We Have a Frame: Protocase Building 2 Expansion Update

As you might have heard, Protocase is currently in the midst of a massive expansion of our Building 2. This expansion will double the footprint of our primary manufacturing facility. (Click here if you'd like to read the full backstory).

Since late May, the crew has been hard at work prepping the site. In the early stages, there was a lot of digging. Protocase, after all, is headquartered on the former site of the Sydney Steel Plant. Our current Building 2 actually used to be the steel plant's Liquid Air Building, as seen in this archival photo. The building frame circled in red is what's currently our Protocase Building 2. 

The Liquid Air Building being constructed in 1973 at the Sydney Steel Plant.

Protocase Building 2 before the expansion started.

As you can imagine, it was a huge job to dig through all of that existing concrete and debris.

Once the arduous job of digging and prepping the site, the crew then completed the work for the grade beam and foundation, along with mechanical and electrical requirements. After that, the crew poured the concrete pad, so that the expansion could move on to another key step - building the frame!

Constructing Building 2's New Frame

September 4 was a huge day - after lots of anticipation, the steel arrived.

Once all the steel was unloaded, the crew got to work installing the steel columns and open-web steel joints.

Within a few short days, the frame was complete!

Right now, the crew is creating an opening on our existing Building 2 facility so that it can be connected to the new building. Following that, the work crew will install the roof and insulated steel panels. Then, it'll be time for state-of-the-art frameless Solera daylighting by the folks from Advanced Glazings.

Stay tuned for more updates of the Protocase Building 2 expansion! We are proud to be growing right here in Cape Breton, and employ 180 people and counting.

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Congrats, guys! Looks amazing!
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