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April 9, 2008
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Work moves skyward at the new Bay Adelaide Centre office tower.
EllisDon builds on its strengths at Bay Adelaide Centre
Construction manager EllisDon Corp. began the 52-storey, 1.1-million-square-foot West Tower of the Bay Adelaide Centre in summer 2006. This first phase of the Bay Adelaide project is scheduled for completion in July 2009.
WZMH Architects designed the project for owner Brookfield Properties Corp. KPMG and Goodmans LLP have already signed on as anchor tenants in the 333 Bay Street building.
According to Brookfield, phases two and three of the development are likely to be a mix of office and hotel/residential.
Consultants are Halcrow Yolles (structural); The Mitchell Partnership (mechanical); and Mulvey & Banani International Inc. (electrical). Subtrades include Active Excavating & Contracting; Deep Foundations Contractors Inc. (shoring/caissons); Harris Rebar; Structform International Ltd./Hardrock Forming Co. (joint venture formwork); Walters Inc. (structural steel); CBM (concrete supply); Oakdale Drywall; Three Bell Painter; Clifford (heritage). Also on the subcontractors’ list are Limen Masonry/Clifford Masonry; Modern Niagara Toronto Inc. (mechanical); Guild Electric; Vipond Fire Protection; Donalco Inc. (sprayed fireproofing); Phoenix Firestopping; Sota Glazing (windows); Lorvin Steel; Continental Cabinets; City Wide Door & Hardware; Gage Metal; Stonhard; Tagg Industries; InKan Ltd.; Tractel Ltd.; Johnson Controls; Elite Industries; ThyssenKrupp Elevator Ltd.; and Dean-Chandler Roofing.
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