THE CONSTRUCTION SOURCE CANADA site for rapid assembly. “They built the entire thing in a modular format,” Beth explains. “We delivered all of the materials mod by mod to their factory. They would build all of Unit 1, plastic wrap it, then move to the next one. And then they assembled all of them on site — so the whole building went up significantly faster than traditional building methods, while still meeting the same high-quality we would expect from a high-performance building.” What made the project exceptional wasn’t just the logistics, but the degree to which Hewson Brothers adapted their processes to fit the job. Customcut steel was packaged by the manufacturer according to each individual module, labeled and sequenced so that materials arrived ready to use rather than requiring sorting on the factory floor. “We supplied the whole wall assembly – everything from the vapour barrier to the exterior sheathing, the steel studs, and the drywall. It was all finished before it even got to site,” Beth says. “They had kitchens installed before they even brought the mods to the building site. It really showed a different way that the supply side can support some of the newer methods of construction.” In the commercial and institutional sectors, Hewson Brothers has also been involved in some recent large-scale projects, including several for prominent post-secondary institutions across Southern Ontario, including the University of Waterloo, Wilfrid Laurier University, and the University of Guelph. Moving forward, Jeff says they want to continue servicing the builders working in those sectors
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