National Holocaust Memorial

HeidelbergCement’s subsidiary Hanson Ready Mix was recognised for pouring the ready-mixed concrete that won the 2017 Ontario Concrete Award for the National Holocaust Memorial in Ottawa, Canada. More than 3,000 cubic metres of ready-mixed concrete, including self-compacting concrete, were used in the project.

The National Holocaust Memorial is a star-shaped enclosure with six points made of triangular concrete segments and triangular paving stones creating a space with room for 1,000 visitors.

The team chosen to design the first monument in Canada’s capital city to victims of Jewish persecution during World War II was selected by a panel of accomplished professionals in the fields of art and urban design, as well as a survivor of the attempted Genocide and representatives of the National Holocaust Monument Development Council. 

The award-winning team included renowned architect Daniel Libeskind. The project team leader was Gail Dexter Lord of Lord Cultural Resources, which consulted on the Museum of Human Rights in Winnipeg and the 9/11 Museum in New York City and whose parents also survived incarceration in a German concentration camp.