Summer is not only the season for backyard barbecues, beach days and bike rides. It’s also construction season. And this summer, construction is booming in Hamilton.
According to the Hamilton Economic Development Corporation, the city hit a record $2 billion in building permits in 2021 and has experienced an unprecedented highrise building boom in the downtown core over the last five years. Since 2017, 19 major building developments have been completed or are under construction from Queen Street to Wentworth Street and Barton Street to Aberdeen Avenue.
And where there is construction, there is steel. Some of the largest construction applications for our flat steel products include roofing, cladding and siding panels for building exteriors. These products are commonly manufactured from pre-painted Galvanize or Galvalume™. ArcelorMittal Dofasco customers, including Agway Metals, Ideal Roofing and Vicwest, will cut and roll-form the pre-painted steel from Dofasco into panels with a variety of styles and colour selections and will offer a corrosion warranty of up to 40 years for Galvalume™.