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Building in winter and on poor soils — what certainty means in practice

By the Everstrong team — estimating, projects and operations · About Everstrong · general contractor in Ontario since 1997

Saint Noel-Chabanel Catholic Elementary School, where poor soils were solved in-house. Photo: Everstrong Construction.
Saint Noel-Chabanel Catholic Elementary School, where poor soils were solved in-house. Photo: Everstrong Construction.
It means the ground and the weather are planned for, not hoped against. Dixie Center's 2,500 lineal feet of footing and foundation were poured in sub-zero temperatures through January and February. Saint Noel-Chabanel's poor soils were managed in-house. Spring sitework at Anne J. MacArthur ran on Everstrong's own equipment fleet.

Winter concrete

Heated enclosures, hoarding, admixtures and a pour schedule that respects the thermometer — foundations do not wait for April.

Poor soils

Geotechnical response managed with the consultant, not after the fact. The schedule is protected by owning the sitework equipment and the decision.

Projects that prove it

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Building in winter and on poor soils — what certainty means in practice

It means the ground and the weather are planned for, not hoped against. Dixie Center's 2,500 lineal feet of footing and foundation were poured in sub-zero temperatures through January and February. Saint Noel-Chabanel's poor soils were managed in-house. Spring sitework at Anne J. MacArthur ran on Everstrong's own equipment fleet.