Building a massive battery plant through a Canadian winter meant fighting wind and cold on every pour. TuffWrap EXT kept the heat in and the project on schedule.
Winter doesn’t pause for construction schedules, least of all in Ontario. When a team set out to build a massive battery plant in Windsor, Ontario, it had to contend with the harsh Canadian winter at every step. With temperatures often falling near zero, pouring concrete and constructing clean rooms became difficult, and the plant’s clean rooms, covering 1.2 million square feet, needed to be enclosed on three sides to shield them from biting wind and cold.
The project team needed a temporary solution that could block the wind, hold in heat, and keep multiple trades working without losing days to the weather.
The Challenge: Build Through a Frigid Winter Without Falling Behind
Large-scale concrete and clean room construction depends on a stable working environment. The team needed a solution that could:
- Block wind and cold along an exposed side of a very large building
- Hold heat inside so concrete could be poured and clean rooms built
- Allow multiple teams to keep working side by side
- Keep the project on schedule despite harsh winter conditions
The Solution: TuffWrap EXT Walls
The team turned to TuffWrap EXT, TuffWrap’s rugged temporary exterior wall system. As Project Manager Bobby Shenk put it, “We needed a temporary wall to block the wind, and TuffWrap’s EXT Wall was perfect.”
TuffWrap worked with local carpenters to install the EXT Wall along the north side of the building. Stretching across several hundred feet, the wall gave the team the protection it needed to keep working through the cold.
Staying Warm
The EXT Wall made it possible to maintain warmth inside the building. “The temporary wall kept the heat inside, enabling us to pour concrete and construct the clean rooms,” Shenk explained. With heaters running, the interior stayed between 55 and 65 degrees, ideal for the concrete and clean room work at hand.
Easy Integration
Because the wall held a heated environment, multiple teams could keep working without interruption. “It allowed us to maintain a heated environment, which was essential for pouring concrete and installing clean rooms,” Shenk added. The project stayed on schedule despite the winter conditions.
The Result: A Trusted Solution for Winter Work
The battery plant team had never used TuffWrap before, finding the company through a search for temporary wall contractors. The EXT Wall proved to be a solution it would use again. “I would definitely use TuffWrap again,” Shenk confirmed.
Why This Matters for Cold-Weather Construction
Winter weather is one of the most common causes of delay on large construction projects, and it doesn’t have to be. TuffWrap’s EXT Wall gives project teams a robust, temporary barrier against wind and cold, keeping heated work areas protected and projects moving even in the harshest conditions.
