Raising the Roof in the Big Apple
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connections the biannual newsmagazine of the OSCO Construction Group Raising the Roof in the Big Apple fall & winter 2016 • Wellesley College • Irving Oil Home Office • Brown University • • Draper Labs • Saint John Water Project • CPCI Award for Strescon • the biannual newsmagazine of fall & winter 2016 connections the OSCO Construction Group what’s inside projects 4 .....180 Water Street, New York 15 ...Cellular Concrete 26 ...Precast Infrastructure 2016 6 .....Wellesley College 16 ...Irving Oil Home Office 31 ...Power Dam Projects 8 .....Aulac Big Stop 18 ...Saint John Water Project 32 ...Brown University 9 .....Dolan Road Irving 20 ...Draper Labs 33 ...Centre Moncton Centre 10 ...St. Stephen Circle K 21 ...Jones Lake Spillway 34 ...Precast Car Dealerships 11 ....Beauty of Precast Award 21 ...UMass SMAST 2 35 ...Miramichi Centennial Bridge 12 ...Tactile Plates 22 ...Uptown ANBL Store 35 ...Rebar Projects 13 ...Shediac Route 15 Underpass 24 ...667 Congress 36 ...Miscellaneous Metals 14 ...CRRC Rail Assembly 25 ...Around the Refinery 36 ...115 Hartwell Avenue priorities 37 ... Safety: Group Safety Awards 38 ... Facilities: Charlottetown Upgrades 3 ..... Message from 40... Facilities: Canaan Mountain Sand the President 40... Facilities: New 38m Ready Mix Pump 52 ...Our Locations 41 ... Environment: Approval to Operate public & community people 44 ... Employee Appreciation 42 ... Saint John Touch a Truck Celebration 42 ... Special Olympics Truck 47 ...OSCO Group Picnic Convoy 48 ...Retirement Lane 42 ...Greenslade Bursary Winner 49 ...OSCO Group Bursaries 43 ...Oromocto LAV Monument 50 ...Training & Development 43 ...NSCC Bursary Winner 50 ...OSCO Golf Challenge 51 ...Fresh Faces 51 ...Congratulations OSCO construction group CONNECTIONS is the biannual magazine of the OSCO on our cover... Construction Group, published every Spring and Fall to share news and information with our valued customers & employees OSCO Concrete works on 180 Water Street, on Comments and submissions are greatly appreciated and may be sent to the Manhattan Island, in New York City. editor/designer: Tammy Legacy, c/o OSCO Construction Group See story on page 4. 400 Chesley Drive, Saint John, NB • Canada • E2K 5L6 email: [email protected] 2 www.oscoconstructiongroup.com message from the president Message from the President 2016 comes to an end, the into Canada and the United States. In the Canadian Maritimes, the cities As OSCO Group has seen the Another factor which distinguishes of Halifax and Moncton still show business climate recover in many Ocean Steel from some other North signs of growth going into 2017 and geographic areas where we sell American fabricators is that they have beyond. Saint John has also recov- our products and services. The chosen to source raw steel shapes ered, with more activity along the only exception has been our struc- from China, Korea and other east- harbour waterfront, and with some tural steel business. Fabricated steel ern bloc countries at a significant heavy industrial expansion on the components can be economically discount. Quality issues have become horizon. Prince Edward Island should shipped many hundreds of miles, apparent from these sources, making remain steady, with some moderate allowing fabricators from other them less attractive going forward. growth, over the next few years. In Newfoundland & Labrador, we antici- In the United States, pate more decline of resource-based “As we mature and expand as a Group, the strong New exports and a weaker construction England construction market for the next several years. we are becoming more involved with market, centered on different and more elaborate types of the Boston metropoli- Competing in many geographic mar- tan area, appears to be kets with a diverse group of products construction delivery formats.” spreading north into & services remains one of our prin- Maine and south into cipal strategies; another is to move regions of North America to enter Rhode Island and Connecticut. The away from the commoditization that into our traditional markets when mid-Atlantic region is also showing occurs when you participate in only local markets have slowed down. higher levels of commercial building “hard-bid and build” projects. As we We are currently seeing this trend on activity. This added demand should mature and expand as a Group, we the eastern seaboard of the United help to offset the added supply of are becoming more involved with States, where some new fabrica- more steel fabrication capacity. different and more elaborate types tors have emerged as a result of the Nevertheless, as the steel market of construction delivery formats. The slowdown in energy-based construc- improves, Ocean Steel is confident OSCO Group has recently taken a tion in the oil producing states and that it will remain a viable player in its role in some Public Private Partner- provinces. In addition, offshore fab- specialty of complex, highly engi- ships or “Triple P’s” which can include ricators, particularly from China, are