Pouring concrete in the cold weather has its challenges, but we also get to enjoy days of incredible beauty! There’s nothing quite like a blanket of fresh snow or hoarfrost on winter trees.
The two sites pictured are Cleartech Warehouse for Petra Holdings, and Sturgeon Lake Women’s Shelter for JEN COL Construction.
Tundra recently completed the foundations for two new Edmonton grocery stores: a Co-op Food Store located in the Orchards neighbourhood, and a new Sobey’s FreshCo located on Manning Drive. We’re proud of our workers for completing both jobs on extremely tight schedules, and it was great to work for these two general contactors again: Norson Construction and Eton-West Construction!
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Tundra recently completed the foundation for this new Shoppers Drug Mart going up on Gateway Blvd in Edmonton. This was a fun job for us, and our first for Fillmore Construction, who we hope to work with again! We love pic #3: it showcases the difference in formwork quality between the loading dock grade beam (not exposed to view) and the ramp wall (will be visible).
Our carpenters love to create formwork for structural concrete that’s meant to be seen by the public eye. They take great care in ensuring tight seams, precise corners and bevels, and perfectly aligned tie holes. The stability of the formwork is crucial, especially when it needs to withstand the immense pressure exerted by thousands of pounds of concrete.
The provided images showcase two recent projects: wheelchair ramp walls at St. Mary’s School in Fort Vermilion (with Jen-Col Construction Ltd.) and loading dock walls at FCL’s Lumber Distribution Hub in Fort Saskatchewan (with Pemco Construction Ltd.).
We love hearing how easy it is to build on our foundations! Tundra completed the grade beam for the new FCL/Co-op Lumber Distribution Hub in Fort Saskatchewan, AB with 100% accuracy on our anchor bolts. The steel erecting crew was able to place the building with zero problems!
For anyone who doesn’t know structural concrete, these high-strength anchor bolts cast into the concrete play a vital role: they transfer the loads from the steel column to the foundation. Their location needs to be extremely accurate, typically within 3 or 6mm!
We’re proud that we got it done in the middle of winter, with temperatures dropping as low as -25C. We were able to maintain our schedule despite the extra time needed to heat the formwork, rebar, and concrete while it cured.
Thanks to our client, Pemco Construction Ltd. and site superintendent Jordan Woods – you were great to work with! Looking forward to the next one!
Station Park is an exciting new project: Edmonton’s (first) retail and food & beverage shipping container park! Located on the corner of Whyte Ave and Gateway Blvd, Tundra completed all the formwork required for this building.
The elevator shaft is the interesting part of this project: Using the Gates Cam-Lock system, we were able to complete the entire 3-story shaft in 3 weeks! The result is a high-quality concrete structure.
Visit stationparkyeg.com for more info about the development.
Tundra Foundations finished three new gas stations in August and September for Keller Construction: a Petro-Canada convenience store, car wash, and canopy in the Edmonton Windermere neighborhood; a Circle-K convenience store and car wash in Sylvan Lake, and a Circle-K car wash in Red Deer.
All sites were great to work on –kudos to the three different Keller site superintendents: Chris, Earl, and Rick!
Check out the complicated step footings for one of the car washes!
Fueling Platform & Tank Ring Foundation
Tundra was contacted in late November to help Phoenix Petroleum with their upgrades to the CN Walker Rail Yard just north of the Yellowhead Freeway in Edmonton.
The fueling platform featured a custom structural landing adjacent to precast rail panels. The landing also incorporated an integrated curb, poured with the broom-finish landing.
The tank foundation is a large concrete ring sitting on compacted ground. Our crew had a lot of fun doing this one –our only regret is that most of the beautiful concrete will be buried!
We are proud of the work we completed for Jen-Col Construction! The new St Thomas Aquinas School project was a great experience and the team at Jen-Col was responsive and easy to work for.
The project itself was fairly standard: 5’ foundation wall on footing throughout. The only out-of-the-ordinary concrete formwork were the two suspended concrete beams above large gymnasium openings.
Our scope was completed in early October 2020.
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Tundra was contacted by Rucon Contracting to help with formwork for this feature set of stairs along 103 Street just north of Jasper Avenue. We’re proud of the results!
Tundra handled the formwork, Rucon the placing and finishing.
67′ long x 5 risers, monolithic pour to avoid seams or alignment issues.
Light sandblast finish, heavy sandblast inlay on treads.
Another challenging formwork project is completed successfully by Tundra!
