The walls are up

If you happen to be wandering around the north side of Wyckham House you’ll see that we’ve made a lot of progress on our expansion since our last update. Now that the piles have been driven and the excavation completed, the builders have been putting up formwork and pouring concrete.

As you can see in the photos, we’ve completed the basement and foundation of our new wing and work is steadily being completed on the main floor. In commercial construction there are two ways to build walls and floors: either with concrete or with structural steel. The Wyckham House expansion will be using concrete for the basement and main floor and structural steel for the second and third floors. This hybrid design allowed us to save on construction costs and also accommodate a building schedule that will see as little disruption to our services as possible.

Calgary’s construction market is red hot at the moment, and the demand for materials has meant that many projects have had to wait for scarce supplies to become available. Through careful planning we’ve been able to minimize any delays caused by material shortages and are proud to announce that construction is moving ahead on schedule.