b"people and the community. Like the front porch of a prairie farmhouse, this space welcomes employees and neighbours alike. SERVICES:This sense of warmth carries throughout the building, she continues. It will Selective Demolitionshowcase natural materials that reflect our roots, soaring ceilings and expansive views that will capture the openness of a Concrete Coringprairie landscape and openness that we have always valued. At last check, PCLs crews have Wall Sawingcompleted works on the Level 1 slab and were setting up soffit forms for the Level 2 slab, which will be an oversized lobby Electric & Diesel measuring a height of six metres from floor to floor. The towers basement slab and foundation walls have also beenFlat Sawingpoured, and PCL has recently erected a free-standing tower crane to conduct the next phase of its construction. According to David Van Hooren, Senior Construction Manager with PCL, work@204demolitionon the building has gone according to plan. And in this case, he adds, that plan204demolition.caincluded being flexible to the regions somewhat unpredictable foundation elements: Winnipegs biggest challenge is foundation construction. We never know what's going to be in the ground, especially in downtown, where theres a wide variety of rock quality. Sometimes we can install a rock socketed caissonHI-RISE CARPENTRY LIMITEDthat will sit beautifully in stone at aboutALL TYPES OF SCAFFOLD60 ft. below grade, and other times we can hit a fissure or some crumbled rockACCESS SCAFFOLDSCAFFOLD CREWand not get good stone until were more RENTAL HOARDINGSHORINGthan a hundred feet down.CARPENTRYFORM WORKGARBAGE CHUTESWING STAGESRecognizing this from the onset, PCL MAST CLIMBERSworked with designers to limit the number of rock socketed caissons itYOUR SAFETY IS used by implementing H-piles for theOUR COMMITMENTperimeter, while still using them under the main columns.Otherwise, Van Hooren says construction has gone well throughout the summer of 2021 and that the project remains on track for its 2023 opening.Speaking to the developments progress to date, Carradice notes, We couldnt ask for a better team and are grateful for the skill and professionalism of everyone at True North Real Estate Development, PCL, Architecture 49 and all the firms helping to make our new North American headquarters a reality. We areTel: (204) 219-5725Fax: (204) 219-5725also grateful for the many WawanesaNo. 7 Powers Street, Winnipeg, MBR2W 2G7 employees who have devoted muchhi-risecarpentry@shaw.cawww.hirisescaffolding.catime and effort to our internal project Issue 4 Winter Edition 2021 BUILD MANITOBA 41"