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Slowdown on the Home Front

No one likes to see business slow
down, but that appears to be happening
in Canadas residential sector. As
reported by The Globe and Mail earlier
this month, numbers show that new
housing construction investment
remains healthy, but it has substantially slowed.
Based on data provided by Statistics
Canada, spending nationwide in
February dropped 25.5 percent from its
peak of five months earlier. Additionally,
Globe and Mail says, while investments
peaked last year for several provinces,
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each one now shows a decline, including

New Brunswick, where spending
dropped 52 percent.
Canadas condominium boom also is
experiencing a shift. Ben Rabidoux, an
analyst and strategist with Hanson
Advisors, wrote in the Globe and Mail
that several areas are showing signs of
drops in condo starts.
One city that is experiencing a supply/demand imbalance is Montreal.
According to Rabidoux, the supply of
condos for sale in Montreal rose 25 percent in March over the last year to reach
a record high. However, the sales

dropped 18 percent.
Although some rocky times may or
may not lie ahead in the residential construction market, it is best for contractors to keep a close eye on these developments. That way, they can continue to
adapt and keep on building.
Alan Dorich, B&C Canada Editor

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Features
14.
departments
6. News
The new rediscoverconcrete.ca web portal
provides information on the sustainability
of concrete.
8. Green Construction
IAQ should be on your mind when planning,
designing and building commercial spaces.
10. Leadership Skills

You should not lose sight of the human side
of your business.
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14. Winnipeg
Winnipeg is expanding with an array of construction projects.
29. Architecture
GlotmanSimpson offers architects solutions for demanding commercial, institutional, industrial and residential designs.
On the Cover
Winnipeg has many construction projects, including
the new Canadian Museum for Human Rights, which
will open in 2014. page 14
36. Commercial
Construction C.A.L. and Cadillac Fairview
team up to expand Les Galeries dAnjou in
Montreals east end.
50. Community
6.
10.
CANA Construction Ltd. has been intimately

involved in realizing the vision of the
National Music Centre within its budget.
79. Power & Infrastructure

In an effort to improve water quality, a large
wastewater processing system in central
Alberta will begin the earliest phases of its
operation in 2013.
85. Residential
Cressey is expanding its strong portfolio
with the MTwo project.
plus
112. The Final Shot
Minto Group has grown substantially from
its original status as a small homebuilder.
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Profiles
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29.
40.
18. Shindico
With nearly 40 years as a leader in real
estate development, Shindico still has
a lot to offer to Winnipeg.
32. Integra Architecture Inc.

Dominion and The Shore
Integra has designed two new woodframe residential projects.
24. Winnipeg Convention Centre

An expansion of the Winnipeg
Convention Centre will increase its
size and be part of the citys effort to
become a destination of choice.
34. Kuwabara Payne McKenna

Blumberg Architects
Ponderosa Commons
KPMB has designed the first of several
new student hubs on the campus of
the University of British Columbia.
26. Ernst Hansch Construction

Ltd. Public Works
East Yard Complex
Ernst Hansch Construction Ltd.
helped Winnipeg centralize its public
works and fleet management in a single, energy-efficient facility.
36. Construction C.A.L. &

Cadillac Fairview
Construction C.A.L. and Cadillac
Fairview have teamed up on the $86
million expansion of Les Galeries
dAnjou in Montreals east end.
29. Glotman Simpson

Glotman Simpson offers architects
innovative solutions for their most
demanding commercial, institutional,
industrial and residential designs.
40. Nemetz (S/A) &

Associates Ltd.
Nemetz (S/A) & Associates has
expanded its offerings and geographic
reach over its 50-year history.
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42. EllisDon Corp. Eighth
Avenue Place, West Tower
EllisDon is working on the second half
of Hines Canadas Eighth Avenue Place
project in Calgary.
46. Euclid Canada
Euclid Canada is expanding to offer
the same concrete and construction
material products in the West as it
does in the East.
48. Ledcor Guildford
Town Centre
The expansion and renovation of the
Guildford Town Centre includes a
number of features projected to
make it Canada's first LEED Gold-certified shopping mall.
50. CANA Construction Ltd. The
National Music Centre
CANA has taken part in realizing the
vision of the National Music Centre.
53. EllisDon Toronto South

Detention Centre
EllisDon completed the Toronto
South Detention Centre on time and
on budget, thanks to its creative construction solutions.
56. EllisDon Saskatoon Police
An open design that encourages community engagement is balanced with
the need for security in Saskatoons
new police headquarters.
60. City of Ottawa Barrhaven
South Recreation Centre
The Barrhaven South Recreation
Centre will offer more services to a
growing community.
63. Pomerleau Lansdowne Park
Redevelopment
Ottawas residents will welcome a new
Lansdowne Park to the community
next year.
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88.
95. Graywood Developments Ltd.

