Parking Level 2 perimeter foundation walls ongoing
• Parking Level 2 concrete slab and interior columns
• Parking Level 1 concrete formwork commencing
• Elevator and stair cores ongoing to Parking Level 1
• Electrical rough-ins ongoing

Ongoing work over the winter will include:

• Continuation of below grade concrete sub-structure, including foundation walls, interior columns, and parking floor slabs
• Continuing installation of elevator and stair cores
• Preparations for above grade construction

Work completed to date includes:

• Parking Level 4 perimeter footings and foundation walls
• Parking Level 4 interior columns
• Commencement of elevator cores
• Commencement of underground geothermal heat exchange system
• Commencement of underground mechanical services
• Installation of overhead sidewalk protection hoarding for above grade construction

Ongoing work over the fall will include:

• Completion of underground mechanical services
• Completion of below grade concrete sub-structure, including foundation walls, interior columns, and parking floor slabs
• Continuing installation of elevator and stair cores
• Preparations for above grade construction

Work completed to date includes:

• the installation of perimeter shoring along property lines
• excavation work to the base of parking level 4, the final excavation depth, is nearing completion
• tower crane installation for handling of materials and equipment

Ongoing work over the summer will includes:

• completion of site excavated
• site service connections to municipal services, i.e. power, water, sewer, and gas
• construction of building footings and foundation walls including the parking garage followed by the above ground structure.

Work completed to the end of January 2020 includes:

• Bulk excavation and shoring has been completed to the base of parking level 2
• Connection of site water and sanitary lines to municipal network completed
• Installation of insulation blankets along the perimeter of the excavation
• Installation of second row of tiebacks nearing completion

Ongoing work includes:

• Bulk excavation and shoring of the site
• Excavation of utility service tunnel to St Lawrence Hall
• Sequential excavation, tie back and lagging installation will progress through to the base of parking level 4
• Following the completion of the excavation and shoring work a tower crane will be installed and construction will begin on the building foundations and parking garage followed by the above grade structure

Work completed to the end of October includes:

• Drilling and pile installation along the property line
• Drilling of geothermal boreholes
• Site spoils been removed and drill rigs demobilized from the site
• Contractor’s field offices (trailers) have been relocated from the construction site to the adjacent Market Lane Park to facilitate site excavation
• Lighting on hoarding along the park side of the site reinstated

Ongoing work includes:

• Bulk excavation and shoring of the site
• Sequential excavation, tie backs and lagging installation will progress from grade through to the base of parking level 4. The excavation work will require that trucks enter and exit the site primarily through the Front Street gate. Flag persons are stationed at the Front Street gate to control pedestrian and vehicle traffic during excavation and hauling activities.
• Following the completion of shoring and site excavated work, construction will begin on the building foundations and parking garage, followed by the above ground structure.

Work completed over the summer months includes:

• installation of sidewalk/tree protection
• the removal of existing footings and sewers from previous buildings
• the installation of perimeter shoring pads in preparation for shoring and excavation work
• Installation of the north caisson wall

Next Steps

Ongoing excavation and shoring work over the fall and winter months includes:

• drilling and pile installation along East, West and South property lines
• sequential excavation, tie backs and lagging installation from grade through to base of Parking level 4
• Following the completion of  shoring and site excavated work, construction will begin on the building foundations and parking garage, followed by the above ground structure.