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Lakeview WTP Expansion
Phase 2 - Contract 8
Project Requirements
The Lakeview Water Treatment Plant is located along
Lake Ontario in Mississauga. This facility provides drinking
water to over one million people and is part of a long-term
redevelopment program designed to meet the increasing
demand and population growth in the Regions of Peel
and York. It serves the eastern regions of Mississauga,
Brampton, and Bolton. The western regions of Mississauga
and Brampton are serviced by the Lorne Park Water
Treatment Plant, where expansion work was also completed
by Kenaidan Contracting Ltd.
The scope of work for this contract includes: demolition of
existing structures, which began in April 2011, construction
of a new 400ml/day water treatment facility, which includes
the installation of pre-purchased membrane filtration
equipment, ozone generation equipment, UV disinfection
equipment, yard piping, and the construction of a new
operations building.
“The Lakeview expansion, when complete, will result in
one of the largest and most technologically advanced
water treatment plants in Canada,” said Andrew Farr,
Manager - Treatment Capital, Water Division for the
Region of Peel. “It uses the latest treatment technologies,
automation and building design. It will provide water to
allow growth in Mississauga and Brampton as well as
York Region. Kenaidan is making great progress on this
contract, one of the largest ever undertaken in the Region
of Peel. We look forward to working towards a successful
completion in 2014.”
Upon completion, the new facilities will be tied into the
existing plant. Kenaidan is self-performing the concrete
formwork and placement scope with support from
M.J.R. Contractors.
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Project Scope
Contract Services: Stipulated Lump Sum
Concrete: 34,715m3
Formwork: 59,000m2
Design Features:
• Large span structural steel roof
• Stainless steel tank liners
• Pre-cast wall panel system with curtain wall façade
Key Challenges:
• Tight site; requires thoughtful planning of site
compound, traffic circulation and delivery scheduling
• Comprehensive waterproofing system
• Requirement for leak testing of five different cells
below the gallery floor, including mass concrete fill
• Specific concrete pour sequence for the stainless
steel liners of the membrane tanks to minimize the risk
of deformation
Roles & Responsibilities
Owner: Regional Municipality of Peel
Prime Consultant: CH2M HILL Canada Limited
Mechanical: Kenaidan Contracting Ltd.
Plumbing & Piping: Glover-Hill Inc.
Sheet Metal: Trademark Mechanical
Insulation: Insulcana
Controls: Johnson Controls
Electrical: Lexsan Electrical Inc.
Concrete Formwork: Kenaidan Contracting Ltd.
& M.J.R. Contractors Ltd.
Concrete Supply: James Dick Group Inc.
Structural Steel: I.B.L. Structural Steel Limited
Excavation: Blu-Mar Excavating & Grading Ltd.
Waterproofing: Algoma Contracting
Yard Piping: Moretti Excavation Ltd.
Demolition: Quantum Murray LP, Murray Demolition
Division
Team Kenaidan
Project Director: David Murray
Senior Site Supervisor: Dave Ramberg
Estimator: Steve Burt
Project Administrator: Leah Halewood
Project Coordinator: Denise Angelakos
Project Coordinator Assistant
(Co-op Student): Zainab Heddokheel
M & E Coordinator: Steve Radencich
Project Engineer: Mario Sarabando
Project Engineer Assistant: Nick Cacciacarro
Inside This Issue
FEATURE PROJECT
Eglinton Crosstown
LRT West Launch Project
RECENTLY
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Oakville South West WWTP
Phase 3 Upgrades
FEATURE CREW
Lakeview WTP Expansion
Phase 2 - Contract 8
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Eglinton Crosstown
LRT West Launch Area
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Project Requirements
The Eglinton-Scarborough Crosstown LRT
(Light Rail Transit) line will connect the West End of
Toronto to its East End, in order to improve mobility in
the city due to the increase in population growth
and traffic congestion. The new line will be primarily
constructed underneath Eglinton Avenue and will run
25.2km from Black Creek Drive in York to McCowan
Road, ending at the Kennedy Station in Scarborough.
Collectively, 19.5km of the line will run underground
and 5.7km will be elevated.
Project Scope
In order to permit unhindered vehicle movements on
Eglinton Avenue during the overall project, a temporary
road deck, consisting of concrete deck plates and
structural steel beams will be installed to allow excavation
and future tunnelling operations.
