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Caissons

This project involved installation of 3 watertight caisson wall shafts. Two rectangular secant pile wall shaft approx 12m deep and one 6m diameter compression ring shaft approx 7m deep. In order to achieve the tight tolerance needed to ensure the shafts were in fact watertight the use of a guide wall was implemented. The guide wall was installed using Styrofoam form and concrete to allow drill casing to be perfectly centered over the drilled holes.

Client: McNally Construction
Location: Brampton, Ontario

Canada Post Micropiles

/ Micropiles

No Emissions, No Problem The Canada Post McKnight Mail Processing Centre Expansion project involved the installation of micropiles to support a renovation within the facility in northeast Calgary, Alberta. As

Dufferin Jog Elimination

/ Caissons, Micropiles

Dufferin Jog Elimination This project involved the extension of Duffering Street under an existing CN rail line and through the abutment wall of a century old CN bridge at Queen

Herald Block

/ Caissons, Shotcrete

Herald Block HCM was chosen to provide a comprehensive design-build shoring solution for Phase 1 of Brookfield Place development, which will become the tallest building in Western Canada. The excavation

Wal-Mart Micropiles

/ Micropiles

Overcoming Poorly Engineered Fill This project solved a very difficult problem for Buttcon and Walmart Canada, with the new footings settling on a poorly done engineered fill. The previous winter

Credit Valley Hospital

/ Micropiles, Shotcrete

Alternative to Save Time and Money The Credit Valley Hospital in Mississauga, Ontario is undergoing a massive expansion and renovation. HC Matcon was brought in to undertake the shoring, underpinning,

Parkside Dr. Slope Stabilization

/ Helical Piles

Parkside Dr. Slope Stabilization The City of Toronto tendered a slope stabilization project that required the installation of helical piles in the embankment of a failed slope on Parkside Drive

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