Endroit

Etobicoke, Ontario

Client

Purolator

Delivery

2019 2021

Contract type

Design-build

Project

As part of Purolator s growth and innovation strategy, build two administrative facilities, and a new national sorting site with the capacity to process up to 72,000 parcels per hour. The new facility features world-class technology and equipment, including more than 4.5 kilometres of conveyors.

Challenges

Deliver on time despite a number of issues impacting scheduling, such as site closures and supply chain disruptions due to the COVID-19 pandemic.

Meet the Toronto Green Standard that promotes sus- tainable site and building design.

Solutions

Develop a productivity tracking and analytic platform based on Autodesk Assemble to connect BIM data to key workflows and optimize coordination between all trades and suppliers to gain time. Extend workdays and weeks.

Split orders between manufacturers with multiple plants to speed up the production and delivery of crucial materials.

Include a white roof, plant 1,500 trees and shrubs, and install some 72,000 m2 of concrete aprons and dolly pads to help with the albedo of the site.

A state-of-the-art parcel sorting facility poised for growth

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