by Eidelman | Jul 2 2014 | Renovations
The response by Vancouver Concrete Cutting President, David McNamara, to a recent inquiry about basement reclamations and renovations on our website: Good Morning, Thank you for contacting us regarding your basement reclaim project. We have extensive experience with this type of project and are happy to assist you with your home renovation. Before you get too far down the road towards undertaking this type of project please allow me to point out a couple of pitfalls that will determine the feasibility and associated costs of doing this type of work. The first and most important aspect of this type of work is whether your foundation is continuous. Meaning, does your foundation go full depth through the crawl space or does it step up to a partial height in the crawl space. It’s about a 50/50 whether or not your foundation is continuous or not and although your drawings may indicate one or the other the only real way to know for sure is to dig a section out. This can be done from either the inside or outside of the house, whichever is more convenient. If your foundation is continuous then you are in great shape. You can simply cut out an access into the crawl space and then remove the dirt. Then it’s simply pouring a new floor, framing, electrical, drywall and finishing and the project is done. However, If the foundation is not continuous then you will need to underpin the foundation. This entails digging out sections for footings, shoring up the house, removing the dirt, framing and pouring a new footing and foundation under the existing...
by Eidelman | Mar 13 2014 | Construction
Vancouver Concrete Cutting & Coring has signed an exclusive agreement with Ontario-based Sidewalks Plus to provide sidewalk repair and trip hazard abatement services in British Columbia and Alberta. Sidewalks Plus’ exclusive, patented precision-guided sidewalk cutting technology produces a perfect ramp with each and every cut. The benefits to municipalities include increased pedestrian safety, avoiding the high cost of sidewalk replacement, and demonstrating due diligence against liabilities and lawsuits among others. Services have already rolled out in Burnaby with other locations in BC and Alberta soon to follow. See Sidewalks Plus in...
by Eidelman | Mar 3 2014 | Construction
The City of Vancouver is investing $5.1 million for upgrades to the 81-year-old Burrard Street Bridge. Improvements include repair and replacement of bearings and expansion joints, as well as concrete rehabilitation. Congratulations to our friends at Graham Construction for undertaking this important...
by Eidelman | Dec 9 2013 | Construction
TransLink announced that it is spending $164 million on upgrades to seven SkyTrain stations and that the total spend on improvements could rise as high as $1 billion over the next 30 years. This would include more than doubling train capacity and bettering access at the Expo Line’s 20 stations. Click here to see renderings of the planned station improvements. Have your say. Is this money well...
by Eidelman | Sep 16 2013 | Construction
Dr. Diane Gardner of Cardiff University in Wales took the top prize at the British Science Festival’s “You Heard It Here First” event for work on self-healing concrete. The concrete uses a combination of crack controls including recycled fibres, bacteria, and nanotechnology. You can read a full report on the new material at NewsWales...
