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September 3, 2010
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Construction continues on Woodgreen Community Housing development in Toronto
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Construction continues on the Woodgreen Community Housing project in Toronto. Struct-Con Construction Ltd. is general contractor of the eight-storey, 40-unit building. Completion is scheduled for January 2011.
The owner is Woodgreen Community Housing and the project was designed by Levitt Goodman Architects.
Consultants are: Halsall Associates Ltd. (structural) and Jain & Associates Ltd. (mechanical/electrical).
Subcontractors include: Vision Excavating; Pro Caissons; Blaze Contracting (formwork); Gilbert Steel Ltd.; Innocon Inc.; Target Drywall; Metrin Mechanical; Elux Electric; Eileen Roofing; and Kone Inc. (elevators).
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