b'BUILDING RESTORATIONTHE DECISION WAS MADE TO REMOVE MASSEY HALLS EXTERIOR FIRE ESCAPE, WHICH WAS NOT ORIGINAL TO THE BUILDINGbut people were attached to them,glass and lead caning repaired andback to a certain level where it retains Arous says. Thats the thing aboutreinstalled behind protective glass, theysome of the age and charm. heritage construction; everyone has theirwill now be viewable up close from the own interpretation of what Massey Hallpassarelles. Blinds on the inside will blackThe same principle applied to many means. Its walking that fine line betweenout light during a show. building elements, down to the brass what people think it should look like andrailings. Its heavily monitored by the what it really did look like back in time. People think they want full restoration,consultants every step of the way. when they really dont, says Arous. TheThe mock-up requirements are very Those who miss the fire escapes mayexterior brick of the building has a patinastrenuous, notes Arous.feel compensated by the reappearanceto it. If you clean it back to its original of four large-scale stained-glass windowscondition, you get a brick thats not thatMUSEUM OFdepicting great composers, which haventnice to look at; the colour is almost pink.CONTEMPORARY ARTbeen seen for decades. With crackedYou find a happy medium: you clean itMultiplex Construction Canada Ltd. (Multiplex) recently carried out a renovation and fit-out of 158 Sterling Road, the former Tower Automotive Building, for the Museum of Contemporary Art (MoCA). This entailed the renovation of the 10-storey tower built in 1919, once the tallest building in Canada, to house MoCA on the first five floors and a commercial base build with a shell and core finish for professional offices on the remaining levels.One challenge we encountered was with \x1f\x1e\x1d\x1c\x1b\x1a\x19\x18\x17\x16\x15\x14\x17\x16\x1e\x1d\x13\x18\x12\x17\x1a\x1d\x11\x1a\x10\x17\x1c\x1b\x16\x16\x0f\x1d the buildings existing elevator shaft, \x0e\x1b\x1a\x16\x18\x15\x1c\x16\x12\x1b\x1a\x1d\x0c\x17\x1a\x17\x19\x1e\x18\x0f\x1d\x1b\x1a\x1d\x0b\x12\x1d\x17\x1b\x12\x1a\x16\x1e\x1a\x16\x1d says project lead James Manley. The \x16\x1b\x1d\x0e\x0b\x17\x12\x18\x17\x1a\x1d\x1b\x08\x1d\x16\x0b\x1e\x1d\x07\x1b\x18\x1b\x1a\x16\x1b\x1d\x0e\x1b\x1a\x16\x18\x15\x1c\x16\x12\x1b\x1a\x1d existing dimensions were too small for the standard elevator cab sizes, so Multiplex \x06\x1b\x1c\x12\x17\x16\x12\x1b\x1a\x1d\x13\x1b\x17\x18\x10\x1d\x1b\x08\x1d\x05\x12\x18\x1e\x1c\x16\x1b\x18\x04\x1d appointed a specialist contractor to build a bespoke, appropriately-sized vertical transportation cab.Also, says Manley, the elevator pit was WE DESIGN, FINANCE, CONSTRUCT, EQUIP, OPERATE,lower than the water table. There were AND MANAGE ANYTHING THAT CAN BE BUILT.no civil drains onsite, and water was protruding into the site through old city 26Quarter 2 2020 BUILDERSDIGEST'