Hospital construction site collapses, closing part of Sherbrook
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This article was published 21/03/2012 (5164 days ago), so information in it may no longer be current.
A portion of Sherbrook Street will be closed for the next five days after part of a concrete retaining wall collapsed early Wednesday.
The incident occurred at 6 a.m. at the construction site of the new women’s hospital at Health Sciences Centre.
Sean Barnes, vice-president and district manager of PCL Constructors, said part of a retaining wall made from concrete beams dropped as much as five feet.
Construction officials believe subsurface ice and recent rainfall may have weakened the area, though the exact cause is under investigation by geotechnical engineers.
Two lanes of traffic were initially closed on Sherbrook Street between William Avenue and Elgin Avenue, but the entire portion of Sherbrook between the two avenues was subsequently closed, according to a tweet from the Health Sciences Centre at around 5:30 p.m. The stretch of roadway will remain closed for five days, the HSC wrote.
Barnes said no one was injured, and the sidewalk was already closed to pedestrian traffic during construction.
It will take two weeks to do the repairs, which Barnes said PCL will pay for. He said this type of incident is unusual.
“This is extremely rare,” he said.
History
Updated on Wednesday, March 21, 2012 3:33 PM CDT: Adds comment from PCL Constructors.
Updated on Wednesday, March 21, 2012 6:04 PM CDT: confirmed entire portion of Sherbrook between William/Elgin closed