Mississauga Valley Park

Canoe Landing Development (Block 31)

This site in the city of Toronto is a multi-use community facility that includes a community centre, a community space, a childcare centre and two elementary schools. CUPOLEX® provided both a vapour mitigation system and a separate soil cell system.

The vapour mitigation system covered 2,570 m² (27,700 sq.ft.) of the building to provide an unrestricted sub-slab void. CUPOLEX® eliminated the need for a membrane/liner and provided more efficient venting characteristics with reduced long-term maintenance costs.

Additionally, 1,000 m² (10,800 sq.ft.) of CUPOLEX® soil cells were used to plant approximately 40 trees in plaza and sidewalk areas. CUPOLEX® Soil Cell suspended pavement planters provided a cost-effective solution for the public realm hardscapes and an environment in which the urban trees can thrive.

Orillia Recreation Facility

The Orillia Recreation Facility, opening fall 2020, will provide amenities including multiple pools, a gymnasium, a fitness centre, and a childcare room. Site concerns for this project included ground and soil contaminated with volatile organic compounds. 6,500 m2 (70,000 sq.ft.) of CUPOLEX® were installed to provide a sub-slab venting medium, preventing VOC migration into the building.

101 Erskine Ave by Tridel

As part of the development of a new condo building at 101 Erskine Ave in Toronto, the adjacent site at 66 Broadway Ave was improved. The development included the removal of surface parking and a pool on top of an existing underground parking garage to be replaced with landscaped areas and a new pool. As a result, a raised slab needed to be built on top of an existing structure, which would not overload it and could also accommodate for its various slopes. A combination of our CUPOLEX-PONTEX® structural slab and CUPOLEX-RIALTO® variable height system was chosen to cover approximately 800 m² (8,600 sq.ft.).

The CUPOLEX-PONTEX® structural slab was able transfer loads onto beams supported by the existing parking deck’s pillars without loading the roof deck. Not only did this provide a more efficient structural design, but it reduced the overall dead load versus a gravel fill.

To further save concrete, the CUPOLEX-PONTEX® slab followed the sloped nature of the existing slab and maintained the same concrete topping. The CUPOLEX RIALTO® system was then placed on top of this slab and custom cut to achieve a level or, where required, a sloped, finished surface.

Shorelines Casino Peterborough

As part of the development of a new casino in Peterborough, Ontario, CUPOLEX® provided separate stormwater management and soil cell solutions. Due to high groundwater levels a shallow infiltration system was required. The tank provided 300 m³ (11,700 cu.ft.) of storage.

A total of 12 trees with a soil volume of 206 m³ (7,270 ct.ft.) were planted in hardscaped areas using our soil cell system along the parking lot driveway and perimeter of the building.

Pontarolo Engineering supports consultants for the entirety of the design process ensuring that we provide the optimal CUPOLEX® solution for each project. For this project CUPOLEX® was the cost effective, easy-to-install alternative that met the specific project requirements.

Fratelli Beretta

The meat processor Fratelli Beretta required a stormwater management plan to match its 33,500 sq.ft. (3,100 m²) warehouse addition in Mount Olive, New Jersey. Together with consultant CPL, a deep CUPOLEX RIALTO® chamber was chosen. The tank was 5’-6” (1.7m) deep and used an open bottom design. With the CUPOLEX RIALTO® system offering over 95% storage, this tank can hold up to 20,000 cubic feet (570m³) of stormwater with a footprint of 3,800 square feet (350m²). The tank’s function was to infiltrate small storm events with larger storm events being slow released into the existing sewer network using a precast outlet control structure. The high load bearing capacity of the CUPOLEX® concrete structure meant that the pavement assembly could be placed directly on top of the tank with no cover required.

Evergreen Brick Works

The Evergreen Brick Works, located in the Don River Valley of Toronto, was founded in 1889 and was home to one of the country’s largest brick manufacturers for nearly a century. Now, Evergreen has transformed the site into a global showcase for green design that hosts public markets, conferences, private events, and outdoor learning sessions. During renovations, CUPOLEX® was used to form new concrete floors in the existing buildings. CUPOLEX® reduced the amount of heavy granular material required and provided a light-weight flooring alternative. In the historic kiln building, CUPOLEX® provided the void space required for wet floodproofing, allowing stormwater to flow in and out of the building foundation instead of attempting to prevent the building from flooding.

The Willows at Whitehouse Station (Whitehouse Urban Renewal)

This new development is an affordable rental community located in Readington Township, NJ. As with many new developments, stormwater management is a key issue in the design process. On this site, two basins were installed using various depths of the CUPOLEX RIALTO® system. In total, 17,200 square feet (1,600 m²) of CUPOLEX® were installed to detain 54,600 cubic feet (1,500 m³) of stormwater. CUPOLEX® provided a solution that was quick and easy to install as well as cost-effective.

MTO & Dufferin Road

This trial was a collaboration between Holcim Canada Inc., Dufferin Construction, Pontarolo Engineering Inc., and the Centre for Pavement and Transportation Technology (CPATT) at the University of Waterloo. The goal was to assess the feasibility of using CUPOLEX® in road and highway applications as a concrete pavement technology. The CUPOLEX® pavements were constructed in Milton, Ontario using a 300 mm (12’’) granular base; a 260 mm (10’’) CUPOLEX® unit; and 150 or 175 mm (6’’ or 7’’) of concrete, depending on the location along the road. The pavement strength was found to be approximately equivalent to a 250 mm (10’’) thick conventional jointed plain concrete pavement. This reduces concrete consumption by approximately 20% which saves clients money.

Markham Free Methodist Church

CUPOLEX® was a part of the stormwater management design at Markham Free Methodist Church in Markham, ON. 500 m² (5,400 sq.ft.) of CUPOLEX® were used to form an infiltration tank capable of storing 310 m³ (11,000 cu.ft.) of stormwater. This design required a two-chamber system with the stormwater first entering closed bottom isolator rows for TSS removal before overflowing into the main infiltration chamber. The flexibility of the CUPOLEX® system allowed designers to easily incorporate the isolator rows, also formed using the CUPOLEX® system, into the tank design.

York Studios Michelangelo Campus

The Michelangelo Campus at York Studios is a state-of-the-art film and production studio located in the Bronx, NY that features five stages. The client and their environmental consultants conducted an initial evaluation of mitigation and structural concrete slab options and identified the use of CUPOLEX® as the preferred alternative for the 124,000 sq.ft. (11,500 m²) site. CUPOLEX® fulfilled two functions by providing an aerated floor for vapour intrusion mitigation and a structural ribbed slab capable of spanning grade beams using the CUPOLEX-PONTEX® system.

Walmart Guelph

SmartCentres Canada approached Pontarolo Engineering looking for a sustainable soil gas mitigation system to meet the requirements of the Ministry of Environment for this 9,100 m² (100,000 sq.ft.) Walmart store and warehouse in Guelph, ON. CUPOLEX® formed the void space required for the active sub-slab vapour mitigation system. This allow volatile organic compounds from contaminated soils to be ventilated to the atmosphere before accumulating in the building.

WasteAway Recycling & Environmental

WasteAway Recycling & Environmental in Kitchener, ON provides waste sorting and transferring as well as recycling services. As part of the site development, 2,000 m³ (70,000 cu.ft.) of stormwater had to be detained. A deep 2,125 m² (75,000 sq.ft.) CUPOLEX-RIALTO® tank was installed. By creating a detention tank below the pavement, surface space is conserved, and the anticipated overhead loading can be safely supported thanks to the unique concrete column matrix formed by the CUPOLEX-RIALTO® system.