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Greatest Venture, Sports activities/Leisure: Rogers Centre Renovation Section 2

Phase two of the Rodgers Centre stadium renovation saw the infield and related seating demolished and rebuilt in months. Photo courtesy Toronto Blue Jays Rogers Centre Renovation Phase 2 Toronto, Ontario Best Project Submitted by: PCL Constructors Canada Inc. Owner: Toronto Blue Jays Construction Manager: PCL Constructors Canada Inc. Structural Engineer: Entuitive MEP Engineer: Crossey

Greatest Venture, Sports activities/Leisure: Rogers Centre Renovation Section 2

Rodgers Centre stadium

Section two of the Rodgers Centre stadium renovation noticed the infield and associated seating demolished and rebuilt in months.
Photograph courtesy Toronto Blue Jays

Rogers Centre Renovation Section 2

Toronto, Ontario

Greatest Venture

Submitted by: PCL Constructors Canada Inc.

Proprietor: Toronto Blue Jays

Building Supervisor: PCL Constructors Canada Inc.

Structural Engineer: Entuitive

MEP Engineer: Crossey Engineering

Marketing consultant: RISE DBI

Shopper Consultant: Legends Venture Growth


The renovation of the house of Main League Baseball’s Toronto Blue Jays had a agency six months to complete, with no additional innings. The primary part of the Rodgers Centre improve had up to date the ballpark’s outfield and outer seating areas, however part two tackled the infield and close to seating—an effort almost double in undertaking scope.

Demolition and renovation schedules left little room for error, however upfront planning ensured that a number of crews labored round one another with out delays. Your entire infield was demolished together with adjoining seating, locker rooms and the gamers’ clubhouse.

Rogers Centre

Photograph courtesy Toronto Blue Jays

Crews labored 24/7 through the first two months of the schedule, and structural demolition of the decrease bowl of the infield was accomplished in solely 13 days. All demolition, excavation and basis work completed in simply 49 days. Work on the undertaking started in October 2023 and was full by Could 2024, earlier than the beginning of the Blue Jays’ season this 12 months.

In depth use of 3D mapping let the staff be sure the sector was as much as league requirements whereas proactive planning of apparatus staging ensured {that a} forest of cranes and a swarm of excavators and dump vans had most utilization. Two cranes have been used for metal and two for precast concrete, working in live performance to carry out nicely over 600 lifts through the course of the undertaking.

Rogers Centre

Photograph courtesy Toronto Blue Jays

To keep up entry to the work space throughout demolition and crane lifts, the staff constructed a brief Bailey Bridge from the loading dock to the infield bowl, permitting dump vans direct entry to take away spill. Demolition work additionally included full elimination of the stadium’s outdated monitor system that had allowed for the seating stands to separate and rotate to accommodate different sporting occasions comparable to video games for the Canadian Soccer League.

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The renovation is greater than a refresh for the stadium—bringing not solely improved seating and sightlines for spectators, but additionally a brand new clubhouse in addition to up to date locker rooms and associated amenities.

Jeff rubenstone

Jeff Rubenstone is Deputy Editor for Information and Expertise on the Engineering Information-File. As information director of ENR he oversees the publication’s information protection, and in addition covers rising applied sciences and improvements within the building house. With nicely over a decade of expertise reporting on the trade, Jeff has a broad background in engineering and building journalism. He’s primarily based in New York Metropolis.

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