b'PROJECT PROFILEERECTION OF SCAFFOLDING (LEFT) AND TARP SYSTEM (RIGHT) FOR THE HERITAGE STONE RESTORATION OF MOWAT TOWERDesign (LEED) Silver standards. Thehas leveraged PCLs smart constructionobstacles at virtually every jobsite, and Macdonald Block complex will continue toplatform, Job Site Insight, to monitorthe Macdonald Block reconstruction is no be publicly owned. environmental conditions of heritageexception. To that end, PCL is committed artwork at all hours of the day. Theto upholding worker health and safety COMPLEX PROCESS Macdonald Block complex is a provincialas its top priority while updating their 2020 has seen a lot of progress onheritage property of significance, statesprotocols and safety measures as the the Macdonald Block reconstruction.IO on its Macdonald Block Reconstructionsituation evolves.Over the past year, construction crewsProject web page. The complex has have completed demolition of theheritage value for its history, urbanAmid the global COVID-19 pandemic, the Ferguson buildings roof, excavateddesign, architecture, landscape andsafety and well-being of our workforce and waterproofed the parking garage,public art. The government is committed completed storm sewer upgrades,to preserving its many heritage elementsand their families, our partners and the undergone limestone paver removal andthroughout the reconstruction process. community, remain our highest priority, protection, and conducted ongoing Wallace affirms. We would like to design development.Activity shows no signs of slowing downrecognize and commend the strength in the year to come. According to PCL,and resilience of all workers whose The Toronto site has certainly been busy,construction activities in 2021 will includecommitment to safety has enabled us to says Wallace. The most notable changewindow replacements on the Mowat andcomplete over 600,000 hours of work to seen by the community over the past yearFerguson Towers and ongoing interiordate with zero recordable injuries.is the full scaffolding and tarp systemdemolition. Other work will include enclosing the Mowat and Fergusonabatement, restoration and heritageMuch progress has already been made Towers, he explains. This shield enablespreservation work within the Fergusonon this ambitious Ontario government the workforce to safely access theand Mowat towers, basement andproject. The initiative is on track to building exterior to effectively execute thepodium, and demolition and abatementachieve substantial completion in spring heritage stone restoration of the buildingin the Hepburn and Hearst towers. Crews2024 with staged occupancy to begin envelope, while being protected from will also begin re-roofing the Macdonald the weather. Block podium and preparing to install ashortly after.new green roof.One of the projects priorities is preservingFor more information on the project the integrity of the complexs significantPANDEMIC CHALLENGESgo to www.infrastructureontario.ca/heritage features. To that end, the teamThe 2020 pandemic has introducedMacdonald-Block-Reconstruction-Project.BUILDERSDIGEST Quarter 4 202025'