Ground is officially being broken today, but the drilling has been going on for a couple of weeks already on the GTA's first major
geothermally acclimated residential development.
Once finished, Ironstone in Burlington will benefit from 64 holes drilled 500 feet deep where air can be both cooled and heated and re-circulated up through the units.
Graham Chalmers, the vice president of construction at
Davies Smith Developments, says he expects the holes, which are the first things being done on the site, will be finished by the end of the month.
"The next thing I do is bring in a shoring company that shores up the walls of the excavation, they used to call them pile drivers," Chalmers says, "and we expect to begin excavating by the 25th of August."
If things go smoothly -- and Chalmers says the drilling has gone better than expected in the relatively easy Burlington bedrock and everything has so far come in on budget -- the 210-unit, 16-storey condo will be ready for its new residents by November of next year.
Writer: Bert Archer
Source: Graham Chalmers
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