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June 12, 2008
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A concrete bucket gets “uplifted” at the St. Gabriel Village condominium and townhouse project in North York, Ontario.
Crews enjoy some ‘heavenly’ construction weather at St. Gabriel Village site
Shane B. Inc. is the owner, developer, general contractor, project and construction manager on the St. Gabriel Village project. The work began in August 2006 and completion is scheduled for December 2008.
Designed by Rafael + Bigauskas Architect Inc., the development includes two 19-storey towers, one 12-storey tower, one eight-storey tower and 23 townhouses, for a total of 425 units.
The project also includes three levels of underground parking for the towers and one level underground for the townhouses. The eight-storey tower also offers ground-floor retail space.
Consultants are Adjeleian Allen Rubeli Ltd. (structural); TeGi Engineering (mechanical/electrical); and Strybos Associates (landscape).
Subcontractors include Lions Group Inc. (excavation); Deep Foundations Contractors Inc. (shoring/caissons); Res Precast Inc; Res Group (formwork); Salit Steel (rebar supply); All Railings (structural steel); and St Marys CBM (concrete supply).
Also on the list of subcontractors are Res Masonry; Cooltech Air Systems (AC/ventilation) D. Zentil Mechanical (plumbing/sprinklers); Centennial Electric Ltd.; Primeline Windows Inc.; Protech Roofing (roofing/waterproofing/traffic topping); Otis Canada Inc. (elevators); and T. Geopfelt Gardening (landscape).
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