OPTA Group's innovative use of recycled glass in high-performance concrete has earned them a prestigious Ontario Concrete Award. The company is building a $20 million facility in Hamilton to process waste glass, creating a new type of concrete with exceptional properties.
OPTA Group recently diversified into high-value recycled glass products and is building a $20 million facility in Hamilton to harvest waste container and pane glass. It won in the material development category. TORONTO — Over the past 20 years the Ontario Concrete Awards have been honouring the visions of some of the more innovative and creative projects the province has undertaken.
Several awards were handed out recently during a banquet where industry stakeholders gathered to celebrate the achievements of those who utilize one of the most used materials in the world. The following are this year’s winners:Artists’ Alley is three towers located downtown between St. Patrick Street and Simcoe Street, just south of Dundas in Toronto. The project has 899 residential units, six ground floor retail units and over 15 commercial units. It took home the structural engineering award as part of the 2024 Ontario Concrete Awards.Artists’ Alley is three towers located downtown between St. Patrick Street and Simcoe Street, just south of Dundas. The project has 899 residential units, six ground floor retail units and over 15 commercial units. The three towers that share a four level below grade parking garage, sit on a 1.2 metre raft slab. The transfer slabs ranging in depth from 1.2 metres to 3.9 metres thick. The project has large cantilever’s and deep transfer slabs. To aid in achieving the design, various complex engineered concrete mix designs were required.OPTA Group recently diversified into high-value recycled glass products and is building a $20 million facility in Hamilton to harvest waste container and pane glass, converting both to a series of high performance glass pozzolans with “exceptional” concrete properties, states the release. The project demanded high-performance concrete for the structural slabs and columns to support a 400-ton mil
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