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December 21, 2009
Project progress
Getting glazing at the X Condos in Toronto
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Glass installation continues on the X Condos in Toronto. Tucker Hi-Rise is construction manager for the 44-storey, 410-unit project, which will also include six levels of underground parking.
The owner is Great Gulf Homes and the 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; Cadetta Concrete & Drain; 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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