Spring Valley Corp – The Forerunners in “Beautiful Concrete Art”

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The most impressive reference project of Spring Valley, so far, is undoubtedly Hotel X in the Canadian metropolitan city of Toronto

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The special feature of this project are the overall 494 façade panels made of white UHPC, with the weight of each panel ranging from 290 to 545 kgs

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Patricia Overgaard, co-owner of Spring Valley Corp., proudly presented this flagship project to BFT editor-in-chief Silvio Schade

Figure: Spring Valley Corp/Eric Sommer

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This detailed view shows the regimential badges of the Infantery School Corps and the Canadian Dragoons

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The Hotel X project
in the construction stage

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Spring Valley Corp is domiciled in Jerseyville/Ontario not far from Toronto

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Eric Sommer and Patricia Overgaard, the two owners of Spring Valley in their factory

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The formliners for the regimental badges of the Hotel X project also attracted a lot of attention at the Precast Show in the USA

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Further products of the Canadian manufacturer‘s portfolio are the Dream Wall with UHPC and insulation ...

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... as well as several other unique items made of architectural concrete

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The production plants are modernized on a regular basis – thus, a new concrete mixer was delivered during the visit of the BFT editor

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In the course of a trip to North America, Silvio Schade has recently visited a trade show and precast production plants in Canada and the USA. The BFT editor-in-chief was particularly impressed by the Spring Valley Corp and their flagship project made of UHPC – Hotel X in Toronto.

Spring Valley Corp was originally founded by Eric Sommer in 1982 as a building renovations company. After a restructuring in 2015, it is now known as Spring Valley Corp. owned by Eric Sommer and Patricia Overgaard.

The original focus of the business was to follow in the footsteps of Eric’s father, Murray Sommer, who had a life-long career in the residential home-building business. When Eric started the business he got a foothold in the market by finishing basements and building backyard decks. House framing led to home building which in turn led to taking carpentry contracts with General...