Mill Pond Estates

Shotcrete

Shotcrete: Low Cost and Overcoming Hillside Access Issues

This 12,000 sq. ft. project involved temporary hillside shoring for a developer in Tillsonburg.

The project was completed during winter months with winter protection of panels and concrete and special measures by HC Matcon designed for winter conditions.
The shotcrete shoring solution was both low cost and viable due to the hillside access issues. The final building is designed to take the hillside load through concrete shear walls and footings.
Soil nail walls do not involve stressing the anchors, while HC Matcon practices the Vancouver method of Shotcrete shoring which used strict panel sequences with post tensioning of anchors to reduce movement.
Total station monitoring can track vertical and horizontal movement of the typical Shotcrete shoring wall by fixing targets to the shoring wall as it is constructed. Work proceeds in 5-6 Ft. vertical lifts, so a project schedule is typically the height of cut, divided by 5 in weeks.

Client: Mill Pond Estates
Location: Tillsonburg, Ontario

Currie Reservoir – Continuous Caisson Wall

Increased Safety: We Used Horizontal H-Piles This project is a part of a large upgrade to the Currie Reservoir in southwest Calgary, Alberta. The project included the installation of a

65 Lillian Street Condominium Building

/ Shotcrete

65 Lillian Street Condominium Building Work on this jobsite included the excavation support system for a new condominium building located on 65 Lillian Street in Toronto, Ontario. HC Matcon used

Paruk Residence

/ Helical Piles, Shotcrete

Overcoming Poor Soil-Bearing Capacity The Paruk Residence is a high end two story structure, located at 24 York Valley Crescent in North York, Ontario, just north of the Don River.

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

Great Lakes Copper Plant

/ Shotcrete

Great Lakes Copper Plant The Great Lakes Copper Plant in London, Ontario, posed a technical challenge in shotcrete shoring. HC Matcon helped to facilitate the installation of a new copper

TTC Steels Launch Shaft

/ Caissons

TTC Steels Launch Shaft The TTC tendered the Steeles Launch Shaft project as part of the much needed Shepherd subway extension into Vaughan. HCM undertook this project as a general