FCL/Co-op Lumber Distribution Hub

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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!

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

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Station Park - Elevator Shaft Complete

Station Park

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.

 

 

3 New Gas Station Foundations

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3 New Gas Station Foundations

Edmonton, Red Deer, Sylvan Lake

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!

 

CN Walker Rail Yard

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CN Walker Rail Yard

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!

 

St Thomas Aquinas School – Provost

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St Thomas Aquinas School

Provost, AB

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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103 Street Stairs

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Feature Entrance Steps

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!

 

 

CFB Wainwright Community Centre

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CFB Wainwright Community Centre

Client: Pomerleau Construction

Tundra finished the foundation for the new community centre being constructed at CFB Wainwright. Our scope was completed in February 2020.

The project has over 2.4km of grade beam packed into a fairly tight footprint. Not much to look at once it’s all buried, but we took some interesting pictures. Slightly unusual on a project of this type, the many many intersecting beams and intense rebar at each intersection made setting the anchor bolts a lot of fun!

Thanks to a great team at Pomerleau! — Travis Ophof (superintendent) & Ryan Going (project manager)

Manchester Square – Incredible Detail

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circular concrete fountain

Complicated, crenelated grade beams!

We have completed our last project as Jutras Construction, and have helped to bring about the soon-to-be beautiful Manchester Square building located on 107 ave in Edmonton. The amount of detail in the concrete work is incredible, and we nailed it!!!

The intricate grade beams that support the building were designed not just for structural steel, but also to carry the detailed brick facade on an aesthetic exposed concrete base. Without question, these were the most detailed grade beams we have ever seen.

The final piece is a large circular fountain on a sloped base. (Most fountain bases will drain towards a central point: This one slopes 3 1/2″ towards a side drain. –Try standing a vertical circle on a slope.)

This is some of the highest-quality concrete formwork you will see in and around Edmonton. We are very proud of the job we have done. A big thank you to Garth at Apex Contracting for making this possible. 

 

60′-Wide “Wow” Staircase

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Mui Kwok Temple

Feature concrete staircase spans the entire building

The new Mui Kwok Temple in Edmonton is an impressive building, and features an amazing cast-in-place front staircase that is over 60′ long and 14 risers high! We completed our last pour in November when the structure was under tarps, but recently had opportunity to take some pictures.

Most formwork contractors can pour a few stair risers, but only a few can do this staircase. The formwork was constructed with precision to align the stair risers perfectly across the entire run –no scalloping, no deflection and no unsightly pour joins.

Staircase formwork showing multiple suspended stringers and flared radius sides.

Did we have any issues? Of course! The hardest problem to deal with was rebar coverage at the “throat” in one corner of the stairs where the underlying slope wasn’t as expected. Another decision made early on was not to construct the risers for removal during the pour, which meant minor touch-ups after strip-out and (possible) sacking to fill voids/air bubbles. Overall, however, the project was a resounding success!

We’re extremely proud of this one! A special thanks to our superintendent Darrel @ K-Rite Construction and to our finishers at Axiom Concrete for making this possible.