Montreal’s Hilton Garden Inn—a hotel and residential structure—has 43 floors—37 above-grade and six below-grade parking levels. With 216 hotel rooms and 211 apartments, this $67-million project was designed by local firm, Geiger+Huot Architects.

In the eternal struggle between building cost and quality, studcast systems can be potent tools. The thin-panel system provides benefits of architectural precast concrete, but reduces weight by more than 50 per cent.