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Construction Today The Magazine for the People Who Build America Construction Today examines best practices in the general building, heavy construction and associated specialty trade sectors. Its readers are leaders at major contracting, engineering and design firms, equipment manufacturers and suppliers of construction materials and building products, as well as public and private project owners and regulators. Construction Today helps firms navigate the world of business through insightful, cross-industry articles on trends, opinions and legal issues, as well as intriguing interviews with the industry's most interesting and influential men and women.

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BAY ADELAINE 9/18/07 12:24 PM Page 149

BAY ADELAIDE CENTRE WEST TOWER PHASE 1


EllisDon says it has the
veteran personnel to plan for
challenges that might arise
on the Bay Adelaide Centre
West Tower Phase I project.

Preconstruction Required
EllisDon’s experience with high-rise commercial construction in Toronto’s congested financial district leads
to vast preplanning and precise scheduling for the Bay Adelaide Centre West Tower Phase 1.

By Brian Salgado that was removed from an existing building during the

N ot many contractors have the experience to handle


an office building project as complex as the Bay
Adelaide Centre West Tower Phase I in downtown
Toronto. But EllisDon – one of the largest general contrac-
tors in Canada – has the veteran personnel to plan for chal-
demolition phase of the project.
The scope of work for EllisDon, the construction manag-
er on the project for Brookfield Properties Corp. of New
York, includes preconstruction services and demolition of
two existing buildings and an existing tower core. The con-
lenges that could arise. struction is expected to be completed in November 2009.
“The big thing in preplanning is to evaluate the scope of
work and seeing what we can achieve with each of the Previous Experience Helps
individual trades,” Construction Manager Paul Hickey says. EllisDon also built TD4, Metro Hall, 250 Young and 180
“We review the schedule and prepare detail day-by-day Clean Street in downtown Toronto, so it understands the
planning, we have daily management meeting of all those challenges that come with building in a busy urban area.
involved both from the on-site staff and office staff.” “One of the challenges is this is on one of
Bay Adelaide Centre West
The West Tower will provide 1.2 million square feet of the busiest streets in Toronto’s Lower Tower Phase 1
office space and concourse-level retail, with one level Financial District,” Project Superintendent www.bayadelaidecentre.com
added to the existing four-level parkade, according to Mike Brodigan says. Cost: $300 million (Canadian)
Location: Toronto
EllisDon. The office tower will feature 30 elevators servic- Hickey says the company had to pay Paul Hickey:“The critical element
ing the office tower, including two service cars and two attention to potential access issues for the in preplanning a large project is
parking shuttles. The tower will have a connection to site, which included planning for vehicu- the evaluation of trade-specific
scope of work, then creating the
Toronto’s underground pedestrian tunnel system. The new lar and pedestrian traffic, as well as mate- project’s critical path schedule
tower will also feature a 12-story restored heritage façade rial delivery sequencing. and how it relates to [the trades].”

OCTOBER 2007 ■ CONSTRUCTION TODAY ■ 149

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