Contractor Vanbots brought its “builder’s hat” to the table during the pre-construction phase of a $300 million project now under way in Toronto’s Don Mills neighbourhood.
The company, a division of Carillion Construction Inc., provided advice during design development on both constructability and budgeting.
“Budgeting was particularly critical, since there are two significant buildings as well as a large landscaping package and underground parking,” says vice-president Don Griffin. “We’ve got pretty good intelligence on the local subcontractor market.”
The project, being spearheaded by the Aga Khan, consists of the first-ever Aga Khan Museum for Islamic Art, an adjacent Ismaili Centre and a series of landscaped gardens.
The official groundbreaking was in late May.
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