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February 6, 2012

Benson Steel faces transport challenge on Toronto Yorkdale Mall construction project

At Yorkdale Shopping Centre, Benson Steel faced a challenge: how to transport nearly 30 tonnes of steel girder over a 300-foot stretch atop the roof of one of Toronto’s busiest shopping malls. The general contractor is Carillion.

February 6, 2012

Carillion Canada progresses on Ontario Coroner’s building in Toronto

Work is ongoing for the Forensic Services and Coroner’s Complex at 1201 Wilson Avenue in Toronto. Project manager Carillion Canada began the six-storey, design/build project with basement and mezzanine in August 2010. The project was designed by Stantec Architecture Ltd. and McLaren, Wilson & Lawrie is lab architect

February 3, 2012

Steel hurdles for Aga Khan Museum build

Fabricating and erecting 740 tons or so of structural steel required for the Aga Khan Museum in Toronto posed a series of unusual hurdles. Benson Steel is the supplier and erector for the job. Aga Khan Museum specializes in artifacts from Muslim communities.

January 26, 2012

Steel on target in Milton, Ontario warehouse construction

Minneapolis-based retail chain Target will open numerous stores across Canada by 2013. K.C. Welding Ltd., an Angus, Ontario-based steel erector, is putting up a 1.3 million-square-foot steel joist, truss and girder box frame for the distribution centre in Milton, west of Toronto.

January 20, 2012

Bolton, Ontario Sneath Road Bridge rehabilitation project required careful work

When compared to the numerous multi-million dollar construction projects currently underway in Ontario the $230,000-restoration of the historic Sneath Road Bridge in Bolton might be considered somewhat minor.

December 14, 2011

Ontario court finds owner found liable for verbal representation on sewer construction project

In its decision in George Robson Construction (Weston) Ltd. versus the Regional Municipality of Hamilton-Wentworth, the Ontario Superior Court of Justice found that the written disclaimers in a tender call did not protect the owner from the verbal misrepresentations it made to the plaintiff bidder. The case involved a construction project for the installation of a sewer pipe under a highway.

December 12, 2011

Carillion Canada progresses on Ontario Coroner’s building in Toronto

Under construction by Carillion Canada, the Forensic Services and Coroner’s Complex on Wilson Avenue in Toronto is scheduled for completion in January, 2013. Designed by Stantec Architecture Ltd. and McLaren, Wilson & Lawrie, the 665,000-square-foot building will house the Centre of Forensic Sciences, the office of the Chief Coroner and the Coroner’s Courts.

November 30, 2011

Bluescape, Urban Capital work on River City in Toronto

Concrete work is moving along for River City West Don Lands Phase One in Toronto. Builder/developer Urban Capital Property Group, along with Bluescape Construction Management Inc., has completion of the project for mid 2013. The work includes one 16-storey building and one seven-storey with 349 units. The architects are Saucier + Perrotte Architects and ZAS Architects Inc.

November 14, 2011

University of Waterloo, Ontario engineering building had significant mechanical, electrical component

Aecon Group Inc. (TSX:ARE) said construction of the new $42-million building for the Department of Chemical Engineering at the University of Waterloo, Ontario was complex because of the significant mechanical and electrical components required to serve more than 40 independent and unique research labs.

November 10, 2011

Structal-Bridges unit of Canam to build steel structure of I-95 highway bridge in Connecticut

Structal-Bridges, a division of Boucherville, Quebec-based Canam Group Inc. (TSX: CAM), has secured a contract worth close to CA$27 million to fabricate the steel structure that will replace and expand the Moses Wheeler Bridgeon I-95, which crosses the Housatonic River in Milford, Connecticut

May 28, 2010

Clear span trusses at Scotiabank Convention Centre in Niagara may set a new record

The 250-foot-long clear span trusses in the 82,000-square-foot main convention hall of the recently completed $70-million Scotiabank Convention Centre in Niagara Falls, Ont. may be the longest of their kind in the world.

May 28, 2010

Don Valley Brick Works project builds upon its legacy of steel

The Evergreen Commons project at Toronto’s Don Valley Brick Works has restored a group of heritage industrial buildings and added a new one — the Centre for Green Cities, a five-storey LEED Platinum office building incorporating a visitor welcome centre, retail and amenity space, administrative offices and program workspace.

May 28, 2010

Structural steel work nears completion at Telus World of Science centre in Calgary

Structural steel work is rising and near completion on Calgary’s TELUS World of Science, Canada’s first science centre of the twenty-first century and the first purpose-built science centre constructed in more than 25 years.

May 28, 2010

Steel chosen for structural and aesthetic reasons at Queenston-Lewiston border crossing

You only get one chance to make a first impression and for many people passing through the busy international crossing at Queenston, Ont., the border plaza is the first glimpse of Canada.

May 28, 2010

Alberta’s Jasper National Park to feature a steel walkway offering tourists a bird’s eye view

Alberta’s Jasper National Park has plans for a futuristic 400-metre glass and steel bridge to allow tourists and visitors to walk suspended above the Sunwapta Valley and the Columbia Ice Fields.

May 28, 2010

Building with roofs that become walls throws a curve at architects designing the Iroquois Sports Centre in Whitby

The roof of the Iroquois Park Sports Centre in Whitby, Ont. is as unique as the athletes who will use it.

May 28, 2010

Edmonton’s Air Traffic control tower steel shearwall system proves to be a time saver

Air traffic control towers are usually constructed of cast-in-place concrete but a major steel company is making structural engineers and architects think again.

May 28, 2010

Puttin’ up the Ritz-Carlton not all glamour

Beneath the elegant exterior of Toronto’s first five-star hotel, the Ritz-Carlton, lies a heart of steel.

May 28, 2010

Gigantic steel-framed tent in Kenora, Ontario will provide a year-round events venue

The city of Kenora, Ont. is moving ahead with plans to build a gigantic steel-framed tent to provide a year-round events venue on the city’s harbourfront.

May 28, 2010

Major steel joist manufacturers are capable of producing 100-foot joists

Twenty years ago, most steel buildings used 30- to 40-foot-long steel joists and a 60-foot-long joist was considered a long span. Field splicing (bolting and/or welding joists together on site) was required for spans greater than 80 feet up to about five years ago.