Graywood Developments Ltd. is building a new condominium tower in
downtown Toronto, blending 100year-old historic buildings with futuristic, cutting-edge design.
98. Fraser Cedar Products Ltd.
British Columbia-based Fraser Cedar
Products Ltd. stays successful by
maintaining relationships with supply
houses throughout North America.
The company, founded 30 years ago,
also uses equipment dating back to
the 1920s.
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66. EllisDon Purdy Crawford
Centre for the Arts
Mount Allison University will bring its
arts departments together under one
roof when EllisDon completes its $18.2
million Purdy Crawford Centre for the
Arts in 2014.
69. Graham Group Grand
Prairie Regional Hospital
The province of Alberta, designer
Dialog and construction manager
Graham Group are all working together to make the new Grande Prairie
Regional Hospital in Alberta into a
reality. The project carries a budget of
$621.4 million.
72. EllisDon Halifax
Central Library
EllisDon brings its considerable
expertise to bear on the new,
109,000-square-foot Halifax Central
Library project.
74. Pomerleau St. Patricks

Home of Ottawa Inc.
On any of its projects, Pomerleau
strives to meet customers needs, but
the company understands an even
greater level of care is required on
healthcare projects, including the
reconstruction of St. Patricks Home
of Ottawa Inc.
76. UBC Faculty of
Pharmaceutical Sciences
The modern Faculty of
Pharmaceutical Sciences building will
stand out compared to the more traditional structures on the University of
British Columbias campus.
79. South Red Deer Regional
Water System project
In an effort to improve water quality, a
large wastewater processing system in
central Alberta will begin the earliest
phases of its operation in 2013.
82. Vancouver Airport Authority

Vancouver International Airport
Improvements
Vancouver International Airport will
see a number of improvements within
the next 10 years.
85. Cressey Metropolitan Two
Cressey is expanding its strong portfolio with the $52 million MTwo project
in Coquitlam, British Columbia.
100. TriDecca Developments

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The residents of 258 in New
Westminster, British Columbia, will
enjoy a bevy of features when it is finished later this year.
104. Highstar Building Liberty
on the Park and Liberty Place
Highstar Buildings construction management skills are helping to transform Toronto with projects like
Liberty on the Park and Liberty Place.
88. SKYGRiD Construction Inc.

Bisha Hotel and Residences
SKYGRiDs future looks just as nice as
the views from the residential highrises it builds.
106. Penn-Co Construction

Northlands Parkway Collegiate
Penn-Co Construction is building the
new high school in Winkler, Manitoba,
while keeping a strong focus on sustainability and the goal to achieve
LEED Gold certification.
92. Minto Group Inc.

WaterGarden
Minto continues its tradition of constructing and developing quality structures that are energy efficient with the
WaterGarden project in Old Thornhill.
110. 49 North Mechanical Ltd.

British Columbia-based 49 North
Mechanical Ltd. says that it provides
more than most mechanical contractors in Western Canada, and has a reputation for high quality.
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Open to Discovery
Members of the Canadian cement

and concrete industry have launched
rediscoverconcrete.ca, a web portal that
provides information on the sustainability of concrete.
While concrete is literally the foundation of our communities, the extent of its
contribution to sustainable development
is widely underestimated, Michael
McSweeney, the president and CEO of
the Cement Association of Canada, said in
a statement. Its our mission to ensure
Canadians have at their fingertips the
information they need to appreciate both
our vision for a more sustainable future,
as well as concretes immense contribution toward addressing societys sustainability challenges, and this is what the portal is all about.
As a collective endeavor of members
of the Canadian Concrete Joint
Sustainability Initiative, the site
includes an overview of concrete and
cement manufacturing, the sustainability attributes and benefits of concrete,
and links to speeches, industry news and
videos. For more information, go to
www.rediscoverconcrete.ca.
Active Partners
Lafarge Canada Inc. has lent a helping
hand to kids conservation organization
Earth Rangers. With the construction
and development solutions firms sponsorship of $25,000, Earth Rangers will
visit schools in Atlantic Canada this
spring and present its outreach program,
Bring Back The Wild.
The program uses live animals to
inspire children to learn more about
them and their habitats. Earth Rangers
is committed to sharing our conservation message with as many kids as possible, and we plan to visit over 500 schools
across Canada during this school year,
Earth Rangers Executive Director Peter

Kendall said in statement. Were proud
to be partnering with Lafarge Canada to
bring our School Outreach Program to
students in Nova Scotia and New
Brunswick.
We are committed to building better
cities and communities, Lafarge
Eastern Canada President and CEO Bob
Cartmel said. Being an active partner
where we live, work and raise our families is one of our values. We believe that
the Earth Rangers School Outreach
Program is a great initiative to learn and
understand more about our local wildlife
and habitat. For more information, visit www.lafarge-na.com.
Designs for the Future
RBC and architectural firm B+H have
announced the winners of the 2013
Evolve Sustainable Design Competition.
University of Waterloo students Renee
Hum-Hsiao, Elaina Poleto, Keegan
Steeper, Joanne Yau and Thomas Yuan
won first prize for the design of an environmentally sustainable bank branch.
The five also won $5,000 and the
chance to meet with architectural professionals at B+H. Additionally,
University of Waterloo students Alice
Chen, Alan King Bowden, Andrea Ng,
Alice Song and Mina Vedut won an honorable mention and a $2,500 prize for
their design.
For the competition, the students
needed to work together to design a
net-zero energy and water-wise bank
branch that incorporates concepts for
achieving extreme energy efficiency,
minimizes water and includes renewable power.
The winning submissions used a
great balance of technology and passive
design strategies that maximize the
benefits of natural light, heat and ventilation to meet the goals of the competition,
B+H
Principal
Douglas
Birkenshaw said. The dedication and
quality of submissions by all of the students was inspiring.
RBC Vice President of Channel
Strategy Lawrence Spicer agreed. We
were very impressed with how fluent in
environmental sustainability all of the
students were, he said. It is clear that
sustainable design is very important to
them, and were glad to support their
visions for the future with a competition
like Evolve. To learn more, visit
www.bharchitects.com.
Growing PLHs Footprint
Texas-based construction and maintenance service firm PLH Group Inc. has
acquired pipeline contractor Pipeworx
Ltd. and its subsidiaries. Edmontonbased Pipeworx provides infrastructure
services to the oil and gas industry in the
Western Canadian Sedimentary Basin.
The new web portal rediscoverconcrete.ca
provides information on the sustainability of
concrete, as well as an overview of concrete
and cement manufacturing.
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The firm, which started operations in

