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May 15, 2008
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Structural steel takes shape at GO Transit’s new Streetsville bus-repair facility in Mississauga, Ontario.
Buttcon builds bus-repair shop in Streetsville
Buttcon Ltd. began work on GO Transit’s two-storey bus-repair facility, a design-build project, in August 2007. Completion is scheduled for January 2009. Strasman Architects Inc. designed the building.
Consultants are Read Jones Christoffersen Ltd. (structural); MCW Consulting Ltd. (mechanical/electrical); and IBI Group (landscape/civil).
Subtrades include Blu-Mar Excavating; Geosolv (shoring/caissons); Harris Rebar; R & A Contracting (formwork); Pre-con Inc. (precast); Skyhawk Steel Construction (structural steel); Dufferin Concrete; Bernel Masonry; Nekison Engineering & Contractors Ltd. (mechanical); Fortis Electric Ltd.; Nedlaw Roofing; Kone Inc. (elevators); and London Paving.
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