Equipment (3 albums in this category)
Equipment used by HCM and HC Matcon.
Auger Helix (one album in this category)
Photos of fabrication work done by Auger Helix.
Cool Engineering (4 albums in this category)
The Bow (6 albums in this category)
The future Bow building, located in Calgary, Alberta Canada, is an innovation in both architectural and shoring design. At 58 stories and with a footprint of two city blocks, The Bow will be the largest building in Canada west of Toronto. It will be an impressive addition to the Calgary skyline and will serve to redevelop the east side of Calgary's downtown. With 850 caissons to be drilled, combined with extensive shotcrete, there will be 13,200m2 of total shoring implemented for the construction of The Bow. This is the largest shoring job of its kind in western Canada.
Grand House (one album in this category)
The Grand House is a student designed and constructed co-operative housing project located in Cambridge, Ontario. Due to the topography of the site, limited access, and constructibility concerns, specialized foundation members were required. Conventional footings and caissons were not feasible given the site parameters. HC Matcon Inc. designed a series of micro piles which were installed battered and upon which a structural steel web was installed and used as the base for traditional framing.
Kai Towers (one album in this category)
The KAI towers complex is a multi-story residential high-rise project in downtown Calgary. The shoring design, by T.H. O'Rourke Structural, is a perched wall system that involved a combination of tied-back H-Pile shoring and shotcrete in the rock formation.
Taylor Family Digital Library (one album in this category)
Work on this site included the supply and installation of approximately 154 drilled belled (under-reamed) piles for a new university library.
Whitemud Drive Retaining Wall (one album in this category)
The Whitemud Drive retaining wall is an integral part of the city of Edmonton's expansion plan for Whitemud drive. The expansion of the roadway required the removal of an existing retaining wall and the installation of a new concrete formed retaining wall further into the embankment. HCM Contractors provided ConCreate with an alternative design that implemented significant cost savings. The solution permits integral walls of reinforced concrete to be constructed to the design specifications and geometry, which resists forces via overturning, with a high level of quality assurance.
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