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March 2, 2010
Project progress
Bird Construction continues work on affordable housing project in Toronto
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Work has reached the top floor of the affordable rental housing project for seniors at 717 Broadview Ave. in Toronto. Bird Construction Co. is construction manager of the eight-storey building, with approximately 70 units. Completion is expected by December 2010.
The owner is Toronto Community Housing and the project was designed by raw design.
Consultants are: Banerjee & Associates (structural); MCW Consultants (mechanical/electrical); and Vertechs Design Inc. (landscape).
Subtrades include: Muia Steel Ltd. (structural/misc. metals); Terra Construction (concrete); Speed and Precision Construction (drywall); Malfar Mechanical Ltd.; Fortis Electric Ltd.; Quality Allied Elevator/Schindler Elevators Corp. (elevators); Roque Roofing; and Quest Window Systems Inc.
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