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DOWNTOWN CORE INFRASTRUCTURE RENEWAL
Location: Municipality of Mississippi Mills, Ontario
Client: Thomas Cavanagh Construction Ltd.
A major project tendered by the Municipality of Mississippi Mills to renew its downtown infrastructure system which included, sewer, storm, water, sidewalks, and landscaping throughout 4 main streets in downtown. Construction was carried out in very close proximity to aging residential, commercial, and heritage structures.
Blastek carried out an extensive and detailed pre-construction inspection program and provided vibration monitoring during bedrock excavation removal.
Location: Ottawa, Ontario
Client: Louis W. Bray Construction Ltd.
This Ministry of Transportation project included 2 sites:
Walkley Road: Where a trenchless crossing beneath Walkley Road and On-Ramp lanes is required to install a culvert 90 m long and 1.5 m in diameter. The trenchless crossing work was carried out on both the east and west of Highway 417.
Blastek was retained to monitor any ground movement between the tunneling operations and Walkley Road structure. Our professional survey team installed inground monitoring points at predetermined depth and distance with ongoing monitoring on a daily basis when tunneling operations was active. Walkley Road remained open throughout the construction phase and hence our health and safety team ensured the work was done with no incidents.
Aviation Parkway Bridge Rehabilitation: This site of the project consists of 3 overpass bridges where rehabilitation will be carried out on the bridge decks, supporting columns and adjacent culverts. Some of the required work was adjacent to a major City of Ottawa watermain infrastructure (1200 mm diameter) which was to be protected throughout construction activities.
Blastek was retained to install vibration monitoring sensors on top of the underground watermain to monitor construction induced vibration on a continuous basis during construction. The monitoring stations included onsite visual and audible alarms to notify site crew when exceedances occurred as well send emails immediately to our engineers to review the exceedances and report them accordingly.
GRAHAM CREEK STORM INFRASTRUCTURE RENEWAL
Location: Ottawa, Ontario
Client: Louis W. Bray Construction Ltd.
This is one of the main projects tendered by the City of Ottawa in 2021. It involved the replacement of 2 storms sewer lines. The first is a 410 m long storm sewer ranging in depth between 4 to 8 metres below grade located in a park setting and close to an active train tracks. The second is a 94 m long storm sewer structure that runs beneath a city road and between 2 private single family residences. The depth of this pipe is 5 metres below grade.
Blastek was retained to provide several services: vibration monitoring, pre-construction inspection, crack monitoring, groundwater level monitoring and building settlement survey. Blastek’s field engineers and technicians provided daily and weekly monitoring services for the full construction duration with exceptional service, on time and on budget.
QUEENSWAY TERRACE STORM SEWER REHABILITATION
Location: Ottawa, Ontario
Client: C.A.C.E Construction (1991) Ltd.
This project involved the rehabilitation / reconstruction of a trunk storm sewer line that spans across 7 City of Ottawa residential streets in the west end of the City for a total length of 1.2 km. Blastek was retained to provide vibration monitoring and pre-construction inspection of nearby residences for a total of 170 homes. The building inspections were completed during the COVID-19 pandemic, hence our staff completed the work with professionalism and maintaining a strict health and safety guidelines.
THE REVALIE OTTAWA APARTMENTS
Location: Ottawa, Ontario
Client: EllisDon Corporation
The Revalie is a large residential and commercial project located on Brookfield Road in Ottawa. This developed includes over 30,000 square feet of residential and commercial space. Blastek carried out pre-construction inspections on adjacent properties as well as implemented noise and vibration monitoring programs throughout the construction phase.
STEWART STREET RECONSTRUCTION
Location: Town of Renfrew, Ontario
Client: Thomas Cavanagh Construction Ltd.
This project was necessary as the existing street infrastructure has reached the end of its life-cycle. The project included the reconstruction of sanitary sewers, storm sewers, watermains, lateral services, roads, curbs, sidewalks among other road work. Blastek was retained to carry out a pre-construction survey of all adjacent homes (70 properties) and buildings as well as landscaping areas that will be affected by construction activities.
ROAD, SEWER AND WATERMAIN CONSTRUCTION (FAIRBAIRN ST, BELLWOOD AVE, WILLARD ST AND BELMONT AVE)
Location: Ottawa, Ontario
Client: Louis W. Bray Construction Ltd.
This project consisted of full road reconstruction including replacement of existing watermain, sewers and other road work. Blastek was retained to carry out a pre-construction survey of all adjacent homes as well as landscaping areas that will be affected by construction activities. Construction was carried out in two phases over 2020 and 2021 construction season. Over 170 properties were surveyed in total and were done on time to meet client’s construction schedule. Rock excavation was required throughout the entire project and hence Blastek provided our client with a site specific vibration monitoring plan followed by it’s successful implementation for the full construction duration.
ELGIN STREET RENEWAL
Location: Ottawa, Ontario
Client: Aecon Construction Ontario East Ltd.
One of Downtown Ottawa’s main streets, Elgin Street construction was carried out between Highway 417 northerly to Gloucester Street. Construction included upgrading underground utilities, hydro, widening of the sidewalks and shared use lanes etc.
