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Historic City Hall July 21, 2017 - Wrap is complete
was a key factor in fulfilling project timelines and The wrap displayed a large-scale graphic image
decreasing costs. depicting the building beneath it – an industry
standard for long term heritage rehabilitation
Bell says that while all the workers were protected projects when a building will be under wraps for
by their personal safety equipment, the public years. In this case, Historic City Hall was underneath
wouldn’t have been. “The wrap kept the workers the wrap for three years.
working through each season and the silicone
environment contained,” he says. “It also helped A ROUND-THE-WORLD-SEARCH
FOR NEW SANDSTONE
us manage the project in a very busy part of
town. It allowed the LRT to keep running and the
library to be kept open - we didn't impact any of To preserve the look and heritage of the building
the surrounding aspects by keeping the building while ensuring its longevity, sandstone was used for
wrapped up, which is great.” the rehabilitation. Unfortunately, the local sandstone
which was originally used is no longer
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