The Pines Courtyard Upgrade Moving to Spruce on Monday August 28th, 2023

CLOSED: This discussion has concluded.

Starting on Monday, August 28th or Tuesday August 29th (depending on weather) for approx. a week, you may hear and see construction happening in the Spruce courtyard.

There will be a period of time on either Monday or Tuesday when we will need to have residents out of their rooms in the back hallway as well as no access to other rooms in that area. There will be signage in place and staff monitoring the area during this time. See below for more information.

When: Monday or Tuesday (weather dependent)

Time frame: 10am to 2pm (approx.)

Rooms affected: Spruce 309-321; plus the spa rooms and the activity room

What is happening and why?

Over time, too many plants and trees have grown in our courtyard, and they are blocking the water from flowing and draining correctly, which poses a risk to damaging our Home. To avoid having issues in the future, we are taking out some plants, making the garden a bit flatter, and adding special pipes so the water drains away from our building. Once the construction is complete, we will lay synthetic turf (fake grass that looks like real grass) for a natural appearance. This will alleviate further concerns for damage to the building, make the garden look nice and reduces garden maintenance costs.

How is this going to happen?

With a big crane! We need a big crane to bring in and take out equipment and material for three of the four courtyards. The biggest courtyards are two stories tall, do not have much space, and we must be careful about where we put material and equipment because of fire route restrictions in all the courtyards.

We take your safety seriously.

Extra planning and coordination are required by the Contractor, District and Pines staff during courtyard landscape removal and particularly during crane operations. The project safety plan includes the need to have areas falling under the crane’s operational arch vacated for both delivery of equipment, and removal of material. When the crane’s operational arch is above a home area, that portion of the home area will have to vacate for a short period of time. Staff will guide residents during this process.

Questions? Contact the Pines Administrator.

If you have any questions regarding courtyard construction, please call Jennifer Ridgley at 705-645-4488 Ext. 4877 or send an email to administrator.pines@muskoka.on.ca