Architechural Wall Panels

Contributed by: Eric Jashewski CET

Built by Engineers Construction Inc. (BBE) has mobilized to site to begin development of a 160,000 sqft
manufacturing facility, for industry leading automation solutions provider, Automated Tooling Systems (ATS). The Cambridge, Ontario location, located at 1574 Eagle Street, will add yet another footprint to ATS’s growing portfolio of manufacturing, assembly, and shipping facilities in the greater Kitchener/Waterloo region. With prominent local developer, Eagle Street Industrial GP, working closely with Cambridge based consultant, Built by Engineers, plans for the building’s envelope system required superior aesthetics, durability, and construction economy.

They chose PreCon’s architectural precast & prestressed insulated wall panels. All 210 white sandblast-finished wall panels were produced at PreCon’s Brampton manufacturing facility, accounting for an overall finished wall area of over 50,000 square feet. Utilizing the precast industry’s highest rated R-value insulation, combined with superior thermal resistance carbon fiber shear ties (C-grid), the building will be an energy saving front runner.

Additionally, the interior face of the panels will be painted a brilliant white to enhance aesthetics, while reducing lighting requirements and ongoing costs. PreCon forces moved onto site in October 2024 to erect the 37-footheight wall panels in one mobilization, complete with expansion joints and colour matched caulking.

PreCon is proud to be a player associated with supporting global leader Automated Tooling Systems, a leading company employing over 7,000 people at more than 65 manufacturing facilities and over 85 offices in North America, Europe, Southeast Asia, and Oceania.

Read more in our Connections Fall 2024 Newsmagazine.