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National Recognition for ’Redefining Parking’

National Recognition for ’Redefining Parking’

The QEII Parkade – a Strescon Precast project – is featured in the Winter 2024 edition of Parker Magazine, a national publication by the Canadian Parking Association. The editorial, Redefining Parking: Accessibility, Aesthetics, and Sustainability at the QEII, by Stephanie Nowe-Morris, says that this project is a defining structure in “a new era in health infrastructure.”

“Parking structures are often overlooked in urban planning, especially in healthcare settings where demands are unique and multifaceted,” the editorial states. “The recently opened QEII Health Sciences Centre parkade stands as a testament to Nova Scotia’s commitment to accessibility and sustainable design, providing a new model for modern parking that balance functionality with community needs.”

The article notes that the parkade has an “eco-friendly” focus because of its design and operational features, “such as efficient lighting systems that adjust based on occupancy, locally sourced materials, and an extensive recycling program.”

In addition, it was built “using a modular, demountable precast structure. The parkade minimizes construction waste and has a lower environmental footprint.”

We are proud to have this recognition for our products and the difference they can make building forward.

This editorial explores how QEII Parkade has “transformed into a vibrant landmark, integrated part of Halifax, services patients, visitors, staff and the broader community.”


Please read the full article: Parker Winter 2024: Redefining Parking: Accessibility, Aesthetics, and Sustainability at the QEII, by Stephanie Nowe-Morris.

Read more about our next level construction projects in our Connections Fall 2024 Newsmagazine.

January 2025

GIRDER-SLAB® Composite Steel & Precast System on MIT Housing Project

GIRDER-SLAB® Composite Steel & Precast System on MIT Housing Project

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The OSCO Construction Group has the unique advantage of being able to supply and install both structural steel, as well as precast concrete products; an ideal situation for building frames designed using the GIRDER-SLAB© system, which requires extremely close collaboration between steel and precast suppliers. OSCO’s TEAM relationship was at the forefront on the recent Institute of Technology (MIT) West Campus Graduate Housing project in Cambridge, MA, when contractor John Moriarty & Associates awarded the precast and steel contracts to Ocean Steel and Strescon. This 10-story residential complex was designed by Structural Engineer: McNamara/Salvia, Inc., and Architect: KieranTimberlake, using the GIRDER-SLAB® system, which consists of an openweb dissymmetric steel beam (D-Beam©) and precast prestressed hollowcore slabs, connected together by cementitious grout.

In total, OSCO raised 1,600 tons of structural steel and 325,000 ft2 of precast plank on this project.
On a side-note, this was the single largest hollowcore project ever completed by Strescon, with 3,770 individual pieces.

Read more about GIRDER-SLAB® in our Connections Fall 2024 Newsmagazine.

Fall 2024

Energy Saving designed Manufacturing Facility built with 50,000 sqft of Precast Wall Panels.

Energy Saving designed Manufacturing Facility built with 50,000 sqft of Precast Wall Panels.

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Contributed by: Eric Jashewski CET

Built by Engineers Construction Inc. (BBE) has mobilized to site to begin development of a 160,000 sqft
manufacturing facility, for industry leading automation solutions provider, Automated Tooling Systems (ATS). The Cambridge, Ontario location, located at 1574 Eagle Street, will add yet another footprint to ATS’s growing portfolio of manufacturing, assembly, and shipping facilities in the greater Kitchener/Waterloo region. With prominent local developer, Eagle Street Industrial GP, working closely with Cambridge based consultant, Built by Engineers, plans for the building’s envelope system required superior aesthetics, durability, and construction economy.

They chose PreCon’s architectural precast & prestressed insulated wall panels. All 210 white sandblast-finished wall panels were produced at PreCon’s Brampton manufacturing facility, accounting for an overall finished wall area of over 50,000 square feet. Utilizing the precast industry’s highest rated R-value insulation, combined with superior thermal resistance carbon fiber shear ties (C-grid), the building will be an energy saving front runner.

Additionally, the interior face of the panels will be painted a brilliant white to enhance aesthetics, while reducing lighting requirements and ongoing costs. PreCon forces moved onto site in October 2024 to erect the 37-footheight wall panels in one mobilization, complete with expansion joints and colour matched caulking.

PreCon is proud to be a player associated with supporting global leader Automated Tooling Systems, a leading company employing over 7,000 people at more than 65 manufacturing facilities and over 85 offices in North America, Europe, Southeast Asia, and Oceania.

Read more in our Connections Fall 2024 Newsmagazine.

R-30 CarbonCast used in Zero Carbon Building Design v3 project in Canada

R-30 CarbonCast used in Zero Carbon Building Design v3 project in Canada

November 19, 2024

A new industrial building in Ontario will be one of only eight in all of Canada to be certified by the Canadian Green Building Council as ‘Zero Carbon Building Design v3’—and CarbonCast High Performance Insulated Wall Panels from AltusGroup member PreCon Precast Limited are contributing.

The Eagle Street Industrial Park in Cambridge will meet the ‘v3’ certification, which demands carbon reduction be 30% below the Ontario average for embedded carbon in building materials. The consortium of owners, however, has gone well beyond the minimum by melting old steel and repurposing it and using recycled concrete in the foundations, for example.

The CarbonCast High Performance Insulated Wall Panels will deliver an R-value of R-30 by using four inches of Kooltherm K20 insulation between two concrete wythes (2-7/8” and 3-1/8” thick) that are connected by C-GRID carbon fiber grid trusses. The negligible thermal transfer of the CFRP grid enables the panels to offer continuous insulation to save energy on heating and cooling.

Read the entire article – which includes details on more carbon reduction initiatives — in Cambridge Today.

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