Blastek provided pre-construction building inspection of all structures adjacent to the construction zone which included multiple high-rise structures, heritage buildings. Once construction commenced, vibration monitoring was carried out on adjacent structures as well as underground utilities such as watermains, sewer lines and high voltage hydro line. A site specific vibration monitoring plan was submitted to the City for approval followed by it’s successful implementation for the full construction duration.
NORTH KANATA TRUNK SEWER PHASE 2
Location: Ottawa, Ontario
Client: Louis W. Bray Construction Ltd.
This scope of this project was to install a trunk sewer line (1200 mm diameter) and approximately 2100 m long to service the growing North Kanata area. Part of the installation was to blast existing bedrock along an active railway tracks, approximately 5 m away.
Blastek provided engineering services and blasting recommendation to the blasting contractor to ensure minimum damage to the existing tracks. Vibration monitors were installed along the track to monitor blasting vibration after every blast. The project was completed successfully with no damage to any nearby structures.
RIDEAU RIVER ICE BLASTING
Location: Ottawa, Ontario
Client: City of Ottawa
Blastek was awarded a 3 year contract (2016 to 2018) with the City of Ottawa to provide vibration and air overpressure monitoring for the yearly Rideau River Flood Control Project. The City of Ottawa, in partnership with the Rideau Valley Conservation Authority, undertakes ice blasting along the Rideau River during the beginning of the thawing season to allow water to flow unrestricted and to prevent possible spring flooding in the flood-prone areas along the Rideau River.
Blastek Engineering installs monitoring equipment at nearby structures along the Rideau River to ensure that the induced vibration and air overpressure are within industry standards.
Blastek is proud to take part in this unique project that is one of a kind in the world.
TERRA VERDE
Location: Kingston, Ontario
Client: Cruickshank Construction Ltd.
Terra Verde is a large residential and commercial project located in the west end of the City. The proposed development is being built on a 16 acre site at the intersection of Centennial and Cataraqui Woods Drives. A future home of townhouses and condominium buildings.
Blastek provided blasting engineering services during the rock blasting operations throughout the site where we submitted a site specific blast design followed by close monitoring of vibration and overpressure at neighboring residential and commercial buildings.
Prior to blasting operations, Blastek implemented a pre-blast survey program where the existing condition of all structures located in the vicinity of the blast site was photographed and documented as per the Ontario Provincial Standards.
WOODCREST ROAD ROADWAY and WATERMAIN REHABILITATION
Location: Ottawa, Ontario
Client: C.A.C.E Construction(1991) Ltd.
This project consisted of full road reconstruction including replacement of existing watermain, sewers and other road work. Blastek was retained to carry out a pre-construction survey of all adjacent homes as well as landscaping areas that will be affected by construction activities. Over 80 properties were surveyed within a short time span to meet client’s construction schedule. Rock excavation was required throughout the entire project and hence Blastek provided our client with a site specific vibration monitoring plan followed by it’s successful implementation for the full construction duration.
ARNPRIOR DOWNTOWN REVITALIZATION
Location: Town of Arnprior, Ontario
Client: Thomas Cavanagh Construction Ltd.
This downtown revitalization project is the Town’s largest single self-funded project made towards the rehabilitation of its aging infrastructure. The project included the reconstruction of sanitary sewers, storm sewers, watermains, roads, curbs, sidewalks among other road work. Blastek was retained to carry out a pre-construction survey of all adjacent homes and buildings as well as landscaping areas that will be affected by construction activities. Over 150 properties were surveyed in 2016 and beginning of 2017.
COLUMBUS AVENUE RECONSTRUCTION
Location: Ottawa, Ontario
Client: Normand Excavation
This project consisted of full road reconstruction including replacement of existing watermain, sewers and roadway work. Blastek was retained to carry out a pre-construction survey of all adjacent homes as well as landscaping areas that will be affected by construction activities. Over 100 properties were surveyed meeting and exceeding our client’s set target date.
HIGHWAY 60 REHABILITATION
Location: Town of Renfrew, Ontario
Client: Goldie Mohr Ltd.
This project consisted of rehabilitating 1.6 km of Highway 60 located between Hall Avenue and Gillan Road in the Town of Renfrew. Construction work included watermain and sewer replacement, concrete walkways, intersection improvements among other road work. Blastek was retained to carry out a pre-construction survey of all adjacent buildings as well as landscaping areas that will be affected by construction activities. Over 50 properties were surveyed again in a short time span to meet client’s construction schedule.
SPENCER STREET RECONSTRUCTION
Location: Ottawa, Ontario
Client: Greenbelt Construction Ltd.
The project included the rehabilitation of the roadway, sewers and watermain including curbs, sidewalks and raised intersections. Blastek was retained to provide multiple services such as pre-construction surveys, vibration monitoring as well as foundation crack monitoring. A site specific vibration and crack monitoring plan was submitted to the City of Ottawa for approval. The pre-construction survey was carried out for over 120 residential homes as well as landscaping areas in a short time span again exceeding our client’s expectation. Foundation cracks were documents and our experienced engineers selected a number of cracks at various locations to be monitored for movement during the full construction duration on a regular basis. During rock excavation, a remote vibration monitoring program was implemented to ensure vibration induced by construction activities did not exceed the specified guidelines.
Blastek Engineering Group Inc. traces its experience back 15 years between Northern and Eastern Ontario with the current President, Ben Hammoud, P.Eng, leading the way. We ensure that all projects are done with utmost professionalism…