Projects completed

Named projects with client, location and year — from bearing-wall removals in Toronto to a $4 billion potash solution mine in Saskatchewan. Alongside these sit more than 500 wind turbine foundations and over 50 substations across Canada and the United States. Filter by sector below.

Site photography

From the field

Photographs from completed and in-progress work, grouped the way the office files them — by material.

Concrete — foundations and anchorage

Reinforcing steel placed across a twenty-metre diameter spread footing before the concrete pour.
Spread footing, 20 m diameter
Rock anchor tendons and anchor heads projecting from concrete pedestals on a prepared site.
Rock anchors
Close-up of anchor bolts and levelling nuts on the embedment ring of a completed tower foundation pedestal.
Anchor bolts and levelling nuts

Steel — framing, plants and connections

Multi-storey structural steel frame being erected by crawler crane against a clear sky, with ironworkers on the beams.
Structural steel erection
Tall multi-level steel plant structure under construction beside concrete storage domes, with foundations in the foreground.
Plant structure and foundations
Heavy crawler crane setting modules against a large industrial steel structure under construction.
Module erection
Bolted steel bracing member connected to a concrete column, with steel grating floors above.
Bracing connection to a concrete column
Steel-framed building modules set on temporary supports and being connected together on site.
Modular construction
Structural steel building frame erected on site showing columns, beams and bracing.
Steel building framing

Wood — houses and framing

A large custom house under construction, stone-clad with a turret, before landscaping.
Custom house under construction
Engineered wood floor joists and laminated veneer lumber beams seen from below during framing.
Floor framing — engineered joists and LVL beams
Wood-framed and sheathed house walls under construction, with engineered floor joists visible through a window opening.
Wood framing and sheathing

Commercial, industrial and energy

Structural steel frame of a single-storey commercial building under construction on a gravel site.
Commercial steel frame — Whitby, Ontario
Completed single-storey retail building with a masonry and glazed storefront.
Retail building, completed
Multi-level structural steel frame of a cinema building under construction in Toronto.
Cinema construction — Toronto, Ontario
Interior of a cinema under construction, showing dense structural steel framing, open-web joists and reinforcing steel.
Cinema construction — interior framing
Aerial view of a large potash processing plant under construction, with numerous cranes and a process pond.
Potash plant under construction, Saskatchewan
View from a turbine nacelle across a wind farm, with several turbines standing over farmland.
Wind farm, from the nacelle
Turbine tower section suspended from a crane high above a wind farm and surrounding farmland.
Tower section on the hook
Process plant structure with a stack, steel platforms, ductwork and access stairs.
Process plant structure — Ontario

Project index

Sixty-plus named projects

Compiled from the professional record of Steele Liu, P.Eng., 1993 to present — work carried out with Steele Liu Engineers Inc. and in senior roles at AMEC, SNC-Lavalin and earlier practices.