2004, specializes in the construction of
pipelines. Pipeworx also offers infrastructure services for gathering systems, well
sites and facilities, tank farm installations,
compressor installations, module fabrication and integrity repair programs.
Canada and Western Canada in particular, presents significant emerging
and long-term opportunities for PLH
and the pipeline infrastructure services
market as a whole, PLH President and
CEO Mark Crowson said. This strategic addition to PLH significantly
expands our geographic footprint in
North America, and we are pleased to
welcome Pipeworx to the PLH platform. As an operating unit of PLH,
Pipeworx will retain its senior management and employees. To learn more, visit www.plhgroupinc.com.
Solid Gold
The Canada Green Building Council
(CaGBC) recently announced building
Holcim (Canada) says sustainable development

is at the heart of its business strategy.
materials and construction firm Holcim

(Canada) Inc. as its first Gold National
Sponsor. The CaGBC National
Sponsorship program works to provide
the green building industry with
chances to show its commitment to lowering the environmental impact of the
built environment.
Holcim supports the councils

National Conference in Vancouver and
sponsors the implementation of
EcoDistricts, an initiative for transforming neighbourhoods. CaGBC adds that it
is partnering with the Portland
Sustainability Institute to bring the initiative to Canada.
We are extremely happy to be welcoming Holcim as our first-ever Gold
National Sponsor, CaGBC President
and CEO Thomas Mueller said. With
the help of forward-looking corporations like Holcim, we will be able to
assist both municipalities and community groups in fostering and advancing
urban sustainability initiatives across
the country.
Holcim (Canada) Senior Vice
President Nick Caccavella added that
the company also was happy to be partnering with the CaGBC. Sustainable
development is at the heart of our business strategy and we continuously look
for ways to work alongside communities,
organizations and government to transform our built environment and create a
catalyst for sustainable behaviour
change, he said.
The CaGBC and EcoDistricts are
working toward providing tangible tools
that will accelerate this transformation,
he added. For more information, visit
www.cagbc.org. x
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Thinking Green
>IAQ should be on your mind when planning,
designing and building commercial spaces.
Construction executives are

always looking for ways to make
their building projects more
appealing and increase their value.
Three ways to attain both of these
goals are by reducing building
operating costs, constructing a
healthy building environment and
looking to achieve sustainability
for commercial, industrial and residential properties.
To achieve these objectives, we encourage our Canadian construction partners to include clean, green and indoor
air quality (IAQ) systems in the planning, design and construction of a new
building, or its renovation. Until
recently, our building customers needs
for clean air had been limited to keeping
their HVAC equipment clean and operating. If there was any need to improve
IAQ, it was simply through higher efficiency filters, which really address
mostly particulates, not the full range
of indoor air contaminants. But they
also added energy consumption
through more restricted airflow.
However, over the past few years,
weve been more assertive in making
our builder partners more aware of the
importance of installing green, bi-polar
ionization air purification systems into
their projects. These systems can
improve indoor air quality and increase
and improve employees (and other
occupants) health, equipment longevity and client/tenant satisfaction.
One way weve done this is joining

with a small IAQ firm, AtmosAir
Solutions in Fairfield, Conn., to not
only raise awareness about the importance of purified, clean air in building
projects, but the resulting benefits as
well, both environmental and economic. These benefits include controlling
mold, dust, odors, bacteria and airborne
viruses due to poor air filtration and
ventilation systems that can lead to
reduced absenteeism due to illness,
which increases productivity and
improves the bottom line.
Building Benefits
Sick Building Syndrome is real and common, and occurs when employees feel ill
when inside a building, yet immediately
feel better when they leave it and go outdoors. Modern building design has exacerbated the problem by making them
tighter to conserve energy. In these
buildings, they breathe less, which
increases the concentration of indoor air
contaminants.
Builders who install these bi-polar
ionization air purification devices can
rest assured that all the occupants of
such buildings will breathe easier and
notice an elimination of dust particles,
mold, odors, mildew and bacteria. In particular, those with allergies or asthma
will often notice an immediate improvement in their conditions.
Improvements in air quality also will
enhance
employee
productivity
through decreased absenteeism, as evidenced by many independent thirdparty studies performed over the years.
Harvard School of Public Health and

