Projects

Cook Street Plaza

Cook Street Plaza is a comprehensive mixed-use development in the City of Victoria.  The General contractor on this project was Campbell Construction which has a long-standing relationship with Western Grater Contracting

The development includes a six-storey building designed to address Victoria’s new Inclusionary Housing Policy (“Haven”), the remediation and renovation of an existing medical office building, a 12-storey mixed-use building including daycare facility (“Nest”), and an extensive site plan that ties the uses together to make a destination of the spaces between.

Key Project Information

  • Budget:
    $1.8M
  • Timeline:
    March 2022 - February 2023
  • Client:
    Campbell Construction

Scope of Work

Cook Street Plaza (CSP) consisted of multiple scopes of work for Western Grater including shotcrete shoring and tie-back anchors as well as structural shotcrete.  The shotcrete shoring consists of welded wire mesh and rebar to reinforce the shotcrete to create a stable vertical wall allowing developers to maximize land utilization.  Tie-back anchors are drilled and grouted to further support shotcrete wall system. Western Grater utilizes an EVO anchor bar system which greatly improves efficiency over traditional drilling methods. Due to the depth of the excavation, H piles were also used to further stabilize the vertical shoring wall.  The structural shotcrete aspect consists of traditional rebar reinforcement but lacks the need for traditional formwork, greatly increasing efficiency for the contractor.

Challenges

The Cook Street Plaza project consists of two separate buildings, The Haven, and The Nest, in the confines of a single excavation which generally creates a lot of congestion on-site.  CSP is also located near the heart of Victoria adding logistical challenges due to busy streets and sidewalks as well as limited staff parking. The depth of the excavation also brought us down into the soft marine clay soils commonly found in the greater Victoria area.  Once again, the WGC team overcame the challenges and completed the project on schedule.