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COURTESY CONCORD ADEX INC. Cervini Painting and Decorating Ltd. has a broad and diverse portfolio which includes some of Toronto's largest and oldest builders. These beautifully dressed projects enhance the quality and workmanship that has vaulted Cervini Painting to the forefront of the painting industry. We are proud to be a part of the team working on the CityPlace Parade II project. Cervini Painting & Decorating Ltd. 21 Kenview Blvd., Unit 6 Brampton, Ontario Tel: 905-789-8293 Fax: 905-789-8091 www.cervinipainting.com Sherwin Williams has a long history of manufacturing innovative paint products that suit your project needs. Sherwin Williams brands such as Duration, Builder's Solution, and Pro-Green are all specialized to meet your painting needs for any surface of your project. You can count on Sherwin Williams products to beautify and protect the structure you have designed. Concord Adex minimized the inconvenience to displaced Block 26 West residents by arranging temporary parking spots for them. After the Skybridge left the ground, builders removed the temporary shoring and residents got their parking spots back. The team also inalized the bridge design and plans as Block 26 West went up. They managed to do this with the collaboration of sub-contractors Walters Inc. and Western Mechanical Electrical Millwright Services Inc. Since it would be too expensive to dismantle and remove the hoist beams, they will remain on the roofs in serendipitously large mechanical penthouses on both towers. Concurrent with work on Block 29, the project team also managed construction of the CityPlace Pedestrian Bridge. This bridge passes over railway tracks running along the north edge of the development. Built in two separate pieces, the south span was assembled on the linear park running just south of the railway while the north span came together in a train storage facility just off Front Street, the thoroughfare to which the bridge connects. "We had to work night shifts, from 10 p.m. to 4 a.m., when installing the bridge over the railway, the only time of the day when almost no trains passed," Llamzon recalls. "We collaborated with MetroLinx – previously the Greater Toronto Transportation Authority – to keep trains off tracks. Every time a train passed our work area, we had to stop work, let the train pass and start work again." Llamzon's team took numerous safety precautions, which kept the project team injury-free. Now in place, the pedestrian bridge is set to open this fall once components like bridge lighting and safety mesh for the sides of the bridge arrive. Developed by Concord Adex as integral parts of CityPlace, the bridge, the north linear park and the parkland will become city property, turning this once-barren railway brown ield into welcoming public space. "Parade I and II and the linking bridge are the visual centrepiece of this new urban park," Gorley says. "They will become a visual pointer to the entire development." ■ LOCATION Fort York Boulevard and Dan Leckie Way Toronto, Ontario OWNER/DEVELOPER Concord Adex Developments Corp. ARCHITECT Page + Steele/IBI Group Architects DESIGN ARCHITECT Kohn Pedersen Fox CONSTRUCTION MANAGER PCL Constructors Canada Inc. (Toronto) STRUCTURAL CONSULTANT Halcrow Yolles Partnership Inc. MECHANICAL/ELECTRICAL CONSULTANT MCW Consultants Ltd. LANDSCAPE ARCHITECTS Ferris & Associates Inc. INTERIOR DESIGN Mike Niven Interior Design Inc. and Figure 3 Interior Design GROSS CONSTRUCTION AREA 812,750 square feet TOTAL CONSTRUCTION COST $161 million Sherwin Williams is proud to be part of the CityPlace - Parade II project, working with Cervini Painting & Decorating Ltd. To learn more about how Sherwin Williams can beautify and protect your project, call 1-800-4-SHERWIN, or visit www.sherwin-williams.com 94/ AUGUST 2012 p.92-95CityPlace_Nanaimo Regional.indd 94 CityPlace – Parade II 7/13/12 10:44 AM