Feasibility before commitment
Zoning setbacks, structural capacity and servicing are confirmed before you spend real money. If the addition your business needs is not achievable on the site, we tell you at the study stage.
Services — Building Additions
Building Additions
Relocation resets everything your location has earned. An addition keeps the address, the customers and the lease economics — and adds the square footage your operation has outgrown.
Scope
What we take on
Additions are renovation work at its most technical: new structure meeting old, live operations next to open excavation. We plan the tie-ins first and sequence everything around keeping you open.
- Feasibility, zoning and site-constraint reviews
- Structural additions and building expansions
- Storefront, entrance and facade extensions
- Loading, storage and back-of-house expansions
- Building envelope tie-ins: roofing, cladding and waterproofing
- Barrier-free entrances and accessibility upgrades
- Mechanical and electrical service extensions
- Municipal approvals, permits and inspections
How we deliver
What makes our building additions different
Tie-ins drawn first
Where new structure meets existing is where additions go wrong — water, movement, mismatched levels. We detail those junctions first and price them honestly, because that is where the risk lives.
Open through construction
Excavation, crane days and envelope openings are sequenced around your operating calendar, with weather protection and temporary separations keeping the existing building dry, safe and open.
Questions
Building Additions, answered
Can we stay open while you build an addition?
Usually, yes. The addition is built as a sealed exterior project until the last practical moment; breaking through into the existing building is a short, planned phase — often done over a weekend or holiday closure.
Do additions need zoning approval in the GTA?
Every addition needs a building permit, and many need zoning review for setbacks, parking or lot coverage; some require a minor variance. We flag the approval path during feasibility so the timeline reflects reality, not optimism.
How do you protect the existing building during construction?
Temporary weather walls, protected exits, shored openings and continuous waterproofing details at every tie-in. The existing roof and walls are opened only when the new envelope is ready to close over them.
Planning building additions?
Describe the space and the constraint that worries you most. You’ll get a realistic read on budget, schedule and approach — not a sales pitch.