Back in April 2017, Flynn was awarded the job to reclad the 120 & 130 Adelaide West buildings in the heart of downtown Toronto. New glass would enhance thermal performance in addition to giving the 60-year-old buildings a fresh, younger look. Flynn accepted the challenge to take on the job as the general contractor – a role which was new to Flynn, but not difficult given our experience and abilities.
With 450,000 sq. ft. of glass to be installed in the form of 25,000 cassettes within 24-months, after meticulous planning it was decided that in order to achieve what Flynn was contracted to do, we would have to work in three shifts, 24-hours a day, five days a week (in addition to a floating logistics shift overlapping the mid-day and night shifts to ensure all shifts are continuously supplied with their material requirements to keep the 100 men working over the shifts busy and productive.) This was a very tough and demanding task under taken by two of our Project Coordinators, Quinn Lopez and Nasser Al Khessi who coordinated with Logistics Shift Forman, Mike Dunwoodie and on-site stores in charge, Chelsea Dawe, and looked after controlling the flow of materials into and out of the 25,000 sq. ft. off-site storage facility, which houses all the produced cassettes and components required to complete the project.
To complete this work while the buildings remain fully occupied with tenants, an innovative access plan had to be created and specially designed for the project. The answer was 18,000 sq. ft. of 25-ft. high protective decking which secures safe passage and usage of the building entrances as well as the surrounding areas and restaurant patios. We also created an independent working platform to house the daily supplied materials as well as two trails for the workers use (also a toilets trailer as well as a fully covered on- site storage facility housing the consumables and tools for everyday use.)
To be able to access the buildings and strip them of their old skin and reclad them with their long awaited new glazed skin, 30 Mast Climber working platforms and 12 Swing stages had to be deployed and installed surrounding the buildings to ensure safe and efficient access to the over 150 men working the three different shifts, including multiple sub-contractors closely supervised by three Foremen, Bill Dimond, Adam Wszolek & Ian Sammy, and a General Foreman, Larry Dawe.
To keep such a massive beast of a project running safely, two- safety specialists, Dwight Smith and Michael Rabin, have joined Flynn glazing working on day and night shifts. The idea is not only to complete the project safely, but to the best quality the industry can provide. Therefore, a dedicated quality control team has been assembled including QC Engineer Jalal Shirazi) and two qc inspectors, Avi Raveh and Jayson Angeles, who coordinate with all parties as well as the consultants and architects to ensure that the works are handed over in compliance to the project design, specification and to the client’s satisfaction and according to the project quality plan which has been established in the early days of the project. Servicing all the above as well as the project management team, is project administrator Matt Tomaszews ensuring that daily, weekly and monthly reports generated collect the required information from team members above.
The Senior Project Manager is Ahmed Fahmy, the Project Manager is Anthony Roti and the Area Superintendent is Paul Harris.
This project is expected to be completed by the end of March 2020.
