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