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20 BUILDINGSACROSS 2 COUNTRIES?

NO SWEAT.

THIS IS LA FITNESS — GWILLIMBURY, ON, CANADA

When expansion plans called for a new location inGwillimbury, LA Fitness looked to Fabcon Precast to extend brand reach and shorten the construction timeframe. As always, Fabcon’s brand of load-bearing precast panels were up to the task.

With the project breaking ground in the last week of August and the promise of a Canadian winter just around the corner, speed was a justi� ed concern with LA Fitness executives. e organization has relied on Fabcon repeatedly on both sides of the border. “Fabcon’s panels are very e� ective from both a time-management and cost-control perspective,” says Gary Collins of Fitness International. “ e buildings go up extremely fast and we can oftentimes limit our exposure to excessive winter conditions costs.”

Once the panels arrived on site, Fabcon’s experienced crews had them up in what seemed like no time at all. “ ey had perimeter walls up at week � ve. Fabcon de� nitely saved us time in the � eld,” said Paul Bloemendahl of Rochon Building. e structural engineer on the project, Renée Tang, P.E., echoed those sentiments: “I’d estimate that using Fabcon’s panels saved us about 20% in overall design time and detailing work.”

With more than 500 clubs across the U.S. and Canada, fi tness juggernaut LA Fitness has learned a thing or two

about construction methods in its 30-year history.

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ough not yet widely-used in Canada, Fabcon’s load-bearing precast panels are well-known to LA Fitness and other world-class organizations such as Lowes, Target and Home Depot. Fabcon’s panels are prized for their ability to shorten construction cycles while delivering a highly-engineered product with excellent thermal properties.

Tang admits early on she wasn’t sure what to expect. “We had never done a job with Fabcon, or with structural panels for that matter. We were mostly interested in hearing what kind of loads the panels could handle, but we also had some questions about how to work with Fabcon…roles and responsibilities. We just didn’t know what was provided and what was going to be required of us.”

“I’D ESTIMATE THAT USING FABCON’S PANELS SAVED US ABOUT 20% IN OVERALL DESIGN TIME AND DETAILING WORK.”

AND 20 BUILDINGS LATER, FABCON PRECAST HASN’T EVEN BROKEN A SWEAT.

THIS IS LA FITNESS — GWILLIMBURY, ONTARIO, CANADA

Ultimately things became clear and any doubts were lifted. As Tang remarked, “As it turned out, Fabcon’s Structural precast was perfect for a building like this—the design, the intended purpose, glazing—it really worked out great.”

As for why structural panels are still somewhat of an oddity, Bloemendahl o� ered this: “Structural precast is clearly not as popular as it should be…but I think that’s going to change.” Fabcon Precast couldn’t agree more.

Fabcon’s ability to operate within tight timelines and hard-set budget has helped to create a strong partnership with fi tness giant LA Fitness.

QUICK SPECSSQ. FOOTAGE | 25,967 square feet

ARCHITECT | Alex Rebanks Architects, Inc.

GENERAL CONTRACTOR | Rochon Building Corp.

STRUCTURAL ENGINEER | CPE Structural Consultants, Ltd.

FINISH | Smooth Steel Form