‘Nobody has seen anything bigger,’ West Block masonry restoration project largest of its kind in North America

Rehabilitation of the West Block’s heritage masonry has also been a boon to the industry in Canada and has encouraged the development of new techniques, like large-scale laser cleaning.

A worker on the West Block building project. The restoration of the building's heritage masonry is the largest project of its kind in North America to date and has involved extensive work, says PSPC. Photograph courtesy of PSPC

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BY LAURA RYCKEWAERT

May 23, 2016

The extensive work to restore the heritage stone masonry of the West Block building is almost complete, set to “wind up” this summer at a cost of roughly $150-million in all, and PCL construction manager David Jenkins says it’s been “undoubtedly the largest masonry restoration project in Nor...

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