Work nears completion on Ontario Veterinary College’s new animal health lab in Guelph, Ontario

Construction has reached the roof at the University of Guelph on the Ontario Veterinary College’s new Pathobiology/Animal Health Lab in Guelph, Ont.

Project progress

PATRICK McCONNELL

Construction has reached the roof at the University of Guelph on the Ontario Veterinary College’s new Pathobiology/Animal Health Lab in Guelph, Ont.

Bird Construction Co. is general contractor of the four-storey building that includes a 120-seat lecture theatre, seminar rooms, a teaching lab, a state-of-the-art research/lab facilities and office space. Completion on the project has been scheduled for August 2010.

The project was designed by Robbie/Young & Wright Architects Inc./IBI Group.

Consultants are Halcrow Yolles (structural) and Smith and Andersen Consulting Engineers (mechanical/electrical).

Subcontractors include: Alfred Fach Excavating; Swan & Associates (formwork); Quest Steel (structural); G A Masonry; Greenfield Painting; PJ Daly Contracting Ltd. (drywall); JMR Electric Ltd. (mechanical/electrical); Merit Glass; WM Green Roofing & Sheet Metal; and Delta Elevator Co. Ltd.