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The Onyx Mechanical team provides have to build the foundation for our company Onyx Mechanical’s recent projects in the
mechanical construction services for the - a commitment that proves to our clients commercial sector include:
Death and taxes - those we all know are ties and demonstrate the value of building times in significant leaps and some of the
ICI sector of Southern Ontario and has
the universal constants, but there is a
that Onyx Mechanical is prepared to stand
mock ups. What can look acceptable on paper
out will from change the pack,” considerably says Chris. when “If you built want in With the Food fall Court fast approaching, the rush is
most • significant Toronto Eaton’s changes Centre are North still to come.
third over - aging. 68 years We of can’t combined escape experience the effects in
of the time plumbing and neither and can HVAC the industry. buildings Partners we the to real make world. a difference Sometimes you have you really to be have willing on to enclose the building and complete
construct. Chris Nielsen, They John eventually E. McKinnon fail, just and like Bryon to to “stand contribute, there” to for be the a part answer of something to come. and the • mechanical Milton Arts elements & Entertainment required Centre to
us. Backus There is, have however, built a one first-rate major difference
in the - we industry can rescue and those have structures Now with the major issues resolved, the
reputation
provide
leave your mark for those who follow to see the heat Bradford finishing. Library The finish may
worked with
still be months away, but Lister Block will
before it’s too late.
pace what of you construction could achieve,” has increased state the significantly.
partners. Lister “Onyx Block is changes our achievement, daily, some-our
times ahead for us all.
three undoubtedly
industry leaders such as GovenBrown, PCL
• Square still One have CRU some interesting
One Constructors, such building and in Century Hamilton, Group. Ontario,
pride and our future.”
• Lester Block Hamilton
has escaped the wrecking ball. A historical
“Our building biggest in asset downtown is our Hamilton reputation,” called Chris
Lister says, Block “but will it takes live to a see significant many more effort by
decades everyone of use. in the company to maintain and
Breathing grow that new reputation.” life into a building that’s
already had two lives is a significant
That reputation is due, in no small part,
challenge, one that owner LIUNA and
developer to the company’s The Hi-Rise mission Group willingly to exceed its
accepted. clients’ expectations. Originally built Onyx in 1886, Mechanical Lister
Block does burned this by to the building ground and in 1923 maintaining and
was long-term rebuilt in relationships 1924. 2009 saw with the its beginning
ensuring of the satisfaction latest rebuild, through with the unparalleled old
clients,
structure having already been stripped and
communications and teamwork.
key elements preserved for reuse. Installing
“When modern we HVAC commit and to plumbing something, into we a work
building on schedule, never designed on budget, for such and services we don’t
is a considerable challenge, but Onyx
‘nickel-and-dime’ everything that comes
Mechanical was up to the task.
up,” says Chris.
Joining Greenferd Construction’s team
in One October example 2009, of Onyx Mechanical’s began installing serious
the commitment mechanical to infrastructure its work is the that company’s would
service support the of completed LEED construction. building. As with
all heritage buildings, certain architectural
elements “We fully had been support kept LEED in place construction which
complicated and enjoy the participating build and in forced these the types of
relocation projects,” of says various Chris. services “We believe from their that we
planned have a responsibility routes. Always to mindful future generations of the to
historical significance of the old interior
participate in and encourage environmentally
wood corridor partitions, Onyx would find
alternative
sustainable
routes
projects.”
for those
John
services.
admits that the
value and effectiveness required by a LEED
Another
project
complication
comes at a premium,
would prove
but
to
says
be
that
the old structure itself. The usually simple
“Onyx is there to assist the entire project
task of keeping vertical elements in line from
floor team to in floor finding required the finding balance a between structural fiscal element
and that social was responsibility.”
perfectly vertical. In modern
construction, the structure provides this
The company has also devoted a
reference but in a building thought to be
one considerable of the first concrete amount framed of time buildings and money in
Canada, in the this administrative accuracy was area lacking. of its business.
With state-of-the-art computers, IT servers,
In fact the structure would further complicate
in-house the build plotting as the floor machines, to floor specialized heights
became estimating, restrictive. and Most accounting of us usually and project
take management no notice of software, ceiling height, Onyx but has when solidly Onyx Mechanical Ltd. Phone: 905-866-6699
installing invested mechanical in the office elements, infrastructure. maintaining
that height is critical. The reduced ceiling 214 Wilkinson Road Fax: 905-866-6690
heights “There found are companies in the Lister many Block times building our size Brampton ON L6T 4M4 Website: www.onyxmech.com
would that have challenge not invested the entire a fraction team’s of abili- what we