This project represents the first phase of an $8.2 billion
transit expansion program, which is one of the most
expensive lines in the world.
“The Eglinton-Scarborough Crosstown is one of the
largest transit expansion projects in North America today
– and it’s happening right here in Toronto. Every day,
more than 66,000 patrons ride the Eglinton 32 and 34
bus routes. The improved convenience and capacity that rail transit
will bring to this corridor has been clearly established,”
said Thomas R. Pavlick, TTC Project Manager – Launch
Areas Eglinton Crosstown LRT. “Building the West
Launch shaft near Black Creek as an advanced project
will provide a significant schedule advantage to the overall
Crosstown project, as it will enable a major component of
the tunnelling operations to be in place just in time for the
first bored tunnel construction.” Kenaidan was awarded the first contract in this massive and
complex expansion. The project consists of the construction
of a launch shaft into the profile of a hill beneath Eglinton
Avenue. Through a series of traffic stages, the project will
include the widening of the bridge over Black Creek and
the construction of a contiguous caisson wall to permit the
excavation of a 60m long x 20m wide x 17m deep access
shaft for the TBM (tunnel boring machine). TBM equipment
is scheduled to arrive in July 2012.
Contract Services: Stipulated Lump Sum
Concrete: 16,000m3
Formwork: 72,200m2
Design Features:
• Rerouting of existing services: storm, sanitary
and electrical
• Road widening to permit traffic realignment
• Contiguous caisson shoring wall – 297 caissons
• 60m x 20m x 17m deep excavation
• Tieback installation to occur under the elevated
road deck
• Widening of bridge over Black Creek
Key Challenges:
• Tight schedule
• Space limitations
• Heavy traffic volumes/traffic management
Team Kenaidan
Project Manager: Herman Reinders
Site Supervisor: Bob Saunders
Project Director: John Goffredo
Estimator: Allan Sheung
Project Administrator: Sandra Piccini
Project Engineer: Courtney Hoaran
Roles & Responsibilities
Rendered image provided by TTC.
Prime Consultant: Transit City Group
Prime Consultant: TTC (Transit Expansion Dept.)
Environmental Initiatives
Kenaidan recently completed its second legal assessment for environmental, health and
safety (EHS) compliance to all the applicable laws and regulations that apply to our
business by a third party consultant. The consultant visited the Shop, Lakeview WTP,
Oakville SW WWTP, and Ashbridges Bay Building D sites and completed a review of
our EHS program manual. During this assessment, the consultant noted a significant
improvement in the EHS awareness of staff, and in controls implemented and maintained
on the sites, compared to the last assessment conducted in 2008. This assessment
captures the progress that has been made over the last three years. The site teams and
workers should be pleased that this continual improvement is a result of their dedication
and commitment to our EHS program.
There has been a greater focus on waste management on all of our projects. Our corporate
goal is a 50% diversion rate; however for LEED registered and stringent environmental
projects, such as Eglinton Crosstown LRT, the diversion goal is much higher. As of
the end of July 2011, the overall combined diversion rate of landfill waste from all our
sites currently in operation was approximately 73%. This mark is well above our current
corporate goal. Including materials recycled from demolition operations, the diversion
rate jumped to 90%. With the Erindale GO Parking Structure and First Leaside Office
Headquarters (both LEED projects) just underway, we hope to exceed our current waste
management numbers going forward.
In the next few months, we’ll be introducing an environmental slogan that will become
a fundamental part of the Kenaidan culture and will be visible on all our sites and in
various mediums throughout the company. This addition to our branding will emphasize
our continual commitment to the environment and will also improve the visibility of our
environmental management system.
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Sustainability in our
Construction Processes
By Louise Kennedy
Over the past 12 years working with Kenaidan in various
roles, I’ve seen an increasing focus in our environmental
awareness. Our proactive green approach is evident in
our current efforts with the LEED (Leadership in Energy
and Environmental Design) designated projects that
we are constructing. If you asked people what they
associated with the phrase “greening” of construction in
the early days of Kenaidan, they might have suggested
adding sod or fancy paint colours! But now, buzzwords
such as “light harvesting” and “photo-voltaics” are
frequently associated with the volumes of concrete and
water treatment processes Kenaidan is known for.