neered building frames. additional responsibilities, such as, to shipping structural steel components continued on page 41... www.oscoconstructiongroup.com connections | fall & winter 2016 3 projects 4 connections | fall & winter 2016 www.oscoconstructiongroup.com projects 180 Water Street “Top of the House”, New York City contributed by: Richard Heckel mounted derrick crane that would bear on the new level steel at the 27th floor. Hoist- 180 Water Street - Top of the ing steel from the ground would have The House project is located in been on the John Street side of the build- the busy financial district in downtown ing. Following a recent crane accident Manhattan, at the corner of Water and at another job site, the NYC Department John Streets. Collaborative Construc- of Cranes and Derricks restricted crane tion Management awarded Ocean Steel operation in windy conditions. Since this Corporation of Conklin, NY, a contract for site is exposed to constant wind from the the fabrication and delivery of 400 tons East River, the Erector chose an alterna- of structural steel for seven additional tive means to hoist the steel to the roof. levels to be added on top of an existing 26 An existing hoistwell was used allowing story building. In addition, reinforcement the steel to be lifted from the ground floor steel was supplied to GMC Contracting up to the Top of the House. A hoist was & Estimating Services for the lower levels mounted on the roof and later reposi- of the existing building, including column tioned to higher levels after each floor reinforcing plates, transfer girder and new was completed. The construction elevator vertical bracing from the ground up. was also utilized for pieces less than 14’-6” long. The Erector then moved/erected the Shop drawings for the Top of the House steel on the upper levels via forklift and started in December 2015 and the deliv- material lifts. eries of steel will continue until October 2016. Hache Technical Services Ltd. and In this older part of the city at the southern OSCO’s Detailing Department provided tip of Manhattan, the streets are nar- shop drawings for this project and OSCO’s row, congested, and do not follow a grid Engineering Department provided the pattern. With no laydown area available, connection design. Detailing and Engi- delivery of steel was a challenge that neering groups both had to make many required close coordination between the adjustments as demolition progressed, as Erectors and our shop. Loads had to be unknown details in the existing building carefully planned in order to transport on were exposed to view. straight trucks (27’-0” long), so they could be off-loaded in the building’s interior GMC Contracting & Estimating Services loading dock. from Newark, NJ completed the erec- tion of the reinforcing steel. Memco, Inc. Cliff Williams (Ocean’s Field Construction from Culpeper, Virginia erected the Top Manager) has spent several months on top of House steel. The Erectors were very of this building, keeping watch over this pleased with the ease and fit up of all the project. The building is located one block steel that was provided. from the East River with views of Brooklyn Bridge, City Hall and the Freedom Tower at Renovations of existing buildings always World Trade Center. The pictures used in have their own challenges and 180 Water this article were provided by Cliff. This is was not any different. The original con- another job that required extra efforts by cept was to erect the steel using a roof- all involved. www.oscoconstructiongroup.com connections | fall & winter 2016 5 projects Wellesley College Strescon Provides Custom Architectural Precast for Pendleton West Hall Renovation contributed by: Brendan Clancy, P.Eng. ing a woodgrain appearance using pattern of wood boards with various various products, including precast widths, lengths, thicknesses, eleva- ellesley College has been a and cast-in-place concrete. Using tions and finishes. These drawings provider of Liberal Arts based a combination of colored concrete were then converted into a final Weducation to women since and wood boards as a form liner, shop drawing for use by Strescon’s its founding in 1870 including current Strescon was able to create the look carpenters to layout Hem-Fir boards, Presidential Candidate Hillary Rodham and feel the design Clinton (prior to her attending Yale team desired. This “Each panel consisted of a “random” pattern Law). In June of 2015, they undertook allowed Strescon to a project to renovate Pendleton West secure the supply of wood boards with various widths, lengths, Hall. These renovations will include and installation of thicknesses, elevations and finishes.” a new Center for Creative Arts and a 24 solid precast brand-new Music Arts Pavilion. panels (simulated wood finish), 12 solid precast soffit supplied by Consigli, onto the casting Consigli Construction, based out of panels (simulated wood finish) and table. The colored concrete was then Milford, MA, was retained by Welles- 44 stair treads and landings (colored poured over the boards, providing ley College to manage the project.