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The site of the new Veterans Memorial Carillon and Liberation
Sculpture in Victoria Park, London, Canada.
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Peter Buren, President of Buren Concrete Forming Ltd marks the
ground so that underground service locates can be obtained to
begin construction.
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Peter Twynstra (right) Project Manager for the Veterans memorial
Committee meets with City of London's Julie Michaud, Landscape
Architect Intern and Tony Vandenburg of X-K-Vate Construction
to discuss construction and excavation.
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X-K-Vate Construction excavates the soil and digs the hole for
the foundations. A smaller backhoe was used to protect the lawns
of Victoria Park.
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This huge dead trunk and its many roots sit in the place where
our foundations must go. As if poetry this trunk will be replaced
by a permanent steel musical tree.
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Buren Concrete Forming begins the construction of the Memorial’s
foundations.
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Peter Buren measures Andy Spriet’s of Spriet Associates
Engineers & Architects, base engineering plans to place
the foundations.
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The foundation for the Carillon is set to a depth of 2.1 metres
(7 ft). Here the forms are being made to pour the concrete.
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The anchor bolt unit has been assembled and welded by Abuma
Manufacturing Ltd. This will hold the Carillon upright and in
place for centuries to come.
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The anchor bolt assembly is suspended into the form at grade
level, ready for concrete, to complete the Carillon foundation.
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Gerard Pas the memorial designer inspects the Carillon foundation.
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The concrete is poured by hand so as not to disturb Victoria
Park lawns or crack its sidewalks with heavy concrete trucks.
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Anchor bolt assembly inserted the foundation must now cure so
that the tower can be placed onto it.
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Jan Maarschalkerweerd, President of Abuma Manufacturing and
maker of the Memorial visits the site. Jan speaks with Richard
of Buren Concrete Forming about the foundations.
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Henk Peeters of Peeters Landscaping - Baseline Nurseries, Netherlands
Honorary Consul Richard Ter Vrugt (Committee Chairperson), Peter
Twynstra (Project Manager), Julie Michaud City of London Landscape
Architect, and Robin Campbell of Stantec Consulting meet to
discuss landscaping and project agenda.
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The conduit, which connects the bells wiring to the computer
hidden inside the granite sculpture and its electrical power
supply, is placed into position for the Liberation Sculpture
foundation.
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Julie Michaud, City of London Landscape Architect, and Robin
Campbell of Stantec Consulting mark the outside limits of the
gardens as reference for further site excavation of the topsoil.
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The concrete is poured into the forms of the sculpture foundation
by Buren Concrete Forming.
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Both foundations are now complete and left to cure so that the
Carillon tower and sculpture can be placed by crane onto these
foundations.
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The final excavation of the gardens, which straddle both sides
of the sidewalk are completed. Construction materials are removed
from the site and surrounding grounds are brought back to grade.
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The site is now safety fenced and awaits the electrical power
supplies to be installed into the conduits. The site then lay
dormant until the various Carillon and sculptural components
are installed.
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Even though we have made every effort to not damage the surroundings
of Victoria Park, our heavy trucks have still left scars on
the landscape. They were later repaired after the Memorial was
completely in place.
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The Memorials three components arrive at Victoria Park on the
back of a large transport truck. Streets are blocked by the
police allowing the heavy trucks to enter the park.
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Cameron Crane & Riggers of London generously provide a 40-ton
crane to lift the heavy components of the memorial into place.
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components are lifted from the transport by Cameron Crane and
placed on to the ground.
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With the tower now on site the second ring, complete with its
bells, is attached before lifting it to the Memorial site.
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Before affixing the second ring the bells wires must be fished
through and attached inside the tower. The second ring is then
attached to the spokes of the tower.
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Various members of the Veterans Memorial Committee, and friends
stand nearby watching the progress of installation at the site.
From left to right: unknown (background), Andy Spriet, Jan Maarschalkerweerd,
Paul Hogendoorn, Fred Koops, Julie DeVries, Dini Twynstra, Rinette
Teunissen, Richard terVrugt, Harry Coumans and Roel DeVries.
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With the second middle ring in place the tower is now lifted
and ready to be carried to its permanent location in Victoria
Park.
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The Carillon tower is now slowly lifted by Cameron Crane to
its foundation nearby. It is being guided on the ground by workers
from Excellent Signs and Displays.
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The Carillon is now slowly lowered onto its concrete foundation
in Victoria Park.
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From right to left Piet Teunissen (red hat), Jan Maarschalkerweerd,
Peter Twynstra (foreground), Peter Buren, and a worker from
Excellent Signs and Displays bolt and anchor down the Carillon
to its foundation.
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A worker from Excellent Signs and Displays receives the final
top ring lowered by Cameron Crane on to the Carillon.
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A worker fixes the final ring with its bells onto the top spokes
of the Carillon.
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Reggie Bernardo (centre) of Classic Marble, Granite and Tile,
attaches the straps to the granite sculpture so that the crane
can lift it into place on its concrete foundation.
