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August 25, 2008
Digging deep at X Condos project
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Below-grade work continues at the X Condos in Toronto.
Tucker Hi-Rise is the construction manager on the X Condos project, on behalf of owner Great Gulf Homes.
The 44-storey, 410-unit project was designed by architectsAlliance and Arsenault Architect Inc.
Consultants are Halcrow Yolles (structural); Able Engineering (mechanical/electrical); and Janet Rosenberg & Associates (landscape).
Subtrades include ProGreen Demolition; Anpro Excavating & Grading; Deep Foundation Contractors Inc. (shoring/caissons); Canada Wide Reinforcing Steel Co. Ltd.; Italform Ltd. (formwork); Innocon Inc. (concrete supply); Primo Mechanical; Bellwood Sheet Metal Ltd. (HVAC); Speedy Electric Contractor Ltd.; Allan Window Systems Ltd.; and ThyssenKrupp Elevator Ltd.
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