Ontario Cutting & Coring, Queen's Quay Project

One of the award-winning projects includes the
Queen's Quay Terminal (as shown above).

The Queen's Quay Terminal underwent construction in 1983.
The goal was to create three atriums from top to bottom,
allowing more natural light into the building.
Ontario Cutting & Coring cut and removed all the concrete
slabs, hollowing the terminal from the top to the bottom.
This is now the Queen's Quay Terminal we all see and enjoy today.

Vault Dismantling
Decommissioning of a building by Atomic Energy of Canada Limited included the demolition of an interior concrete vault used for testing radioactive materials. There were several factors contributing to
the difficulty of this project. First, the vault's 3-foot-thick elmanite concrete (which weighs twice as much as ordinary concrete) walls and roof were lined on the inside and outside with 1/2" steel plates. Also, due to the radiation danger, all coolant and debris had to be tested before it could be removed from the building. Diamond wire sawing completed this project in one-third of the time required by conventional hammering methods.

Atomic Energy of Canada was so impressed by the speed and efficiency the vault removal, that they assigned additional wire sawing projects on the spot.