Carnegie Mellon University have conducted such studies.
Some developers / building owners /
organizations have even seen benefits in
marketing value in competitive markets.
Clearly, its beneficial for a commercial
or residential building (or a hotel) to
market themselves as a green, healthy
facility that features IAQ systems.
Seeing Savings
Construction companies around
Canada that install these green bi-polar
ionization air purification products will
know that the occupants of such buildings will not only feel better and healthier by breathing clean air, but the building owners will see savings in energy
and operating costs, making their properties more appealing and less expensive to operate.
by graham macdonald \\ green construction
How? In a commercial office building, outside air is brought in by the

HVAC system in order to help provide
acceptable indoor air quality. This air
needs to be conditioned (heated or
cooled, and in some very humid climates, de-humidified) when brought
into a space, which uses energy. Bi-polar
ionization reduces contaminants in
indoor spaces so less outside air is needed to do so. This can save significant
energy. Also, when less outside air is
needed, HVAC systems can be downsized, which can save on both energy
and equipment costs.
This has been recognized over the
last few years by the IMC (via its
Ventilation Code Exception 403.2), and
by ASHRAE (via its IAQ Procedure),
making such an engineered design
approach within code.
Bi-polar ionization systems let air
pass over a patented ionization tube,

which energizes oxygen molecules in
the air to form bi-polar (or positive and
negative) air ions. The airflow then distributes these bi-polar ions into all of
the spaces served by the duct system.
There is no continual maintenance,
no filters to change or collector cells to
constantly clean. The only maintenance
required in most of the cases is a yearly
replacement of the ionization tube.
As more companies and buildings are
looking at ways to integrate sustainable
designs into their properties and ways to
green buildings, energy use and
indoor environmental comfort become
critical issues.
The bi-polar ionization product is sustainable, supporting building projects
designed for LEED compliance. Its contaminant reduction capability can help
to earn credits in the Indoor
Environmental Quality category and its

design can also earn credits in the
Innovation in Design category.
Bi-polar ionization clean air systems
present unique advantages that will costeffectively improve indoor environmental comfort, while also offering significant energy savings and a valuable ROI.
In short, planning and installing IAQ
into a building project will reduce building operating costs, establish a healthy
building venue and achieve sustainability for your next construction project. x
Graham McDonald serves as
the regional manager of TriDim Filter Corp. in Toronto, a
leading manufacturer of HVAC
filtration products. The company also has offices in Montreal and Quebec.
For more information, go to
http://www.tridim.com.
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leadership skills // by michelle randall
Relationships vs. Results

>Dont lose sight of the human side of your business.
If you had to choose between

good business results and good
business relationships, which one
would you pick? This might seem
like a trick question after all,
results are what you put into the
bank at the end of the day, but you
know that a hard-working team of
motivated people makes those
results possible.
But it isnt a trick: there's a conflict

between people and profits playing out
everyday that executives need to be
aware of.
Take the company president who is
experiencing phenomenal growth for
the first time in a long while. Hes overwhelmed and cant hire fast enough, but
instead of delegating more to the people he does have, his instincts are to
work harder and control more. Hes
made himself a bottleneck, and his people resent his change in behavior some
are even leaving. The result is still
growth, but the cost is that hes losing
good people when he needs more of
them, not less.
Take the construction supervisor
who reminisced, We had a great team
of guys. After working our butts off all
day, we could hang out at the jobsite
and drink beers. Thats a big part of
what made us great together, but thats
impossible now. Now, you cant get
anybody to work hard. The result is a
healthy balance sheet with corporate
liability, but the cost is the loss of a
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team that worked hard together. Even

worse, you begin to lose your supply of
skilled labor when the work is no
longer fun.
Results are tangible and easy to
measure. People are messy, seem to
take more time than they should, and
can be difficult to navigate. Its no wonder that, when push comes to shove,
results tend to win over relationships.
Besides, people come and go they can
always be replaced, right?
That mentality is like trying to race a
high-performance car while simultaneously trying to rebuild the engine with
parts that dont necessarily fit together.
Good luck.
So, what does it actually cost when
relationships take a back seat, even
inadvertently?
You lose good people. Recent studies show that a good supervisor
can improve performance by 10
percent. Thats 10 percent per
manager to your bottom line!
Considering that your competitors are starting to hire more
aggressively now, you can be certain that they have your top performers in their sights.
You get less quality input. Sure,
you have your circle of go-to folks
every senior executive does.
These are trusted high performers
that you have great relationships
with, and theyre not going anywhere. The problem with this
cadre is that its isolating, and even
though you may be isolating with
the best people, its damaging to
your relationships with people

outside your circle, and this in
turn limits the flow of valuable
information you receive. This
includes critical feedback that
your insiders may not be giving
you for fear that they might then
find themselves on the outside.
Longevity is inhibited. The readyfire-aim mentality can quickly
turn a company around and deliver some nice bottom-line results.
But more often than not, Ive seen
the people who use that method
get fired later on for using the
same tactics when moving up the
ladder. Too many bridges are
burned, and colleagues become
distrustful, fearing that theyre
going to be targeted next. This
isnt just the case for employees,
its also true for businesses.
Partners, substitutes and past
employees remember how theyve
been treated, and they all talk. A
hit-and-run company can quickly
find itself with fewer opportunities and less profit.
If youre looking to develop relationships for lasting results, here are three
things you should work on:
1) Focus on yourself.
This may sound contradictory, but your
relationships start with you. You know
that you work better with other people
when you are grounded, attentive and
real. In my work with leaders and their
organizations, Ive seen firsthand many
leaders who think theyre faking it til
they make it but are in fact totally
transparent to the people working for
them. Unless youre about to receive an
Academy Award, youre just not a good
enough actor to fool everyone all of the
time. Take the time to think, be honest
with yourself and develop the support
systems you need so that you can cultivate the best in yourself. And let that
shine through.
by michelle randall \\ leadership skills
2) Know these three things about

