JUSTIN COUTO
REGIONAL DIRECTOR, FIELD SERVICES
Justin possesses a wide range of grouting expertise and project management. His portfolio of successful projects includes cellular grouting, thermal grouting, soil stabilization, underground mine grouting, surface mine grouting and shaft grouting.
Justin Couto – Regional Director, Field Services
Work History
2006 to date |
Multiurethanes Ltd. - Mississauga, ON |
General Safety Certificates
WHMIS
Working at Heights
Ontario Ministry of Labour Worker Health and Safety Awareness
Ontario Ministry of Labour Supervisor Health and Safety Awareness
Confined Space Awareness
First aid Training
Basic Underground Hard Rock Mine Service Type Common Core
Elevated Work Platform
Specialty Skills
Chemical Grouting – Concrete crack injection, confined space injection work, hydro-power water-stop and contact grouting, specialty resins (polyurethane, epoxy, acrylamide, acrylic), water stop, void fill.
Cement Grouting – Rock grouting (Microfine/HE Cement), Non-Shrink grout placement, concrete restoration, water testing.
Cellular Grouting – High and low output operations
Mining – Surface and underground grouting works, shaft grouting
Types of Sites Serviced
Surface Mine Sites
Underground Mine Sites
Tunneling Projects
Hydro Electric Dams
Shored Excavations
Heavy Civil Construction – Bridges, Grade Separations, Culverts
Residential Construction – Parking garages, foundations, elevator shafts
Municipal Infrastructure – Manholes, valve chambers, shafts, pipes
Underground Concrete Structures – Pools, Reservoirs, Cisterns
Industrial Facilities – Refineries, Power Plants, Factories
Justin Couto’s Projects
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Cellular Grouting for Infrastructure Project
Greater Toronto Area, ONAssisted an infrastructure contractor with a cellular grouting operation to backfill relined culverts along Highway 407. -
Cellular Grouting for Void Filling Annular Space
Toronto, ONAssisted an utility contractor with a cellular grouting operation to backfill underground casings, as part of the project to upgrade the Toronto’s electrical system. -
Cement Grouting in LRT Construction Project
Toronto, ONPerformed microfine cement grouting and waterstop operations using polyurethane resins, and provided soil stabilization in cross passage tunnels along the road in a light rail transit (LRT) line construction project. -
Cement Grouting to Fill Voids Behind a Tunnel Liner
Toronto, ONPerformed soil stabilization and microfine cement grout injection to fill voids around the tunnel liner at the Eglinton Crosstown Project in Downtown Toronto -
Chemical Grouting for Masonry Restoration
Guelph, ONVoids within a century old church tower required a low-density fill to prevent water infiltration from migrating within the masonry structure. Multiurethanes technical team safely filled the existing voids using durable chemical grout materials. -
Chemical injection to Repair Construction Joints
Toronto, ONProvided technical support to stabilize extra-large construction joints (250 m long) on a dam rehabilitation project in Western Manitoba. -
Emergency Cement Grouting Operation to Stabilize a Retaining Wall
The City of Toronto required Multiurethanes' technical expertise for an emergency cement grouting project to stabilize an undermined retaining wall over a 50 m length. -
Innovative Water Cut Off Solution for a Hard Rock Tunnel
A large tunneling contractor found itself in a difficult situation with a large flowing water leak in a new rock tunnel 20 metres underground. -
Leak Sealing in an Underground Chamber
Toronto, ONPerformed crack injection work to provide a solution based on chemical grouting for a leaking underground chamber. -
Leak Sealing in Sewer Rehabilitation Project
Markham, ONImplemented a specialized leak sealing solution and customized grouting equipment to repair leaks in a large diameter sewer pipe for a municipal sewer rehabilitation project. -
Soil Stabilization for High-rise Development Construction
Guelph, ONA building restoration contractor experienced water leakage into the mechanical room. Polyurethane resin was injected to fill the holes, forming a semi-rigid foam barrier and preventing further water leakage. -
Void filling in a Water Treatment Plant
North Bay, ONProvided technical services to fill voids and stabilize soil underneath a footing, during an expansion project at a wastewater treatment plant.