Description:
Sporting Life is a complex, high profile luxury lifestyle retailer that uses technical audio visuals to enhance the experience of the customer, as the experience of the client’s customers is critical. Buttcon has a National Contract with Sporting Life and has constructed 9 locations across Canada. The locations include: Markville Mall | Sherway Gardens | Vaughn Mills Pop-up | Hillcrest Mall | South Centre (Calgary) | Market Mall (Calgary) | Yorkdale Mall | DIX Mall (Montreal) | Brentwood Mall (BC). The stores located in Sherway Gardens (38,000SF) and Yorkdale (56,000SF) required high end finishes; complex glazing installations; POS, computer installations, and multimedia screens; and exhibit type feature pieces such as the upside down hanging tree, open glass staircase, glass elevators, stone fireplaces, and a complex storefront. The projects were constructed under extremely busy environments with high traffic as the malls were fully occupied throughout the process. Buttcon ensured public safety and controlled dust and noise levels during construction as drilling was done on off hours, and there was dust control management in place to maintain a safe environment for the occupied malls. Both envelope façade were complex and included glazing, curtain walls, natural stone, media walls, and reclaimed wood. The store located in Sherway Gardens had a complex geometrical exterior that was based on angles and had various envelope materials. At both locations, penetration into the concrete slab was required for the technological services such as the POS. Buttcon worked with the client to cut the concrete slab prior to the fit-up. Both projects were completed on time and within budget.