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Reggie Bernardo removes the cranes straps completing the installation
of the sculpture. Peter Twynstra, Roel DeVries, and Paul Hogendoorn
watch on.
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The Liberation Sculpture now sits on its final resting place.
The computers must still be installed within it and wired to
the Memorial Carillon before it is complete.
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Bert Van der Weyst, founder of Excellent Signs and Displays
and member of the Veterans Committee, inspects the sculpture
to make sure it is properly aligned with the Cenotaph.
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The installation of the memorial at Victoria Park was done on
September 11th, 2006. Gerard was living and working in New York
City in 1999-2001. He experienced, first hand, the after-effects
of the September 11th, 2001 tragedy. “I hope that this
memorial will remind us that evil can be overcome, and that
the young lives of Canadians soldiers who died liberating Holland
from the Nazi’s have intrinsic value even today in the
memories of the Dutch.”
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City of London electrical sub-contractors place foundations
for the lighting that will illuminate the Memorial.
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Paul Hogendoorn of OES Inc. climbs the tower and finalizes the
electrical wiring for the carillon.
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Robin Campbell of Stantec Consulting marks where the sidewalks
will be poured. Buren Concrete Forming workers begin to make
the concrete forms for the Memorials sidewalks.
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A worker from Buren Concrete Forming starts to trowel the freshly
poured concrete of the sidewalk in front of the Memorial.
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Buren Concrete Forming puts the finishing touches on the sidewalk.
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Angus McLennan and his now deceased wife Mabe donated the funds,
which made the original Veterans Memorial Gardens in Victoria
Park. Our project has been added to their generous and beautiful
gardens to compliment both the Cenotaph and honour Canada’s
Military. Here Angus watches the progress of the installation.
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The Carillon now waits for finishing electrical details and
site tuning by Royal Eijsbouts Bell Foundry of the Netherlands,
before it is ready to play at the grand unveiling on September
22nd, 2006.
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Royal Eijsbouts Bell Foundry technician Ricus Thijssen, of the
Netherlands, discusses bell tuning with Sandra Young Tangjerd
who plays the bells on a midi keyboard.
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Veterans Memorial Committee members Bert Van Der Weyst, Piet
Teunissen, Roel DeVries, Peter Twynstra and Richard ter Vrugt
discuss the improved sounds of the bells.
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Ricus Thijssen of Royal Eijsbouts Bell Foundry goes up adjusts
and tunes each bell by hand until they are perfect.
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Ricus Thijssen of Royal Eijsbouts Bell Foundry checks each bell
individually and as a piano tuner makes each bell sound the
right pitch and volume.
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Ricus Thijssen and Sandra Young Tangjerd discuss final tonal
adjustments for the Carillon bells.
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Ricus Thijssen goes back up and tunes all the bells for their
final time after listening to the bells from far and near.
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City of London staffers learn about the controlling computer
and software, which controls the Carillon as the City of London
will take control of the Carillon after September 22nd, 2006.
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Peter Buren Concrete Forming completes the final decorative
edge of the walkways.
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City of London, Parks Department staff return fresh topsoil
to fill the excavated site and prepare for landscaping the gardens.
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All the flowerbeds are filled with new soil kindly provided
by the City of London Parks Dept. The gardens were also designed
by Gerard Pas.
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Peeters Landscaping / Baseline Nurseries begin the task of placing
all the plantings, planting, and rolling grass sods in the areas
damaged by construction to the site. Baseline Nursery has very
kindly donated much of the material for landscaping this project.
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First, all the plantings must be marked out according to the
official plan redrawn from Gerard’s plans by Stantec Consulting
for the City of London.
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Once all the plant locations have been established, Peeters
Landscaping can begin the planting of shrubs, greenery, and
flowers.
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The entire gardens are covered in an aromatic mulch of cedar
bark before tulip bulbs and greenery can be put in the ground.
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The sculptural component of the Memorial starts to look more
at home in the earth than on its concrete foundation hidden
underneath.
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Larry, of Peeters Landscaping finishes the planting by digging
in the orange Tulip bulbs and Periwinkle through the cedar mulch.
This must be done last, as otherwise the mulch would bury these
plants.
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Robin Campbell of Stantec Consulting goes over the final plantings
with Larry of Peeters Landscaping.
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Theresa, a City Parks employee responsible for working at Victoria
Park takes mulch to fill in gaps in surrounding beds so that
all looks good for the formal unveiling.
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Bert Van der Weyst, Julie and Roel DeVries, Piet Teunissen,
come to check last minute details before the formal unveiling
on September 22, 2006.
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Fred of OES Inc. makes last checks and inputs final song selection
into the Carillon’s computer before the formal unveiling
on September 22, 2006.
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The walkways and grounds are power cleaned before the formal
unveiling on September 22, 2006.
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All is ready for the dedication, unveiling, and formal ceremonies
on September 22nd, 2006 at 11:00 am in Victoria Park, London,
Canada.
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all
photographs were taken by and remain the copyright of Gerard Pas
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"Canadian
Veterans Memorial" | Liberation Sculpture - Carillon Memorial
(2006) |
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