other people:
They assume that youre acting intentionally in everything you do.
If you forget to invite someone to a
meeting, they might think youre
excluding them and worry that their
career is in jeopardy. If you walk
through the office talking too loudly,
others might think your attitude is that
your work is more important than
theirs. Even though these assumptions
are likely not correct, its important to
be aware of others perspectives, and

how your actions whether intentional or not might impact them.
They will contribute to something
worth winning.
This might be their job, their union,
their family or even a video game
theres plenty of competition for their
allegiance. But if you can make the
vision for your company compelling
and personally meaningful to them,
you will have ignited enthusiasm,
contribution and results.
Its more than OK to be candid and
vulnerable.
People cant stand whining, but
they relate to humanity. When
youre strong enough to apologize
for your mistakes, acknowledge your
uncertainty and openly strive with
all your heart, you allow the people
around you to do the same. This is
not always an easy thing to do, but
you should know that the bonds that
stand the test of time are forged in
vulnerability.
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leadership skills // by michelle randall
3) Put the power in the relationship,

not the person.
Think of your relationships like pets. If
you dont feed your cat, it will leave; if
you beat your dog, it will turn mean; if
you dont clean the fishbowl, the whole
house will start to stink, and eventually
the fish will die.
But you also have some leeway: a cat
can forage if you miss a couple of meals; a
dog keeps coming back, no matter what,
hoping for your attention; and a fish can
occasionally survive a dirty tank for an
extra couple of days although some fish
are heartier than others.
The strength of a relationship largely
depends on where you put the focus. In
many of our relationships, we tend to
put the focus on the other person.
Unfortunately, this means that, when
conflict arises which it always does,
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because were human a tug-of-war of

competing interests can take place.
When you put the focus on the relationship itself, its easier to address
conflict. A good example is the way I
approach my relationships with my
clients. As their coach, its my job to
push them to grow in ways that are
fruitful and often uncomfortable. At
the outset, we design our working
alliance by agreeing on our mutual
responsibilities, most productive work
styles, etc., much as you would with a
new associate. This way, if challenges
arise, were able to objectify our working relationship through the alliance
and swiftly address our concerns.
At the end of the day, its not really a
choice between business relationships
and business results. You have to have
both for the long run. But the pressure
for results is immediate and unceasing. Relationships have to be a consistent and conscious priority in order to
compete for limited time and attention. So, the question is this: How will
you force yourself to focus on nurturing your business relationships? Dont
let the reminder come in the form of
key members of your team walking out
the door. x
As the president of Enriching Leadership
International, Michelle Randall has
coached construction executives to help radically grow their business and enjoy life
more. She is the author of several books,
including her latest, Life Worth Living: A
Practical Guide to Extreme Executive
Effectiveness. For more information, visit
www.enrichingleadership.com or follow her
on Twitter: @enrichingleader.
C I T Y OF WI NNI PEG
City of Opportunity
+ Winnipeg, Manitoba, is expanding with an array of
construction projects. By Alan Dorich
The city of Winnipeg will expand and

renovate its Winnipeg Convention Centre
at a cost of more than $180 million.
frigid temperatures and heavy

> The
snow of winter can be dispiriting, but
they have not hampered the optimism of
the citizens of Winnipeg, Manitoba,
Mayor Sam Katz says. Instead, Were
one of the cities that tries to embrace
winter, as opposed to complaining about
the cold days, he says.
Located at the junction of the Red and
Assiniboine rivers, Winnipegs European
history goes back to 1812 when a group of
Scottish crofters set foot on land inhabited by First Nations and Metis people. In
1873, with a population of 1,869, it was
incorporated as a city.
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When the Canadian Pacific Railway

arrived in 1885, it brought a 30-year period of growth and prosperity. Then, with
the arrival of immigrants, high wheat
prices, abundant capital and new farming techniques, the city became Western
Canadas wholesale, administrative and
financial centre.
Today, Winnipeg is home to approximately 700,000 people who have good
reason to be passionate about their city,
Katz says. We have an extremely strong
economy, he states. When the recession hit, Winnipeg was one of the few
cities that was fairly well-insulated from
its effects, largely due to our diversified

economy, including aerospace, biomed,
manufacturing and agriculture.
Many people, particularly the young,
are choosing to live in Winnipeg, Katz
says. Winnipeg is truly a city of opportunity, he states. There is a future here
for them with quality paying jobs.
Winnipeg also is enjoying surges in the
entertainment and sports arenas, with
the return of the Winnipeg Jets hockey
team and the new Investors Group Field,
home to the Winnipeg Blue Bombers and
the University of Manitoba Bisons football teams. You cannot measure the
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effect of these investments in dollars and

