Creative concrete projects celebrated with Ontario Concrete Awards

TORONTO — Innisfil Town Square, M City Condominiums in Mississauga, Ont. and Vendome Condominiums in Markham were just a few of the winners of the 2023 Ontario Concrete Awards.

The awards celebrate the most creative concrete projects in the province and were handed out at a ceremony Dec. 6 at Paramount Event Space in Vaughan.

Here’s who took home the top prizes:

Architectural Hardscape: Innisfil Town Square: Town of Innisfil (owner); PMA Landscape Architects Ltd. (architect of record); Rutherford Contracting Ltd. (general contractor); Champlain Ready Mix (material supplier); and UCC Group Inc. (hardscape contractor). Additional participants include Euclid Canada and Canada-Wide Reinforcing Steel Company.

Architectural Merit: CIVIC 66, Kitchener, Ont.: Killiam Apartments REIT (owner); ABA Architects Inc. (architect of record); MTE Consultants Inc. (engineer of record); Rizz Engineering Inc. (engineer of precast design); Melloul-Blamey Construction (general contractor); Stubbe’s Precast (material supplier); and AGF Rebar and Sika Canada (additional participants).

Infrastructure Project: Kingston 3rd Crossing, Kingston, Ont.: The City of Kingston (owner); BEAM Architects (architect of record); Hatch Ltd, SYSTRA (engineer of record); Peter Kiewit Sons ULC (general contractor); Canada Building Materials (material suppliers); DECAST Ltd. (precast supplier. Additional participants are Master Builders Solution.

Institutional Building: Southbridge Long term Care Home in Kemptville, Ont.: Southbridge Care Homes (owner); S.J. Lawrence Architect Incorporated (architect of record); Cleland Jardine Engineering Ltd. (engineer of record); Traugott Building Contractors (general contractor); and Stubbe’s Precast (material supplier). The additional participant is Sika Canada Inc.

Material Development and Innovation: 85 Vogell Road, Richmond Hill, Ont.: Orlando Corporation (owner and general contractor); Brenik Engineering Inc. (engineer of record); Innocon Inc. (material supplier); United Floor Ltd (flooring contractor); and Euclid Canada (additional participant).

CONCRETE ONTARIO — Concrete Ontario handed out the Ontario Concrete Awards at an awards ceremony Dec. 6 in Vaughan. Vendome Condominiums won in the Mid to High Rise Residential: Pre-Cast category. The project included 94,000 square feet of precast and 1,200 precast panels were installed.

Mid to High Rise Residential — Cast-In-Place: M CITY – M1, Mississauga, Ont.: Urban Capital Property Group, Rogers Real Estate Development Limited (owners); Core Architects Inc. (architect of record); RJC Engineers (engineer of record); EllisDon (general contractor); Innocon Inc. (material supplier); and Resform Construction Ltd. (forming contractor). Additional participants include Salit Steel.

Mid to High Rise Residential — Precast: Vendome Condominiums, Markham, Ont.: H&W Developments (owner); DIALOG (architect of record); KO Partners Ltd. (engineer of record); Caliber Structures Limited (general contractor); and TKL Group Inc. (precast concrete supplier); and Euclid Canada and Canada-Wide Reinforcing Steel Company (additional participants).

Specialty Concrete Application: County of Wellington WR32 (Lake Road) Rehabilitation, Puslinch, Ont.: County of Wellington (owner); MTE Consultants Inc. (engineer of record); Cox Construction Limited (general contractor); CEMATRIX Canada Inc. (material supplier); and Thurber Engineering Ltd. (additional participant).

Structural Engineering — Cast-In-Place: Ace Hotel Toronto: Alterra Developments, B-right, Finer Space Corporation, ProWinko Zinc Developments (owners); Shim-Sutcliffe Architects (design architects and architect of record); RJC Engineers Construction (engineer of record); Alterra Construction Management Limited (manager); Innocon Inc. (material supplier); and Salit Steel and Verdi Alliance (additional participants).

Structural Engineering — Precast: Little Long Dam Safety Bridges, Kapuskasing, Ont.: Ontario Power Generation (owner); WSP Canada Inc. (engineer of record); Peter Kiewit Sons ULC (general contractors); BPDL Inc. and BMQ, Division of Lafarge Canada Additional (material supplier); and additional participant Euclid Canada.

Sustainability: Mississauga Stormwater Tanks, Mississauga, Ont.: City of Mississauga – Transportation and Works Department (owner); Pontarolo Engineering Inc. (engineer of record); Alliance Verdi Civil Inc. (general contractor); Innocon Inc. (material supplier); and Cupolex Engineering Solutions Inc. (additional participant).