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Phase 1 Membrane Replacement Project

Project Mobilization Date: August 11, 2025
Work Start Date: August 28, 2025 
Expected duration: 2–3 months (Completion TBD)
Owner updates: Phase 1 Membrane Project Official Updates
Calendar of days worked: August 2025 to February 2026
Primary contractor: Prostar https://prostar.ca/

Weather: 14C, mix of sun and cloud

Work done today:

• Cleaning of concrete slab and further removal of debris.
• Placement of the wood framing for the concrete curb to be installed along the retaining wall behind the 244 building.
• A replacement drain cored on the concrete slab between the 244 and 248 buildings to replace one that was drilled in a suboptimal location.
• Removal of lumber from the back of the 244 building to the central courtyard.
• Arrows spray-painted onto the concrete slabs to indicate cracks or other defects in the concrete.
• Emergency mastic applied to a duct on the concrete slab behind the 244 building, as membrane removal had resulted in water flowing into the ducting and down into a fan/heater in the underground parkade. This will be removed when the new membrane is applied.
• Workers onsite: At least four observed.

Phase 1 Membrane Replacement Project

Project Mobilization Date: August 11, 2025
Work Start Date: August 28, 2025 
Expected duration: 2–3 months (Completion TBD)
Owner updates: Phase 1 Membrane Project Official Updates
Calendar of days worked: August 2025 to February 2026
Primary contractor: Prostar https://prostar.ca/

Weather: 10C, showers and clouds

Work done today:

• No work observed around the concrete slab behind the 244 building or between the 244 and 248 buildings.
• Some preliminary work for the new replacement drains was apparently done in the 244 parkade early in the evening (plumbers were observed in the area).

The site as of Tuesday, October 28, 2025:

Phase 1 Membrane Replacement Project

Project Mobilization Date: August 11, 2025
Work Start Date: August 28, 2025 
Expected duration: 2–3 months (Completion TBD)
Owner updates: Phase 1 Membrane Project Official Updates
Calendar of days worked: August 2025 to February 2026
Primary contractor: Prostar https://prostar.ca/

Weather: 10C, clouds and showers

Work done today:

• Additional removal of stone cladding from several pillars adjacent to the 244 building patios.
• Wood forms moved in place near the retaining wall behind the 244 building (the area is not clean/ready for a concrete pour, so this may just be temporary).
• Workers onsite: 3 observed, possibly more.

Phase 1 Membrane Replacement Project

Project Mobilization Date: August 11, 2025
Work Start Date: August 28, 2025 
Expected duration: 2–3 months (Completion TBD)
Owner updates: Phase 1 Membrane Project Official Updates
Calendar of days worked: August 2025 to February 2026
Primary contractor: Prostar https://prostar.ca/

Weather: 10C, rain, gusting wind at times, clouds

Work done today:

• Shot blasting of the exposed portion beneath the Allan block wall behind the 244 building, in preparation for the concrete curb that will go in the same area.
• Workers onsite: At least four observed.

Shot blasting material used was Enviro-Grit Abrasives Enviro-Grit. The product page is here: https://www.enviro-corp.ca/enviro-grit. It’s basically extra fine glass dust.

The photo below was taken from our patio.

NOTE: The work crew was still here at 8 p.m., which appears to be a violation of New Westminster City Bylaw 8013, part of City Bylaw 6063 (Construction Noise):

Bylaw 6063 can be viewed as a PDF here: https://www.newwestcity.ca/database/files/library/Consolidated_Bylaw_6063__1992_Construction_Noise(1).pdf

Phase 1 Membrane Replacement Project

Project Mobilization Date: August 11, 2025
Work Start Date: August 28, 2025 
Expected duration: 2–3 months (Completion TBD)
Owner updates: Phase 1 Membrane Project Official Updates
Calendar of days worked: August 2025 to February 2026
Primary contractor: Prostar https://prostar.ca/

Weather: 13C, heavy rain and wind

Work done today:

• Removal of planking along the bottom of the 244 building on the west and north sides.
• Removal of the lower portion of stone cladding from the pillars in the areas listed above.
  • This work is being done to allow the new membrane to extend eight inches (about 20 cm).
• Workers onsite today: At least four observed.
• Strata Engineering also had at least four people onsite doing inspections.

Phase 1 Membrane Replacement Project

Project Mobilization Date: August 11, 2025
Work Start Date: August 28, 2025 
Expected duration: 2–3 months (Completion TBD)
Owner updates: Phase 1 Membrane Project Official Updates
Calendar of days worked: August 2025 to February 2026
Primary contractor: Prostar https://prostar.ca/

Weather: 15C, mix of cloud and showers

Work done today:

• Continued removal of membrane residue from concrete slab behind the 244 building and between the 244 and 248 buildings.
• Power-washing of concrete slab between the 244 and 248 buildings.
• Workers onsite: At least 3.