Maintenance and Storage Facility

Construction of a Maintenance Facility

The mandate for the Leslie Barns Streetcar Maintenance and Storage Facility was to build a new 27,000 m² maintenance building capable of repairing 20 vehicles, all at once.

The building includes mechanical and control rooms, an electrical substation, offices, numerous areas for maintenance and repair equipment, approximately 8 km of storage track, and a parking area.

For this project, our team was involved in the following activities:

• Construction.
• Preparatory work.
• Construction drawing modeling via BIM (Building Information Modelling).
• Participation in the design of many elements.
• Specialized equipment purchases (for example, from Europe and United States). 
• Commissioning, training, certification, maintenance, and six-month warranties (after completing the work).

In line with our ongoing goal of promoting sustainable development on our work sites, we implemented many innovative green systems and procedures, including the following:

• A stormwater management pond.
• The largest green roof of any transit facility in Canada (one of the top five in Toronto and top ten in Canada).
• A work process to divert at least 70% of the solid landfill waste generated on-site.
• A green berm to preserve natural views.

Coordinating Complex Underground Systems

We successfully coordinated many complex underground systems in terms of their layout, elevation and physical installation.

Construction on a Former Landfill Site

We installed a collection system to handle the methane gas fumes from the soil — and decontaminated the soil in order to build the new structure.

Managing Parallel Work

With up to 350 workers on site at peak times for various jobs done in parallel, we tightly coordinated the delivery and installation of specialized equipment to prevent delays.