{"id":5439,"date":"2024-07-19T20:07:23","date_gmt":"2024-07-19T20:07:23","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/elementfive.co\/?p=5439"},"modified":"2024-07-25T20:44:37","modified_gmt":"2024-07-25T20:44:37","slug":"groundbreaking-ceremony","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/elementfive.co\/fr\/groundbreaking-ceremony\/","title":{"rendered":"Groundbreaking Ceremony for Element5 Mass Timber Facility Expansion &#8211; June 2024"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-full is-resized\"><a href=\"https:\/\/elementfive.co\/content\/uploads\/2024\/07\/IMG_2633-50-cropped.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"1860\" height=\"1197\" src=\"https:\/\/elementfive.co\/content\/uploads\/2024\/07\/IMG_2633-50-cropped.jpg\" alt=\"10 people have shovels in hand and dirt is flying in mid-air for a groundbreaking ceremony on the expansion of the Element5 mass timber facility in St. Thomas, Ontario.\n\nThe group is in front of a Dancor trailer that has a sign saying &quot;Element5 continues rapid development with 350,000 square foot plant expansion&quot; on it. People in the photo from left to right are:\n- Sean Ford, Managing Partner at Dancor (and host and emcee)\n- Sean Dyke, CEO, St. Thomas Economic Development Foundation\n- Matthew Mackenzie, Director, Acquisitions, Nexus REIT\n- Kelly Hanczyk, CEO, Nexus REIT\n- Joe Preston, Mayor of St. Thomas\n- Chris Latour, VP Engineering &amp; Operations, Element5\n- Patrick Poulin, CEO and President, Element5\n- Alex Gruevski, VP Finance, Element\n- Karen Vecchio, Member of Parliament\n- Michael Leach, VP Sales, Element5\n\" class=\"wp-image-5444\" style=\"width:840px;height:auto\" srcset=\"https:\/\/elementfive.co\/content\/uploads\/2024\/07\/IMG_2633-50-cropped.jpg 1860w, https:\/\/elementfive.co\/content\/uploads\/2024\/07\/IMG_2633-50-cropped-1000x644.jpg 1000w, https:\/\/elementfive.co\/content\/uploads\/2024\/07\/IMG_2633-50-cropped-768x494.jpg 768w, https:\/\/elementfive.co\/content\/uploads\/2024\/07\/IMG_2633-50-cropped-300x193.jpg 300w, https:\/\/elementfive.co\/content\/uploads\/2024\/07\/IMG_2633-50-cropped-1088x700.jpg 1088w, https:\/\/elementfive.co\/content\/uploads\/2024\/07\/IMG_2633-50-cropped-622x400.jpg 622w, https:\/\/elementfive.co\/content\/uploads\/2024\/07\/IMG_2633-50-cropped-1536x988.jpg 1536w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 1860px) 100vw, 1860px\" \/><\/a><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<p>On Friday, June 21, 2024, the construction management firm Dancor, hosted a groundbreaking ceremony for the expansion of our Element5 mass timber facility in St. Thomas, Ontario, followed by a lunch and reception at the Elgin County Railway Museum.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>The expansion &#8211; which includes a new Glulam plant, will increase the size of our current facility substantially from 130,000 square feet to over 350,000 square feet of floor space with office frontage. <br><br><strong>Pictured in the photo above (from left to right) :<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n<ul>\n<li>Sean Ford, Managing Partner at Dancor (and host and emcee)<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>Sean Dyke, CEO, St. Thomas Economic Development Foundation<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>Matthew Mackenzie, Director, Acquisitions, Nexus REIT<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>Kelly Hanczyk, CEO, Nexus REIT<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>Joe Preston, Mayor of St. Thomas<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>Chris Latour, VP Engineering &amp; Operations, Element5<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>Patrick Poulin, CEO and President, Element5<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>Alex Gruevski, VP Finance, Element5<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>Karen Vecchio, Member of Parliament<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>Michael Leach, VP Sales, Element5<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n\n\n\n<p>Element5\u2019s St. Thomas investment is the largest in the city in the last 20 years, according to Sean Dyke, chief executive officer at St. Thomas Economic Development Corporation.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p><strong><em>\u201cWhat it does for the community is add that prosperity that we\u2019ve been looking for,\u201d added Dyke. \u201cThe city has been very fortunate. The last few years have all been growth years. This is another element of the expansion.\u201d<\/em><\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-full is-resized\"><a href=\"https:\/\/elementfive.co\/content\/uploads\/2024\/07\/IMG_2645-RobFlack-web-1.