April 2, 2013, Mount Brydges, Ont. — Flynn Canada has received the
Caterpillar Award of Excellence for Commercial Landscape
Construction/Installation for its work on the Toronto City Hall Green
Roof Project.
April 2, 2013, Mount Brydges, Ont. — Flynn Canada has received the Caterpillar Award of Excellence for Commercial Landscape Construction/Installation for its work on the Toronto City Hall Green Roof Project.
This is the first time that a green roof has ever won the award as well as the first time Flynn Canada has been honoured with the award.
The Toronto City Hall installation is Toronto’s largest publicly accessible green roof. Featuring approximately 36,000 square feet of LiveRoof® modules, the plant mix contains grasses, sedums and perennials.
Gravel pathways with concrete and wooden benches create a walkable park atop the podium deck open to visitors of Nathan Phillips Square. The entire podium deck covers approximately 120,000 square feet.
LiveRoof Ontario, Inc., a division of Hillen Nursery, Inc., grew the city hall’s green roof at its nursery near London. LiveRoof Ontario and Flynn Canada have collaborated on multiple projects.
Most recently, the two companies completed the Yorkdale Mall in Toronto. This green roof features over 67,000 square feet (1.5 acres) of trial-tested and proven plants.
Green roofs provide more than beauty; their vegetation soaks up rainfall and reduces storm water runoff. Additionally, they help reduce rooftop temperatures during summer, thereby protecting and extending the life of the roof membrane.
In addition to using plants well-established in soil specially engineered for the extremes of a rooftop environment, the LiveRoof system features a patent-pending hybrid design combining the best features of all green roof systems. The system’s unique design allows for reduced municipal maintenance costs for the city hall’s green roof.
• Click here for more information on Gardens in the Sky.
• LiveRoof Ontario is the largest modular green roof producer in the province. They have supplied over 350,000 square feet of modular green roofs to date.
• LiveRoof, LLC is a leading horticultural science company in the green roof industry. Its technology is showcased in over 800 installations that total more than three million square feet.
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