cents, Katz says.
The city also is seeing many retailers
open locations within its limits, including Ikea, Bouclair Home and Marshalls.
Years ago, they would never have
thought of Winnipeg, he says. Now,
theyre all coming here.
In 2010, we were voted best city in
Canada to invest in, and since then, I
have people calling me from Europe,
China and other parts of Canada, saying,
We want to invest in your city, Katz
says. In North America, everybody is
talking about us.
Things to Talk About
People are talking about the new
Investors Group Field, but Winnipeg
also has many more construction projects that will keep them talking, Katz
says. These projects include the new
Canadian Museum for Human Rights,
which covers approximately 260,000
square feet and includes a 100-meter
Tower of Hope.
Katz says the $310 million project will
be the first national museum to be built
in Canada outside of Ottawa and is slated to open in 2014. Designed by architect
Antoine Predock, the finished museum
will feature more than 47,000 square feet
of exhibit space, 10 zones and a temporary exhibit gallery.
One of the most talked-about features
in the museum, Katz predicts, will be an
exhibit focused on historic atrocities,
including the Holocaust. [It] is not a
pleasant story, but it certainly is a story
that has to be told so we make sure that it
never happens again, he asserts.
The city also will expand and renovate
its Winnipeg Convention Centre at a
cost of more than $180 million. The
project team will add 340,000 square
feet to the facility, nearly doubling its
size to approximately 840,000 square
feet, Katz says.
According to the centres president
and CEO, Klaus Lahr, it will create a
more iconic building in downtown
In North America, everyone is talking about

us, Winnipeg Mayor Sam Katz (bottom photo)
says. Its projects include the $200 million
Disraeli Bridges project (middle photo).
Winnipeg. Well be accommodating

larger events and promoting our city and
businesses to new markets, and North
America and around the world, he said
in a statement.
At the same time, the city of
Winnipeg is focused on becoming more
When the recession hit, Winnipeg

was one of the few cities that was
fairly well-insulated from its effects,
largely due to our diversified economy, including aerospace, biomed,
manufacturing and agriculture.
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Winnipegs projects also include the

new Canadian Museum for Human
Rights, which will cover approximately
260,000 square feet and open in 2014.
efficient. One example is the relocation

of multiple public works yards into a
central location. The East Yard
Complex consists of a field office,
garage, shops and storage facilities for
the operation and maintenance of
equipment and vehicles servicing all
citizens east of the Red River.
The total estimated 30-year cost
savings associated with developing the
East Yard Complex is estimated at $15
million, Katz says. In addition to the
financial benefit, there will be operational efficiencies that come from
replacing multiple properties with a
single complex.
Investing in Infrastructure
Like many other cities, Winnipegs infrastructure deficit has been a significant
challenge, Katz says. But now, Were
investing hundreds of millions of dollars
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in all of these projects, he says, noting

that these include new roads, bridges,
community centres and arenas.
One of these projects was the extension of Chief Peguis Trail, a pedestrian
and bicycle path that runs from
Henderson Highway to Lagimodiere
Boulevard in Winnipeg. The project was
named after Chief Peguis, who led a
Saulteau Tribe from Sault St. Marie to
the Red River in 1790.
The $110 million project was needed
because northeast Winnipegs growth
required improved east-west traffic
routes. The trail, which was finished a
year ahead of schedule, now stretches
5.5 kilometers.
Katz also highlights the Disraeli Bridges
project, which saw the replacement of the
Red River Bridge and CPR overpass that
had served Winnipeg for 50 years. During
the construction of the $200 million proj-
ect, the city managed to keep at least four

lanes open during peak travel times.
During roadwork, traffic was diverted
either east or west in order to complete
two of the six traffic lanes at one time.
In the Heart
Project teams are also at work on the new
Winnipeg Police Services building,
which will be located in the heart of the
citys downtown area, Katz explains. For
the new police headquarters, the city is
using a former post office building.
The completion of the almost
600,000-square-foot facility is scheduled for spring or summer 2014.
The finished building also will bring
the majority of Winnipegs police units
under one roof. Itll give a strong presence downtown for the Winnipeg
police, Katz says, adding that the project has a budget of approximately $190
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ment in infrastructure will continue.

Recently, We approved a 1 percent
property tax increase that is dedicated
100 percent to our infrastructure, he
says. This money will be entirely dedicated to improving our local streets, back
lanes and sidewalks.
Winnipeg has invested in infrastructure

projects, such as the extension of Chief
Peguis Trail, a pedestrian and bicycle path.
Getting Ready to Move