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"1657\" height=\"1155\" src=\"https:\/\/elementfive.co\/content\/uploads\/2024\/07\/IMG_2645-RobFlack-web-1.jpg\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-5474\" style=\"width:840px\" srcset=\"https:\/\/elementfive.co\/content\/uploads\/2024\/07\/IMG_2645-RobFlack-web-1.jpg 1657w, https:\/\/elementfive.co\/content\/uploads\/2024\/07\/IMG_2645-RobFlack-web-1-1000x697.jpg 1000w, https:\/\/elementfive.co\/content\/uploads\/2024\/07\/IMG_2645-RobFlack-web-1-768x535.jpg 768w, https:\/\/elementfive.co\/content\/uploads\/2024\/07\/IMG_2645-RobFlack-web-1-300x209.jpg 300w, https:\/\/elementfive.co\/content\/uploads\/2024\/07\/IMG_2645-RobFlack-web-1-1004x700.jpg 1004w, https:\/\/elementfive.co\/content\/uploads\/2024\/07\/IMG_2645-RobFlack-web-1-574x400.jpg 574w, https:\/\/elementfive.co\/content\/uploads\/2024\/07\/IMG_2645-RobFlack-web-1-1536x1071.jpg 1536w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 1657px) 100vw, 1657px\" \/><\/a><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<p>Also on hand for the event was Rob Flack (pictured above), Ontario&#8217;s Minister of Agriculture, Food and Agribusiness and MPP for Elgin-Middlesex-London, who gave remarks at the Elgin County Railway Museum.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<h3 class=\"wp-block-heading\">Media Coverage of Groundbreaking Ceremony<\/h3>\n\n\n<p><iframe loading=\"lazy\" src=\"https:\/\/embed.jasperplayer.com?brand=CTV_NEWS&amp;destination=ctvnews_web&amp;language=EN&amp;contentId=2945126\" width=\"560\" height=\"315\" frameborder=\"0\" allowfullscreen=\"allowfullscreen\"><\/iframe><\/p>\n\n\n<ul>\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/london.ctvnews.ca\/up-to-200-jobs-coming-to-st-thomas-1.6936688\" data-type=\"link\" data-id=\"https:\/\/london.ctvnews.ca\/up-to-200-jobs-coming-to-st-thomas-1.6936688\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\"><strong>Up to 200 Jobs Coming to St. Thomas, CTV News<\/strong><\/a>, June 21, 2024<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/ca.news.yahoo.com\/huge-expansion-element-5-132306106.html\" data-type=\"link\" data-id=\"https:\/\/ca.news.yahoo.com\/huge-expansion-element-5-132306106.html\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\"><strong>Huge Expansion at Element5<\/strong><\/a> &#8211; Yahoo News, June 26, 2025<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/getfea.com\/engineered-wood-products-mass-timber\/100-million-expansion-helps-element5-increase-its-footprint\" data-type=\"link\" data-id=\"https:\/\/getfea.com\/engineered-wood-products-mass-timber\/100-million-expansion-helps-element5-increase-its-footprint\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\"><strong>$100 Million Expansion Helps Element5 Increase its Footprint<\/strong><\/a> &#8211; FEA Network, June 27, 2024<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/www.woodworkingnetwork.com\/news\/canadian-news\/growing-st-thomas-manufacturing-plant-boosts-timber-industry\" data-type=\"link\" data-id=\"https:\/\/www.woodworkingnetwork.com\/news\/canadian-news\/growing-st-thomas-manufacturing-plant-boosts-timber-industry\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\"><strong>Growing St. Thomas Manufacturing Plant Boosts Timber Industry<\/strong><\/a>&#8211; Woodworking Network, June 28, 2024<br><br><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>On Friday, June 21, 2024, the construction management firm Dancor, hosted a groundbreaking ceremony for the expansion of our Element5 mass timber facility in St. Thomas, Ontario.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":4,"featured_media":5444,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[49],"tags":[],"acf":[],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/elementfive.co\/fr\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/5439"}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/elementfive.co\/fr\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/elementfive.co\/fr\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/elementfive.co\/fr\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/4"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/elementfive.co\/fr\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=5439"}],"version-history":[{"count":23,"href":"https:\/\/elementfive.co\/fr\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/5439\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":5491,"href":"https:\/\/elementfive.co\/fr\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/5439\/revisions\/5491"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/elementfive.co\/fr\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/5444"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/elementfive.co\/fr\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=5439"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/elementfive.co\/fr\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=5439"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/elementfive.co\/fr\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=5439"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}