Barry Sendel Helped Habitat 67 Avoid Bankruptcy

At Expo 67, one of the World’s largest universal expositions was held in Montreal. One leading project was completed on time thanks to Barry Sendel. Barry’s constant brilliant thinking for problem solving was able to complete the Habitat 67 project (picture) on time.

This Middle Eastern-like-structure was behind many months from completion due to the manufacturing of the precast concrete pillboxes which took up to 24 hours to cure leaving insufficient time to complete the job on schedule. Sendel by way of developing a steam tarpaulin out of neoprene a synthetic rubber produced by the polymerization of chloroprene. It is highly resistant to oil, heat and oxidation enhanced brought the curing time by 18 hours to 8 hours.

These pillboxes were being manufactured at a pre-stressed concrete factory known as Francon a Montreal North facility. These pillboxes were taking 24 hours per unit to be made. Sendel’s tarpaulin enhanced the curing time from 24 hours to 8 hours, thus making the project on time for the opening of EXPO 67. The pillboxes were poured at the factory and transported by many trucks to the site and stacked one pillbox on to another by crane.

Barry was brilliant in developing this streamlined process helping Anglin Norcross the contractor meeting the timelines from completing Habitat 67 on time.

To learn more about habitat 67 visit http://habitat67.com