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Timeline

2024
July 2, 2024
Update: second section
Update: second section

The project entered a new phase last month as the Fraco platform was lowered a few floors down to begin a new phase, between the 44th and 38th floors. A before and after that is quite telling.

March 29, 2024
End of another cycle

Towards the end of the first quarter of 2024, complete installation of new panels is expected to be finished on floors 47, 46 and 45. This milestone will mark the completion of a first three-story section.

March 6, 2024
First Delivery

Expected arrival of the first batch of new panels. This is considered “just-in-time” logistics because the huge (and very heavy) panels are only delivered at the precise moment when teams are ready to attach them to the tower.

January 8, 2024
New concrete pannels

Manufacturing of the first batch of custom-made concrete panels continues at the BPDL plant in Alma, Québec.

2023
November 20, 2023
Repair or replacement of nose slabs

Floor slabs protruding from the tower, commonly called "nose-slabs", are beginning to be repaired on floors 45, 46 and 47, on the northeast, southeast and northwest columns. This work is essential to properly secure the new concrete panels which will then be installed in these locations. This will likely cause…
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September 29, 2023
Removals completed on top floors

All panels on floors 45-46 and 47 were removed on the northeast column, on the Gauvin and Saint-Antoine side.

September 22, 2023
On top of the world

The "Fraco" lifting platform is erected up to the 47th floor on the northwest column, on the St-Antoine and Robert-Bourassa side.

September 22, 2023
Protective shells

Protective shells are installed on the 45th, 46th and 47th floors of the northeast and southeast columns.

September 7, 2023
Removal of first concrete pannel

Teams remove the first concrete panel on the 44th floor on the southeast column on the St-Jacques and Gauvin side. Lessons are learned: particularly on the best way to contain debris so that it does not fall down. The lifting platform already has its protective shell but it was decided…
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August 14, 2023
Neighborhood committee
Neighborhood committee

A neighborhood committee (CBV) led by COLŌKIA is launched to connect with the community and provide two-way communications about the project’s impact.