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April 18, 2008
Bird Construction helps celebrate “topping off” of McMaster engineering building
SUSAN BUBAK
David Wilkinson (left), dean of engineering at Hamilton’s McMaster University, holds the faculty’s Fireball flag with Paul Charette, chairman and CEO of Bird Construction Co., during a topping-off ceremony.
Representatives from Bird Construction, McMaster’s Facility Services, Vermeulen/Hind Architects, the Faculty of Engineering and University officials were joined by construction and trades people as they marked the structural completion of McMaster University’s new engineering building.
To date, more than 55 construction and trades people have been involved in concrete forming, mechanical and electrical work on the five-storey, 125,000-square-foot project. A finishing crew is now on the job and completion of the building is expected in late spring 2009.
The project was designed by Vermeulen/Hind Architects. Consultants include Halcrow Yolles (structural) and Vanderwesten + Rutherford Associates Inc. (mechanical-electrical).
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