  • 38 Country Heights Dr., Richmond Hill, ON 2019 ResidentialNew house — 13,000 sq ft
  • 36 Kinsington Rd., Richmond Hill, ON 2019 ResidentialNew house — 15,000 sq ft
  • 716 Duclos Point Rd., Barrie, ON 2018 ResidentialNew cottage — 8,000 sq ft
  • 938 Dovercourt Rd., Toronto, ON 2018 ResidentialHouse addition and renovation
  • 321 Skopit Rd., Richmond Hill, ON 2018 ResidentialHouse addition and renovation
  • 2837 Remea Court, Mississauga, ON 2018 ResidentialRenovation — load-bearing wall removal
  • 231 Hounslow Ave., Toronto, ON 2018 ResidentialRenovation — load-bearing wall removal
  • 13 Cardell Ave., Toronto, ON 2018 ResidentialRenovation — load-bearing wall removal
  • 27 Limcombe Dr., Toronto, ON 2018 ResidentialNew beams for staircase framing
  • 17 Towe Court, Markham, ON 2018 ResidentialFoundation excavation shoring design
  • 48 Millgate Cres., Toronto, ON 2018 ResidentialFoundation excavation shoring design
  • Woodside Square Cinema, 1590 Sandhurst Circle, Toronto, ON 2025 CommercialCinema construction — structural steel framing
  • 1571 Sandhurst Circle, Toronto, ON 2019 CommercialNew cinema — 120,000 sq ft
  • 1984 Queen St. E., Toronto, ON 2019 CommercialMixed-use building
  • 364 Broadview Ave., Toronto, ON — CommercialMixed-use building
  • 193 King St., Hamilton, ON 2018 CommercialApartment building renovation
  • 290 Ferrier St., Markham, ON 2017–18 CommercialOffice and warehouse addition and renovation
  • 85 Willis Way, Waterloo, ON 2018 CommercialTenant renovation and alteration design review
  • 349 & 355 Ridout St., London, ON — CommercialLight-gauge steel framing design for general contractor
  • 100 Steelcase Rd., Markham, ON — CommercialOffice renovation design
  • 563 Edward Ave., Richmond Hill, ON — CommercialSwimming school renovation design
  • Ontario Legislative Assembly — Dundas Iron, ON 2003 InstitutionalSite survey and structural steel connection design for the west wing renovation — roof, floor and access areas
  • Pearson Airport — MRM, ON 2002–04 InfrastructureWelding connection calculations for sign supports
  • Walmart stores, hotels and shopping malls — Banerjee Engineers, ON 2004–05 CommercialVarious commercial building structures
  • Beckwith — International Power–GDF Suez, ON 2013 SolarLead structural engineer, substation and rack foundation design for a solar EPC project
  • Greenwich & Talbot — Enbridge, ON 2012 WindDue diligence and Owner's engineer, two 100 MW wind farms — substation and turbine tower foundation reviews
  • Cape Scott — International Power–GDF Suez, BC 2011–12 WindSupport and review of structural designs for a 99 MW wind project, including foundations and site construction support
  • Smith Falls 2, 5 & 6 — Recurrent Energy, ON 2011–12 SolarStructural lead, substation and rack foundation design
  • Brockville — International Power–GDF Suez, ON 2011–12 SolarStructural lead, substation and rack foundation structural design
  • Erieau — International Power–GDF Suez, ON 2011–12 WindStructural lead, substation and turbine tower foundation design and construction support — 99 MW
  • Lac Alfred & Cedar Point — Enbridge, QC 2011–12 WindTechnical due diligence and Owner's structural engineer — 300 MW and 250 MW wind farms
  • Pointe-Aux-Roches — International Power–GDF Suez, ON 2011–12 WindStructural lead, substation and turbine tower foundation design and construction support — 48.6 MW
  • Chatham-Kent — Kruger Energy, ON 2010 WindStructural lead, substation and turbine tower foundations plus site construction support — 101.2 MW
  • Helios — SunPower, ON 2010 SolarStructural lead, substation and tracker foundation design
  • Harrow — AIM PowerGen, ON 2010 WindStructural lead, substation and turbine tower foundations plus construction support — four 10 MW wind farms
  • Raleigh — Marubeni, ON 2009 WindStructural due diligence review of a 100 MW wind farm
  • Leslie 7 — Toronto Hydro, ON 2009 PowerStructural lead, preliminary design of a cogeneration plant
  • North Dumfries Power Station — CPV, ON 2008 PowerPreliminary design of foundations and equipment supporting structures, gas-fired power plant
  • Cruickshank — Enbridge, ON 2008 WindStructural lead, five wind turbine foundations — piled and spread types, 8.25 MW
  • Norfolk County — AIM PowerGen, ON 2008 WindStructural lead, design of two sets of 24 × 1.65 MW wind turbines
  • Port Alma — Kruger Energy, ON 2007–08 WindLead for substation and turbine tower foundation design and site construction support — 101 MW
  • Kingsbridge — EPCOR, ON 2007 SubstationStructural lead, detailed design of a 500 kV substation at a wind farm
  • Thermal power plants and substations — CSEPDI, China & Pakistan 1993–2002 PowerStructural design and construction services for over ten thermal power plants and substations
  • Legacy Potash Mine — K+S, SK 2014–17 PotashOverall structural design checking on a $4 billion solution mine. Boiler building design, part stick-built and part modular; shop drawing review exceeding 10,000 pages with construction support; cooling tower basin (50 m × 25 m) and pumphouse design; boiler fan and large vertical pump foundations, both by dynamic foundation analysis
  • Esterhazy Potash — Mosaic, SK 2013–14 PotashCSA lead for detailed engineering of a new specialty micronutrient plant adjacent to an operating potash mill — railcars, storage and handling, processing and power supply
  • Western Range — ArcelorMittal, Liberia 2012 Iron oreStructural checker for SAG mill foundations including dynamic and static analysis — 15 Mt/yr concentrator
  • Ruby Creek — Adanac Moly, BC 2008 MolybdenumStructural design of three steel bins — 20,000 tpd open-pit mine and concentrator
  • Snap Lake — De Beers, NT 2008 DiamondStructural lead for permanent camp foundation design — 3,150 tpd diamond project
  • Victor — De Beers, ON 2007–08 DiamondCleaning centre building design and permanent camp foundations on permafrost
  • Ambatovy Nickel — Dynatec, Madagascar 2005–06 NickelSteel analysis and concrete foundation design — ore leach circuit, lime plant, refinery, autoclave support mats, thickeners, tank foundations, underground pumping chambers, ammonium sulphate storage
  • Las Brisas Gold — Gold Reserve, Venezuela 2005 GoldDetailed structural steel and concrete foundation design for a gold process plant
  • CRH Cement Plant, Mississauga, ON Ongoing CementVarious structural projects
  • Federal White Cement Plant, ON Ongoing CementVarious structural projects
  • St. Marys Cement Plant, Bowmanville, ON Ongoing CementVarious structural projects
  • Kearl — Imperial Oil, AB 2009–10 Oil sandsBuildings and structures for a 100,000 bpd oil sands project and its expansion, including an all-modular water treatment plant building — structural analysis for lifting, sea and land transportation and operating conditions, with connection details between modules
  • Exshaw — Lafarge, AB 2008–09 CementBalance-of-plant services for a new finish mill — structural design of a plant addition including foundations and steel structures
  • Various sites — Irving Tissue, ON 2007–13 Pulp & paperStructural lead for various design and site service renovation projects
  • Various sites — Procter & Gamble, ON 2007–12 ManufacturingStructural lead for various structural design and site service projects
  • New Braunfels — Cemex, TX, USA 2007 CementSteel and concrete drawing check, and design of five steel bins in the raw mill feed area
  • Mississauga Refinery — Petro-Canada, ON 2005 RefiningDetailed structural design of an iso-dewaxing debottlenecking; foundation design for natural side strippers and vacuum tower
  • Mississauga Bearing Plant — NTN, ON 2004 ManufacturingStructural calculations for expansion of a bearing production facility
  • Lakeview Water Treatment Plant — Bennett Contracting, ON 2003–04 WaterDesign of structural steel connections for a pump station superstructure
  • Cult Iron Mill, Markham, ON 2002 IndustrialDetailed structural design of a one-storey industrial building

Client names and locations are listed as they appear in the professional record of Steele Liu, P.Eng. Work carried out prior to July 2018 was performed in senior structural roles at AMEC, SNC-Lavalin, Banerjee Engineers, VE Collective and CSEPDI.

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