VTL
Vertical Travel Leads
Precision Placement
Long Piles or Large Batters
Piling or Drilling
Rental or Purchase
600 Ferguson Avenue North
Hamilton, Ontario, Canada L8L 4Z9
Tel: 1.905.528.7924 Fax: 1.905.528.6187
Toll Free: 1.800.668.9432 (in Canada and USA)
www.berminghammer.com
Email: bfssales@berminghammer.com
Specialty Piling Systems, a division of Mason
Forest Products
Mason Forest Products is a major distributor of panel products and
dimension lumber, serving various customers. After a long and successful
relationship with Specialty Piling Systems, Mason Forest
Products has agreed to take over the Specialty Piling Systems name
and pile cushion business, operating the business as a division of
Mason Forest Products as of August 2018.
Whitty feels very confident that the staff at Mason will take
excellent care of his customers and his many friends in the industry
going forward. Whitty will be available to help with the transition
and to introduce his current customers to the new operators. With
more than a quarter of a century spent making plywood pile cushions,
Mason knows how to do the job.
If you have questions about pile cushions or to request a
quote, contact Specialty Piling Systems, a division of Mason
Forest Products.
▼▼MCLAREN ENGINEERING GROUP
COMPLETES DESIGN WORK ON NEW
LIVE! HOTEL AND EVENT CENTER
McLaren Engineering Group announced the completion of its
design work on the new 350,000-square-foot Live! Hotel and Event
Center in Hanover, Md. Located at 7002 Arundel Mills Circle, the
building has 310 hotel rooms, a spa and 1,500-seat ballroom. The
hotel will employ over 500, serving tourists, residents and Live!C
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conference center are to follow later this year.
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“The Live! Hotel and Event Center is a prime example of our
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applied ingenuity and cutting-edge engineering,” said Malcolm
G. McLaren, president and CEO, McLaren Engineering Group,MY
which has a growing Baltimore office. “The building is an all-glass
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tower with a sloped facade that juts out eight feet further west CMY
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its foundation. Our innovative design increased building functionality
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while creating a stunning exterior.”
McLaren and its team of expert engineers have been working
on the project for more than five years to design a cost-effective
structural frame without sacrificing key architectural elements
and flexibility. The firm provided services that include structural
design and engineering, construction documents, permitting, site/
civil engineering, survey work and site landscaping.
Owned by The Cordish Companies, the hotel was built as
an expansion to the Live! Casino structure that opened in 2012.
Live! Casino is the largest casino and entertainment venue on the
East Coast with approximately 4,000 slot machines and more than
200 live action table games. The two million-square-foot structure
includes approximately 310,000 square-feet of casino space on the
first level. The hotel’s construction was phased to minimize interruption
to the 24-hour casino operations.
McLaren moved an existing roadway adjacent to the west side
of the casino about 300 feet to create space for the new hotel. The
new surface parking lots will provide in excess of 1,900 spaces and
are built on top of ground that previously housed a storm-water
pond. The building pad underwent extensive ground improvements
to solidify the soil before construction could begin.
“One of the most challenging aspects of the project was building
up against the casino. To connect the buildings, we designed
an elevator core attached to the existing precast casino garage to
give patrons access to both facilities,” said Dave McLaren, P.E., vice
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