Services
- Established in 2013
- Fifteen recent projects
What services does Canada Contractors Inc. offer?
Building restoration for condominium corporations, property managers and institutions: parking garages, balconies, building envelopes and masonry, waterproofing, sealants and glazing, and structural concrete. Also concrete repair, foundation repair and retaining walls, commercial renovations, and mechanical and electrical work. For homeowners: basement waterproofing, foundation crack repair, weeping tile and interior drainage, and concrete and brick repair.
Building restoration
What work does your building need?
When a job needs it, a project manager visits the site and the company then prices the work; tendered work is priced from the consulting engineer's specification.
Waterproofing
Garage deck traffic coatings, balcony membranes, below-grade walls, and podium, plaza and roof decks
Details
A membrane or coating that keeps water out of a deck, a balcony or a wall below grade.
Waterproofing jobs have used liquid traffic coatings, hot-applied rubberized asphalt, sheet membranes, and crystalline or cementitious systems.
Example projects
Parking garage repair
Parking garage repairs for condominium corporations, property owners and a municipality
Details
Concrete repairs, waterproofing and traffic coatings, and joint and sealant work in parking garages.
Garage repairs are phased by level on smaller garages and by zone within each level on larger ones.
Balcony restoration
Slab concrete repairs, membranes and coatings on the balcony surface, and railing repairs
Details
Repair of balcony slabs, the membranes and coatings on them, and their railings.
On older balconies, the company's projects have found spalling at the slab edges, failing railing anchors, and rusted reinforcing steel once the concrete is opened.
Masonry restoration
Repointing, brick replacement, shelf-angle repairs with the brick rebuilt above them, and rebuilding parapets and chimneys
Details
Repair of brick walls and of the mortar joints between the bricks.
The mortar type follows the engineer's specification, sample panels are approved before the full job, and matching brick is sourced from suppliers.
Example projects
Caulking and sealant replacement
Window perimeter caulking, sealant at panel and expansion joints, and re-glazing
Details
Replacing the flexible sealant in the joints around windows and between wall panels, which keeps water out.
The old sealant is cut out completely, a backer rod sized to the joint and a primer go in as the data sheet requires, adhesion is tested before the full job, and joints must be dry and within the product's temperature limits.
Example projects
Building envelope repair
Brick, sealant and window work taken on as one programme; curtain wall repairs; EIFS repairs and new installation
Details
The building envelope is a building's outer skin: its walls, its windows and the joints between them.
Envelope work has covered curtain wall repairs, and EIFS (insulated stucco cladding) repairs and new installation.
Concrete restoration
Removing and repairing spalled and delaminated concrete, crack injection, slab replacement, and repairs to columns, beams and walls
Details
Repair of structural concrete: slabs, balconies, columns, beams and walls.
Cracks are injected with epoxy or polyurethane, chosen by whether the crack is structural or leaking.
Example projects
Concrete repair
Walkways, curbs, steps and small slabs, and concrete repair within restoration programmes, for residential and commercial clients.
Details
Localized concrete repairs take weeks and slab replacements and large scopes take months. Interior and covered repairs continue year-round with heat; exterior pours wait for warm weather.
Foundation repair
Underpinning, wall bracing, and excavating to repair or rebuild foundation walls, for homes and commercial buildings.
Details
Structural foundation repair is regular work.
Retaining walls
New retaining walls and repairs to existing ones, for residential and commercial properties.
Details
Most have been poured concrete, formed and placed on site.
Example projects
Commercial renovations, and mechanical and electrical work
Commercial renovations
Commercial renovations cover office fit-outs, retail and hospitality, and building modernization.
Details
Commercial renovation work has covered interior demolition and rebuild; drywall, ceilings and flooring; washroom and accessibility upgrades; and work in occupied buildings, phased or after hours.
Mechanical and electrical
Mechanical and electrical work covers HVAC, plumbing, electrical, and fire protection or building automation.
Details
Managed by Canada Contractors Inc. as the general contractor.
For homeowners
Exterior homeowner work runs from spring to fall; interior drainage and crack injection continue year-round.
Serving the GTA and surrounding regions.
Basement waterproofing
Excavating and waterproofing the outside wall with new weeping tile, interior drainage to a sump pit and pump, or crack injection for smaller leaks.
Details
In older houses, the leaks most often came from foundation cracks, failed weeping tile, and failed parging or dampproofing.
Foundation crack repair
Foundation crack injection, for smaller leaks.
Details
Crack injection continues year-round.
Weeping tile and interior drainage
Exterior weeping tile replacement, and interior drainage with sump pits and pumps.
Details
Exterior work runs from spring to fall; interior drainage continues year-round.
Parging
A parging repair cuts loose parging back to sound material, applies a bonding agent, and re-coats the wall in two coats.
Chimney and brick repair
Chimney work has covered repointing, flashing, and new crowns and caps.
Concrete steps and porches
Steps and porch work has covered resurfacing and patching, rebuilding and re-pouring steps, and porch slab repair.
Concrete repair
Walkways, curbs, steps and small slabs.
Details
Localized concrete repairs take weeks and slab replacements and large scopes take months. Interior and covered repairs continue year-round with heat; exterior pours wait for warm weather.
Foundation repair
Underpinning, wall bracing, and excavating to repair or rebuild foundation walls.
Details
Structural foundation repair is regular work.
Retaining walls
Building and repairing retaining walls.
Details
Most have been poured concrete, formed and placed on site.
Questions about the work
Who writes the repair specification?
The consulting engineer writes the specification, and the company carries out the work. Tendered work is priced from the consulting engineer's specification. On concrete work, the engineer marks the repair areas on site and inspects the reinforcing before pours; on masonry work, the mortar type follows the engineer's specification.
When can each kind of work be done?
Garage repairs continue through winter, with heating and enclosures where needed; exposed areas such as a garage's top deck wait for warm weather. Coatings and membranes go down only within the manufacturer's published temperature limits. Exterior balcony and masonry work runs from spring to fall. Exterior sealant work and exterior concrete pours run from spring to fall; interior and covered concrete repairs continue year-round with heat. Exterior homeowner work runs from spring to fall; interior drainage and crack injection continue year-round.
Who obtains the permits?
On garage work the consulting engineer usually obtains the permits; the company obtains them when a job needs it. On balcony work the consulting engineer usually obtains the permits. On masonry, sealant and concrete work, the permits are obtained by the consulting engineer or by the company, depending on the job.
What does a quote include?
A quote includes mobilisation and access equipment, the permits the company obtains itself, disposal and cleanup, and unit prices for quantities beyond the estimate. It excludes the engineer's fees and design, conditions found beyond the specification's quantities, resident parking or storage arranged by the building, and permits obtained by the owner or engineer.