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Pictou Campus | June 2023

From the road, a new student housing building is being built. The wall framing is complete and ready for the next steps.
Pictou Campus' student housing is making steady progress with framing well underway.

Pictou Campus’ student housing build has been looking significantly different over the last month as it continues to take shape. Externally, the walls are now framed out and well underway on the front and back of the building.

The outside view of the framing on a new construction site.
Throughout June, construction crews focused on the framing on the front and back of the building.

Additional updates:

  • The transformer bollards are now installed with transformer conduit installation underway
  • Nova Scotia Power scoping is now complete
  • Level four exterior framing Is still in progress
  • Exterior sheathing has begun: exterior sheathing on level one and three remains in progress. All sheathing is expected to be completed by June 30
  • Eastward Energy is currently installing gas meter base and pouring bollards
  • Contractors are installing vapor barriers over the next two weeks, caulking stairwell joints, sealing backside of parapet, backfilling duct bank to generator pad and forming generator pad
  • Window mockups have been reviewed and preparing for delivery
  • Insulation on roof from level one to four and five has begun
  • Roof drains are being installed this week

We thank you for your patience and understanding as we complete these important phases of our construction build.

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