Please join the CTBUH Toronto Chapter for a networking hot breakfast, lecture, and panel discussion on tanked basements. This program is for designers, developers, and contractors who design and construct buildings in the Greater Toronto Area.

Joanne Di Caro, a former manager at Toronto Water, will explain how to evaluate a development site with regard to compliance with the city’s foundation drainage policy. James Cooper, P. Eng., a waterproofing consultant and Principal at RJC Engineers, will discuss the fundamentals of designing the tanked basement and the criteria to select the optimized waterproofing system. David Steinberg, President of Construction at Nu-Site Contractors Ltd., will explain the installation procedures to achieve a long serving, dry, tanked basement.

Following these three presentations, a panel discussion will be moderated by Mark Garland, President of general contractor GCL Builds.

Speakers

Joanne Di Caro, Independent Consultant & former Retired Manager of Environmental Monitoring & Protection @ City of Toronto | Evaluating the Development Site Groundwater - Discharge, or Tanked Basement?

James Cooper, BASc, P. Eng., LEED® AP O+M, Principal, Building Science and Restoration, RJC Engineers | Designing the Tanked Basement - Selecting the Waterproof System

David Steinberg, President of Construction, Nu-Site Contractors Limited | Installing the Tanked Basement - Standard Operating Procedures

Moderator: Mark Garland, President, GCL Builds Limited