For Immediate Release:
Judi Handel
McNeil, Gray & Rice
(617) 367-0100, ext. 122
CINTECNORTH AMERICA ANNOUNCES RESTORATION OF THE HISTORIC SIMPSON TOWER IN TORONTO
CINTECNorth America, designer and manufacturer of the CINTEC Reinforcing Anchor System, announces it recently helped restorethe Simpson Tower,a famous Canadian landmark, and one of the tallest buildings in Toronto.
WSP Canada Inc., the structural and facade engineering consultants for the over-cladding of the Simpson Tower, contacted CINTEC, whose innovative reinforcing technology was a perfect fit for the major restoration project.Additionally, D.F. Praywasretained as construction manager during the design,pre-constructionand constructionphases for the project.
All three companies worked together to restore the masonry panel-cladbuilding,which was beginning to show signs of age. The CINTECsystem reattachedthe cast panels (as a result of failing ties) while providing anchor points for a new glass curtain wall. WSP and CINTEC reworked potential solutions until the anchors developed were unique, project specific and withstood testing and application.
TheCINTEC Reinforcing Anchoring System is performed by installing a steel bar, which is carefully enclosed in a mesh fabric sleeve, into the façade, and then injecting under low pressure a specially developed, proprietary grout.
Through this innovative approach, the project was completedwithout having to remove and inconvenience tenants,and as a further benefit, improve the “class” of the building while also addressing the ever-present Green Policy.
Robert Lloyd-Rees, COOofCINTEC North America, said: “The Simpson Tower is just one example of the many projects that we have undertaken over the last decade, restoring some of North America’s most iconic buildings using CINTEC’s extremely successful, patented anchoring system.”
Peter James, chairman of CINTEC International added: “Robert and his team’s recent completion of the historic Simpson Tower in Toronto is a perfect illustration of how we develop solutions to structural problems in high-rise buildings, as well as some of the world’s oldest and most-treasured archeological monuments.”
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About CINTEC
CINTEC North America is a world leader in the field of structural masonry retrofit strengthening, repair, and preservation. The principal activity of the company is the design and manufacture of the CINTEC Reinforcing Anchor System, a micro cement anchoring and reinforcing technique. CINTEC offers complete structural analysis and design services, turnkey solutions, as well as masonry repair and reinforcement anchors used for blast protection, seismic reinforcement, historic preservation and overall building strengthening. CINTEC has worked on projects around the world including the Egyptian Pyramids, Windsor Castle, Buckingham Palace, Statue of Liberty, the Library of Parliament in Canada and the White House.
CINTEC America of Baltimore, MD, has associated offices in Newport, Wales, UK; Newcastle, Australia; Ottawa, Canada and India.
For more information, call 1-800-363-6066; fax: 1 800.461.1862; e-mail: or visit
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