Katz adds that the city is planning for a
$350 million rapid transit project to
reduce traffic congestion on regional
streets and provide Winnipeggers with
improved transportation options. The
City of Winnipeg has earmarked $137.5
million in capital funding for the completion of the Southwest Rapid Transit
Corridor, subject to funding commitments from the Canadian and
Manitoban governments.
As soon as we get funding commitments from the other levels of government, were ready to move [in 2014],
he says. x
An Excellent Destination
million. The more central location will

give the Winnipeg Police Service closer
access to the law courts and will result in
a greater presence of foot patrols on
downtown streets.
Changing Winnipeg
Katz has been Winnipegs mayor since
June 2004. Previously, he had pursued
entrepreneurial ventures in the private
sector for many years. I just felt it was
time for a change, Katz recalls.
Before taking office, he often discussed politics with friends over lunch
and dinner. We all criticized but no one
ever decided to run, he recalls. I said,
Guys, if you want to give back to the
community, [you need to get elected].
He notes that locals have reacted well
to the projects. The city is transforming
before our eyes, and Winnipeggers are
enthusiastic about all the improvements
they see taking place.
Katz asserts that Winnipegs invest-
The city of Winnipeg is known as a centre of

the grain trade in North America, as well as a
financial, commercial, wholesale and manufacturing centre of the Middle West, due to its
geographic position and railway facilities. It
affords great possibilities for trade in the
province and the Northwest, and an inducement for the establishment of manufacturing
and other industries, the city says.
In addition, the city is known for its hotel
accommodations, restaurants and retail. The
city has not imposed a general sales tax for
more than 90 years.
Winnipeg also features facilities and areas
for golf, tennis, swimming, boating and other
sports. Close to Winnipeg, anglers will find
good fishing in many lakes accessible over
first-class highways, the city states in its promotional materials.
Few cities have as many beautiful parks,
the city says. Visitors to Assiniboine Park will
find magnificent facilities for rest and recreation as well as one of the finest zoos in the
country, while Kildonan Park is the home of the
most beautiful trees in Winnipeg.
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C I T Y OF WINNIPE G
Shindico Shines
Making sure to stay on the

leading-edge for ideas in
business has kept Shindico
a strong player since 1975.
> Sandy G. Shindleman, president
+ With nearly 40 years as a leader in the development of

Canadas real estate, Shindico still has a lot to offer to its
hometown of Winnipeg. By Staci Davidson
Shindico was founded in 1975, and since then
the company has grown into a major player in
commercial and investment real estate.
Shindico
www.shindico.com
Headquarters: Winnipeg
Employees: 50
Specialty: Integrated commercial real
estate development
>
Winnipeg is in growth mode.

Economic indicators are showing gains
in the metropolitan areas manufacturing sector, and the growth of Manitobas
overall agricultural sector is helping
Winnipeg remain a leader in Canadas
economic growth. Shindico is one company that is proud to call Winnipeg
home, and by starting new projects all
the time, the hometown company is
helping Winnipeg keep moving forward
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by staying true to its tagline of succeeding by helping others succeed.

Founded in 1975, Shindico is dedicated
to commercial and investment real
estate throughout Canada, although
much of its work is focused in its hometown of Winnipeg. The company offers
asset management, development, tenant
representation, acquisitions, brokerage
and property management, and has a
track record of developing a range of
projects from high-tech office buildings
to industrial facilities and power centres.
Shindico also is an active steward for historic buildings, particularly in
Winnipegs Exchange District.
Innovation, technology, robust teaching and an open-door policy with all col-
leagues set Shindico apart from its competition, says President Sandy G.
Shindleman. Making sure to stay on the
leading-edge for ideas in business has
kept Shindico a strong player since 1975.
Prime Properties
One of Shindicos newest Winnipeg
developments is Westport Festival,
located in the western section of the city.
The development is 600,000 square feet
and covers 45.4 acres, although it is
expandable to 70 acres. It is less than one
mile west of the areas Walmart,
Canadian Tire and Winners locations,
and is next to the Red River District,
which is the citys newest location for
consumer and trade shows. Westport
Festival also will neighbour Assiniboia Downs, the largest

horse-racing complex in Manitoba; MTS Iceplex, the
Winnipeg Jets practice facility with four NHL-sized rinks;
and Pointe West Auto Park, which is the largest auto mall in
Manitoba with eight dealerships.
The development will have easy access to CentrePort
Canada, which is North Americas new 20,000-acre inland
port. Because this is the only area of the city where there is a
good supply of available industrial land, Shindico believes
most new industrial development in Winnipeg will occur on
the CentrePort Canada site.
Nearly 186,000 people live within Westport Festivals
trade area and the daytime population exceeds 209,800 people. Adjacent residential developments include The Oaks,
Assiniboine Landing and Breezy Bend Estates, which offers
luxury homes.
Westport Festival came about based on demand for new
retail to serve the west side of our city, Shindleman
explains. There had not been any major development in the
area in a decade and only one development in the last 30
years. We hope to see large-format department stores, spe-
Innovation, technology, robust teaching and an

open-door policy with all colleagues set Shindico
apart from its competition.
cialty retail, home improvement, grocery, theater and two
flagged hotel properties at this development.
Another of Shindicos featured properties is Pembina
Crossing, located in the heart of south Winnipeg. Covering
approximately 214,000 square feet, this development serves
the growing communities of Waverley West, Fort Garry,
Fort Richmond, South St. Vital and Waverley Heights.
National retailers that already have located at Pembina
Crossing included Future Shop, Staples, Petland, Dollarama
and Shapes, and Toys R Us is opening this summer.
Pembina Crossing is ideally located at the crossroads of
a major intersection in Winnipeg, Shindleman says. A new
33,000-seat football stadium and concert venue is opening
this summer at the nearby University of Manitoba and
aggressive development is underway in Waverley West. In
addition to the existing Pembina Crossing tenants, a multistory office building is planned, which will increase the daytime population to this development.
Comprehensive Services
Working to meet its clients commercial real estate needs,
Shindico relies on its skill, dedication and superior level of
service. The company has successfully completed more than
8 million square feet of development and has 2.5 million
square feet under development.
Serving national and international tenants and investors,
Shindico strives to provide clients with innovative and effective business solutions. It achieves this through these core
areas of professional expertise:
Asset management Working with pension funds, institutions and family offices, Shindico uses its market presence to maximize the performance of clients assets.
The company also offers co-investment opportunities
through joint investment, club and fund structures.
Tenant representation Shindicos management roster includes Home Depot, Starbucks, Boston Pizza,
Dollarama, Ashley Furniture and several other major
retailers. With its team approach, Shindico uses its
Arthur J . Gallagher (Canada) Group enjoys a strategic partnership with Shindico

