FedEx Sorting Facility Toronto Pearson International Airport

The new FedEx Sorting Facility at Toronto Pearson International Airport is a $45-million leading-edge sort complex for FedEx Canada, and forms the new central hub for the FedEx distribution network in Canada.  At 342,000 sqft, the main sort building can house three football fields or 11 ice surfaces.  The interconnected conveyor system stretches over 12,000 ft and up three stories.  Over 450 people work at the facility, moving up to 12,000 packages per hour (maximum capacity) through the system each day.

In addition to the main sort building, the complex also includes a maintenance building, a security kiosk, and a pedestrian bridge linking the staff parking lot with the main building.  Other components that make up the 47-acre site include a new taxilane and apron capable of accommodating nine wide-body aircraft, parking for 350 cars, a large truck court and loading dock area, and a stormwater management pond.

HMM provided design and construction inspection services for the civil site works associated with a new FedEx cargo handling facility at Toronto’s Lester B. Pearson International Airport.  The scope of services included the design of a new taxiway and apron, CAT III taxiway and apron lighting, a parking lot and truck court, as well as drainage and stormwater management systems.

This project was implemented on an accelerated schedule.  By awarding an initial site preparation contract, which was constructed while the main design work was being completed, the project was brought on-line on schedule, in the spring of 2002.