A celebration of concrete

The Ontario Concrete Awards have been recognizing the exceptional work of owners, designers, contractors, and suppliers in Ontario’s construction industry since 2001. A celebration of creative projects and applications of the most used construction material in the world, this year’s awards feature a variety of commercial, residential and infrastructure projects.

 

Ontario Concrete Awards 2022 Winners

 

Structural Engineering: Cast-in-Place

Name: Enwave Well Project

Details: Enwave constructed a large Thermal Energy Storage (TES) system as part of The Well development in Toronto. There was only 3,200 m² of concrete in total but approximately 2,400 m² was poured using a stationary pump at street level down approximately 70 ft to the bottom of P7 and then distributed to various discharge points around the perimeter of the tank.

Location: Toronto, Ontario

Owner: Enwave

Engineer: Stantec

General Contractor: C&M McNally

Material Supplier: St. Marys CBM

Additional Participants: Master Builders Solutions

 

Structural Engineering: Precast

Name: Lodestar Structure’s Precast Concrete Modular Building System

Details: Lodestar Structures is a family of Precast Concrete Modular Building components designed for rapid and sustainable construction for residential and commercial applications.

Location: Kingston, Ontario

Owner: Anchor Concrete Products Ltd.

Architect: Anchor Concrete Products Ltd.

Engineer: Anchor Concrete Products Ltd.

General Contractor: Anchor Concrete Products Ltd.

Material Supplier: Anchor Concrete Products Ltd.

 

Specialty Innovation Technology

Name: TrueCure (at Garden District Condos)

Details: CBM’s TrueCure system takes the guesswork out of determining in-place concrete strength development. It does so by curing test cylinders to the natural hydration curve of the in-place concrete.

Location: Toronto, Ontario

Owner: The Sher Corporation Structural

Engineer: Jablonsky, Ast and Partners

General Contractor: SKYGRiD Construction

Material Supplier: St. Marys CBM

Additional Participants: EXACT Technology

 

Material Development & Innovation

Name: EvoBuild

Details: ANC Modular approached Hanson Ready Mix while in patent design development of a volumetric modular void form system. This system allows developers to have a concrete superstructure without the need to use conventional forming methods.

Location: Ontario

Owner: ANC Modular Inc.

Engineer: J.H. Cohoon Engineering

General Contractor: ANC Modular Inc.

Concrete Contractor: ANC Modular Inc.

Material Supplier: Hanson Ready Mix

Additional Participants: Sika Canada Inc.

 

Sustainability: Pre-Cast

Name: Roxborough Apartments

Details: Roxborough Park is built to passive house standard and is comprised of 103 one & two-bedroom units ranging from 500 to 1,000 sq. ft.

Location: Hamilton, Ontario

Owner: CityHousing Hamilton

Architect: KNYMH Inc.

Passive House Consultant: JMV Consulting Construction Manager: Legacy Constructors Inc.

Material Supplier: Stubbe’s Precast

Additional Participants: LANHACK Steelcon Inc.

Sika Canada Inc.

 

Mid- to High-Rise Residential: Precast

Name: Gaslight Condos

Details: One of the goals with the Gaslight condominiums in Galt was to produce a similar feature style to the historic buildings surrounding it, while giving it a newer, appealing, eye-catching look.

Location: Cambridge, Ontario

Owners: HIP Developments Stubbe’s Precast

Engineers: MTE Consultants Rizz Engineering Inc.

Architect: ABA Architects Inc. GC: Melloul-Blamey Construction Inc.

Precast Supplier: Stubbe’s Precast

Additional Participants: Sika Canada Inc.

 

Mid- to High-Rise Res.: Cast-in-Place

Name: Oak & Co

Details: This multi-tower high-rise residential building includes a tower that consists of a 1,200 m² raft slab pour that used two pumps and had six suspended transfer slabs. Approximately 52,000 m² of concrete delivered to site from three different production facilities.

