{"id":948724,"date":"2026-10-28T00:00:11","date_gmt":"2026-10-28T00:00:11","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/948724\/"},"modified":"2026-10-28T00:00:11","modified_gmt":"2026-10-28T00:00:11","slug":"olympic-stadium-awards-254k-emergency-waterproofing-contract","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/948724\/","title":{"rendered":"Olympic Stadium awards $254K emergency waterproofing contract"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/www.cbc.ca\/a\/assets\/texttospeech.svg\" alt=\"Text to Speech Icon\" width=\"44\" height=\"44\"\/><\/p>\n<p>Listen to this article<\/p>\n<p>Estimated 1 minute<\/p>\n<p>The audio version of this article is generated by AI-based technology. Mispronunciations can occur. We are working with our partners to continually review and improve the results.<\/p>\n<p class=\"paragraph-b3GxD html-paragraph\">Montreal\u2019s Olympic Park has awarded an emergency contract to protect part of the Olympic Stadium\u2019s concrete exterior from winter damage after a section was left exposed to the elements.\u00a0<\/p>\n<p class=\"paragraph-b3GxD html-paragraph\">The $254,000 contract was awarded this month to Aquabloc to install waterproofing materials on one of the 35 concrete structures that make up the stadium\u2019s exterior.\u00a0<\/p>\n<p class=\"paragraph-b3GxD html-paragraph\">The call for tenders states the work is to address water infiltration, prevent damage during the winter months and protect people and property.<\/p>\n<p class=\"paragraph-b3GxD html-paragraph\">Olympic Park says it was testing a longer-lasting waterproofing solution on a 372-square metre section to reduce the need for regular maintenance.<\/p>\n<p class=\"paragraph-b3GxD html-paragraph\">But the process of evaluating different options took longer than expected, leaving the concrete without its protective membrane as winter approached.\u00a0<\/p>\n<p class=\"paragraph-b3GxD html-paragraph\">The contract comes as the stadium undergoes major renovations, including an $870-million roof replacement expected to be completed by 2028.\u2028  <\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"Listen to this article Estimated 1 minute The audio version of this article is generated by AI-based technology.&hellip;\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":948725,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[194292],"tags":[49,48,2338],"class_list":["post-948724","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","category-montreal","tag-ca","tag-canada","tag-montreal"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/948724","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=948724"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/948724\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/948725"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=948724"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=948724"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=948724"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}