We are currently involved in four projects that are in various stages of design and
construction with applicable LEED credits: Duffin Creek WPCP Dewatering & Incineration,
First Leaside Office Building, Erindale GO and Ajax GO Transit Parking Structures. With
my involvement on the Erindale project, I’m excited to be learning new roles and helping to
coordinate the LEED aspects of the project.
• LEED incorporates principles such as: selecting a site to utilize existing population
density, allowing for alternative methods of transportation, rewarding sites that are
located on bus routes, rail routes or with bike or electric car parking.
• LEED also incorporates principles such as: reducing light pollution from street lighting
and parking lot lights, adding daylight and views to indoor office spaces and maximizing
the availability of natural light.
• Other principles include: minimizing water use in low-flow toilets or by recycling “grey”
water to use on landscaping; optimizing design for reduced energy consumption,
encouraging use of renewable energy, using recycled and locally sourced materials
wherever possible, using environmentally friendly and low-voc content materials;
and indoor air quality programs. This will create the most energy-efficient and
environmentally sound building for the occupants and long-term users.
LEED involvement for Kenaidan is the process of monitoring and maintaining the
construction portions of the applicable credits and keeping accurate verification records.
For example, the Sustainable Sites Credit SS1, Erosion & Sediment Control: Kenaidan is
responsible for controlling soils and sediment erosion, reducing the negative impacts on air
and water quality within the regulations of the MOE and the LEED stipulations by preventing
sediment from filtering into the catch basins and streams and preventing dust pollution from
loose soil around the site. Control measures such as: silt fence, landscaped filter strips,
diversion ditches, straw bales, temporary seeding, and settlement ponds are all established
as needed, recorded, monitored, and are reported on monthly to meet the credit.
For Waste Management Credit MR 2.1: Kenaidan has to plan and maintain records for
the diversion of construction waste and debris from landfill disposal by 50-75%, with
onsite recycling and reusing of materials. We have an elaborate Waste Management Plan,
separate recycling bins and removals to registered waste tipping sites, which weigh and
record their loads to recycling facilities by product.
Kenaidan’s efforts, along with our consultants and subcontractors, with regards to
specifying, purchasing, and monitoring products and systems, contributes to the overall
greening of our construction projects and makes us an environmentally sustainable force in
the LEED construction marketplace.
Oakville South West WWTP Phase 3 Upgrades
R e c e n t ly C o m p l e t e d
Kenaidan’s Estimating Department POINT OF INTERE S T
Estimating is a critical component of Kenaidan’s business
model. The department is responsible for bidding on
new work for clients, which contributes to obtaining new
contracts and maintaining our business.
Working in conjunction with other members of the estimating
team and under the direction of the Chief Estimator,
estimators are responsible to prepare a guaranteed price
(called a tender or bid) for projects (contracts). Estimators
must analyze and identify the inherent risk and opportunities
that each tender presents, measure and price each element
of the scope of work, schedule the work, prepare field costs
(site overheads and staff), visit the site to review existing
conditions, solicit subcontractor pricing for scopes that we
do not perform ourselves and finally put it all together for a
specified time on the closing day. For successful tenders, the estimating department
provides post-award assistance to our Preconstruction
and Operations departments, as well as focusing on value
engineering, green building practices, sustainable design
and construction performance. Estimators also prepare
preliminary estimates for clients, consultants, and architects,
as well as estimates for contemplated change orders.
Over the years the role of the estimator has evolved, as has
technology and building techniques. Modern tools have
drastically changed how the department functions and
how bids are developed. Estimators once used pencils,
calculators and typewriters; then a change occurred with
the introduction of fax machines, email and now electronic
bid submissions. Staying current on trends, estimating
techniques, innovations, and technological advancements,
which represent progressive developments, are required
for us to remain competitive and to provide our clients with
exceptional services. The department uses new software to
measure quantities on screen and also works closely with the
BIM Department and their modeling expertise.
The team of estimators at Kenaidan are a venerable force
to be reckoned with during a tender closing. The high
energy and fast-paced environment might faze some; but
they remain calm and focused on the task at hand. Due to
the construction industry’s tender closing process, the last
30 minutes before a bid is submitted is always the most
challenging. The phones can be ringing off the hook, the
department is full of people taking down prices and clarifying
subcontractor scopes, fax machines are spitting out papers
and emails are coming in at a rapid pace. The closing room
resembles the floor of the stock exchange with everyone
waving papers in the air.
