Projects | Industrial Buildings

We build warehouses, distribution centers, cold storage facilities, transportation/logistics facilities, heavy industry factories and foundries for a variety of industrial clients, ranging from manufacturers of consumer products through to metals recyclers. The volume of industrial construction we do – amounting to some two hundred buildings over the past decade and generating over two million square feet of new industrial space every year – places Reliance among the top contractors in North America in this market.

Recently, given the scarcity of new land in developing metropolises and the constant increasing volume of imports from the far east, the redevelopment and modernization of existing industrial facilities and brown sites to today’s marketable standards, has become a niche market in which we have excelled.

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Mobilia Head Office and Warehouse 2000  |  90,000 sf
Contract delivery :
Construction Management, Design Build Mechanical
A 90,000 sf head office and warehousing facility for The Mobilia Furniture Store chain. Concrete slab met extremely stringent tolerances to allow for computer warehouse racking systems.
Dollarama 3 2006  |  130.500 sq.ft.
Contract delivery :
Construction Management, Design Build Mechanical
Expansion of 130,500 SF of warehouse to an existing building of 200,000 SF which was completely stripped and renovated. Total square footage after expansion is 330,500 SF.
CAE Electronics 2001  |  142,000 sf
Contract delivery :
Construction Management
Project included expansion of existing facility and addition of new floors on top of the original structure. Existing rooftop equipment was removed and relocated to the new roof while maintaining conditioning of occupied space below 24 hours a day. Dynamic load of flight simulators required construction of 18" and 24" independentslabs in some locations. Installation of mobile cranes, and mechanical and electrical systems were required for support and monitoring of the flight simulators.
CanadaWide 2023  |  150,000 sq.ft.
Contract delivery :
Construction Management
Conversion of an existing bulk storage warehouse facility to a modernized refrigerated / freezer distribution center complete with exterior facades being re-built to meet the requirements of a refrigerated environment and upgrades to shipping / receiving activities. The exterior truck parking / loading dock facilities are being fully revamped to suit the conversion from a stagnant warehouse facility to a modern an effective shipping / receiving operation. The project includes the full removal and replacement of the rear building structure and foundation to suit the revised vocation of the building. The existing roofing system is being replaced to meet the new needs of the facility whiCh include a complete refrigeration system for the entire 150,000 square feet of the distribution center.

Howmet Aerospace 1998  |  190,000 sq.ft.
Contract delivery :
Construction Management, Design Build Mechanical
A 190,000 sf aluminum casting facility for an aerospace industry manufacturer. Tight tolerance levels of floors and stringent mechanical and electrical requirements were met to the exacting specifications of the manufacturer. Separate, specific environments were required for each of the different process departments.
Cargo Dorval V 1997  |  205,000 sf
Contract delivery :
Construction Management
A 205,000 sf multi-tenant cargo warehouse facility constructed at Montreal'sPierreTrudeau Internationalairport for air freight carriers. Designed, built and made fully functional in less than 8 months. The facilty was built in "fast track" mode in order to replace the existing facility at Montreal's Mirabel Airport, which was relocated to Dorval.
Dollarama 2 2004  |  260,000 sq.ft.
Contract delivery :
Construction Management, Design Build Mechanical
Construction of two new warehouses totalling 260,000 sf utilized as a distribution center and built on fast track basis in just 3 and a half months. The warehouse has a 28' 0" clear hight and is equipped with ESFR sprinkler systems. The building is a combination of precast architectural concrete and metal siding façades.
Dollarama expansion 2019  |  270,000 sq.ft.
Contract delivery :
Construction Management
270,000 sq.ft.expansion of one of Dollarama's distribution centers in TMR. The expansion involves 27 new loading docks and a 60,000 sq.ft. mezzanine. The project includes the demolition of two existing industrial buildings to make way for the new expansion.
North Cargo Village 2009  |  330,000 sq.ft.
Contract delivery :
Construction Management
This 8 month long, $35M turn-key project was constructed for the developer Aeroterm to house air cargo tenants such as Air Canada, Mercury, and Schenker. The project consists of 2 buildings, sitting on approximately 1,000,000 sf of land, with exterior envelopes consisting of precast concrete, curtain wall and prefabricated insulated metal panels. The careful selection of materials for the exterior wall was primarily based on the period during the year in which the work was to be executed. The sitework included large parking areas, loading docks and roads circulating on the air side to transport cargo to and from aircraft. Over 60,000 sf of administrative areas were fit up for tenants to manage the cargo, including special provisions for conveyors, scales, specialized equipment and cold rooms.

The Brick Montreal Distribution Center 2003  |  332,000 sf
Contract delivery :
Construction Management, Design Build
New distribution center of 332,000 square feet for The Brick retail store chain was built to satisfy its current needs in eastern Canada. This building serves as phase I of its eastern Canada expansion plan, allowing for an additional expansion of warehouse space of 195,000 square feet. The warehouse space is fully air-conditioned, with 40'-0"clear racking height, and superflat floor slabs of Fmin 65 for an electronic wire guide racking storage system. The 10,000 square foot regional office and customer service pick-up area form the balance of the building.