Location: Oakville, Ontario

Owner: Cortel Group

Architect of Record: Zeidler Architecture

Engineer of Record: RJC Engineers

General Contractor: Expo City Management

Material Supplier: Dufferin Concrete (A CRH Company)

Additional Participants: Euclid Canada

MCF Highrise

 

Architectural Hardscape

Name: Canada Summer Games Building and Park

Details: Lafarge was contacted by Aquicon to supply concrete for the construction of a legacy facility at the Canada Summer Games Building and Park, this included foundations, slabs, steel gray coloured concrete for polished floors, and the exterior hardscape concrete.

Location: Thorold, Ontario

Owner: Canada Games Host Society / Canada Games Council

Architect: MJMA / Raimondo & Associates

Engineer: Blackwell Structural Engineers

General Contractor: Aquicon Construction

Hardscape Contractor: UCC Group Inc.

Material Supplier: Lafarge Canada Inc.

Additional Participants: Euclid Canada

Tri-Con Master Builders Solutions

 

Infrastructure: Cast-in-Place

Name: Bramalea GO Station

Details: The Bramalea GO Station redesign creates a cohesive and efficient transportation centre. The extensive use of durable concrete products in various forms and finishes in the facility’s design delivers aesthetic appeal and enhanced permanency.

Location: Brampton, Ontario

Owner: Metrolinx

Architect: IBI Group Architects (Canada)

Engineer: RJC Engineers

GC: Kenaidan Contracting Ltd.

Material Supplier: Innocon Inc.

Additional Participants: Belmont Concrete Finishing Co. Ltd.

Fermar Paving Ltd.

Master Builders Solutions

Pre-Con

The Downsview Group

 

Infrastructure: Precast

Name: Duchesnay Creek Bridge, MTO Project 2018-5106

Details: The Duchesnay Creek Bridge replacement was built using laminated, high quality Douglas Fir girders and a bridge deck constructed with 28 precast deck panels.

Location: North Bay, Ontario

Owner: Ontario Ministry of Transportation, Northeastern Region

Engineer of Record: LEA Consulting Ltd.

General Contractor: Nipissing Miller General Partnership

Material Supplier: Miller Northern Precast

Additional Participants: Sika Canada Inc.

 

Sustainability: Cast-in-Place

Name: 360 West Condos

Details: The units at 360 West Phase 1 are constructed using Insulated Concrete Forms formwork utilizing full height concrete construction from the footings all the way up to the roof lines in order to provide strong and energy efficient buildings.

Location: Tillsonburg, Ontario

Owner: 360 Developments

Architect: Ernst Construction & Design

Engineer: Strik Baldinelli Moniz Ltd.

General Contractor: Braunz Construction

Material Supplier: Lafarge Canada

Additional Participants: Master Builders Solutions

 

Architectural Merit

Name: U of T Schwartz Reisman Innovation Centre (SRIC)

Details: The 15-storey research and innovation centre has monolithic panels that span floor to floor. A CNC machine was used to produce the custom forms to achieve the desired angles and slopes of the precast panels.

Location: Toronto, Ontario

Owner: University of Toronto

Architect: Teeple Architects Inc.

Engineer: Cole Engineering Group

General Contractor: EllisDon

Material Supplier: TKL Group Inc.

Additional Participants: Euclid Canada

 

Institutional Building

Name: The Nicol Building

Details: The thought, time, and planning that went into the design, manufacture, storage and installation of special architectural panels resulted in an eye-catching 115,000 sq. ft. building.

Location: Ottawa, Ontario

Owner: Carleton University

Architect: Hariri Pontarini Architects

Engineer: Thornton Tomasetti Canada Inc.

General Contractor: HEIN

Material Supplier: Central Precast

Additional Participants: Euclid Canada

 

Specialty Concrete Construction

Name: Boulevard Lake Dam Rehabilitation

Details: The rehabilitation of the Boulevard Lake Dam included the widening of the bridge deck over the dam, the addition of an architectural viewing platform, architectural lighting and stainless steel railings.

Location: Thunder Bay, Ontario

Owner: City of Thunder Bay

Engineer: TBT Engineering Limited

GC: Concrete Walls, PDR Contracting

Material Supplier: Canada Concrete Corporation

Additional Participants: Euclid Canada

Miller Precast