The result of several weeks or months of bid preparation
can be determined by those few minutes prior to closing
time when the final price is set and submitted to the owner.
We then anxiously await word of the tender results and then
successful or not, we gear up to start the process over again
on the next project.
Our Company, Our People
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Bird’s eye view of the slip forming at the Strachan Ave Grade Separation project.
The Kenaidan Kickers show off their true team spirit. Back Row (L to R): Oktay Selcuk,
Tim Marshall, Nick Cacciacarro. Middle Row (L to R): Alex Melnik, Jonathan Graf, Lou
Jaramillo, Jacek Schabowski, David Murray, John Murray. Front Row (L to R): Igor Melnik
Lakeview WTP Expansion
Phase 2 - Contract 8 f e a t u r e C RE W
Back Row Standing (L to R): Leah Halewood, Robert Patey (Bright Green Hat), Alex Melnik, Nick Cacciacarro, Denise Angelakos, Igor Melnik, Danny Brown, Valeri Zverev, Scott Elder,
Jonathan Peyton, Mike Van Meyl, Jordan Walsh, Robert Pietka, Jeff Evans, Patrick St. Amant, Ray Kowalik, Jeff Vallins, Silvio Marinella (Bright Green Shirt), Glen MacNeil, Dave Ramberg,
Carl Johnson, Bogdan Seghete, Bill Crawford, Andrei Balachov, Konstantin (Tito) Gospodinov, Norm Crawford, Mihai Doleanu, Steven Radencich, David Murray, Tom Butler
Front Row Kneeling (L to R): Zainab Heddokheel, Asser Al-Massraf, Lukasz Wiselka, Freeman Dunphy (Blue Hat, Crane Operator), Duane Thomas, Francois Forges, Alex MacNeil,
Eric Jason King, Cory Rodgers, Jamie Laroque (Blue Hat, Crane Operator), Mario Sarabando. Absent: Chris Phillips
Kenaidan Welcomes
Congratulations to
Bob Suffern, Site Supervisor
Elia Rizkalla, Engineering Manager
Pasquale Parente, Project Engineer
Ken Neilson for obtaining his Red Seal
Journeyman Steamfitters Certification
Norm Crawford for obtaining his Red Seal
Journeyman Carpenter Certification
Marcel Gagnon for obtaining his Red Seal
Journeyman Construction Craft Worker
Certification
Bill Crawford for obtaining his Red Seal
Journeyman General Carpenter Certification
Justin Tran for obtaining his Red Seal
Journeyman Plumbing Certification
Frank Natale on his promotion to
Preconstruction Manager
IMS – Continual Improvement
Opportunities of the Month
Award
Barry Tobin, September
Andrea Howson, August
Marcello Zanon, July
Foreman in Training Program
(FIT) Update
Daniel Demkowicz who entered the FIT program
as a Labourer Lead Hand
Upcoming Events
Kenaidan’s Annual Christmas Dinner and Dance,
Saturday, December 10th, 2011
Community Corner
Kenaidan recently made donations to:
• Coast to Coast Against Cancer Foundation
• Heart & Stroke Foundation
• Jays Care Foundation
• Free The Children
• United Way
Kenaidan Integrated Management System Mission Statement:
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To provide responsible, quality construction services utilizing superior innovation and expertise.
To develop and maintain long-term relationships with satisfied clients and suppliers.
To create a safe, challenging and enjoyable work environment where employees share in corporate growth and success.
To build on a sound financial base where future development is promoted over short-term gain.
Kenaidan Contracting Ltd.
Kenaidan Contracting Ltd.
Kenaidan Contractors Limited
1275 Cardiff Boulevard,
Mississauga, Ontario, Canada L5S 1R1
Telephone 905.670.2660
Facsimile 905.670.9172
4311 Viking Way, Unit 240,
Richmond, British Columbia, Canada V6V 2K9
Telephone 604.270.7670
Facsimile 604.270.7612
Lower James Street,
Claremorris, Co. Mayo, Ireland
Telephone 353 94 9378118
Facsimile 353 94 9373407
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