and is proud to be the provider of their insurance and risk placement services for the
past 20 years. The success of any long lasting relationship comes from the trust and
mutual respect that each company has for one another. Teamwork and communication are the cornerstones that contribute to that success. Arthur J. Gallagher congratulates Shindico for over 35 years of continued success.
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market knowledge and relationships with owners, tenants and government protocols to give its
clients an advantage.
Development Shindico strives to
build value in a property through
creative solutions and design. Its
development services involve project management, close contact with
contractors and acquisition of land
and zoning approvals. The company
offers strong in-house legal, financial analysis, reporting and compliance, and it is committed to sustainable projects.
Acquisitions Shindico assists
clients in direct property acquisitions as well as co-ventures and partnerships, and it has investment
funds and partnerships seeking
investments nationally.
Shindico has successfully completed more than

8 million square feet of development and has
another 2.5 million under development.
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One of the companys current projects is

the 50-acre multi-use development known
as Grant Park Pavillions in Winnipeg.
Brokerage Dedicated to assisting
clients with their real estate needs,

Shindico assists in determining the
marketability of clients assets, helps
to attract tenants and creates synergies for the properties.
Property management As a
respected industry leader with a 24hour service centre, Shindico understands that professional property
management is crucial to preserving
and enhancing the value of clients
real estate investments. Its asset
portfolio covers all asset classes, and
the company offers professional
property managers, an in-house legal
team, diligent fiscal management of

assets supported by a 10-person
accounting team, and hands-on IT
specialists.
With this comprehensive offering of
real estate services, Shindico is confident of its clients ongoing successes and
its own continued growth.
Shindicos people are key to helping
the company remain a leader,
Shindleman stresses. Senior management recently completed a rezoning
process for a 50-acre multi-use development called Grant Park Pavilions in a
prime residential market. The Shindico
From large projects of up to 500,000 square feet, to smaller developments

of 1,600 to 4,000 square feet, Shindico does it all.
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team is developing large properties in

excess of 4.5 million square feet of retail,
industrial and mixed-use projects. We
are also in a joint venture with the former Winnipeg stadium site and one of
the top pension funds in Canada, to
design and build a Target-anchored
development of more than 400,000
square feet.
From large projects of up to 500,000
square feet, to smaller developments of
1,600 to 4,000 square feet, Shindico does
it all, he adds. Some great examples of
Winnipeg developments include Grant
Park Pavilions, Shops of Kildonan Mile,
The Plaza at Polo Park and Westport
Festival. In addition, there are some
great new developments in Brandon,
Portage la Prairie, Steinbach, Selkirk,
Winkler and Yorkton, to name a few. x
We believe we need an expansion
and have been working toward that
for more than a decade.
On the Upswing
> Klaus Lahr, president and CEO
+ A major expansion of the Winnipeg Convention Centre

will increase its size as part of the citys effort to become a
destination of choice in Canada. By Eric Slack
A 340,000-square-foot addition
to the Winnipeg Convention
Centre will almost double its size.
Winnipeg Convention Centre

www.wcc.mb.ca
Project cost: $180 million
Location: Winnipeg
Scope: 340,000-square-foot expansion
is in a period of growth,
> Winnipeg
but the expansion of the Winnipeg
Convention Centre wasnt conceived in
a flight of fancy. Rather, it is the culmination of more than a decade of planning
and preparation.
The three-story Winnipeg Convention
Centre opened in 1975 in Winnipeg's
downtown. It has hosted everything from
meetings and trade shows to galas and
balls. It hosts between 700 and 900
events each year and caters to the entire
spectrum of public assemblies.
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This was the first purpose-built, freestanding convention centre in Canada,

says Klaus Lahr, president and CEO.
The building has functioned very well
because of how it was designed ever
since it opened. Weve had to make very
few physical changes or alterations to
the building to meet our operational
needs. The activities in the centre return
anywhere from $35 to $38 million of
annual revenue into the community.
A 492,000-square-foot building, with
the 340,000-square-foot addition the
centre will nearly double in size. The
project will cost approximately $180
million and Canadas federal government will contribute $47 million. The
city of Winnipeg and the Manitoba
provincial government will put in about
$51 million.
The Winnipeg Convention Centre will

also take out a $33 million mortgage and
pay it back over 20 to 25 years. The expansion will make the Winnipeg Convention
Centre the fourth-largest publicly owned
convention centre in Canada.
Spectacular Design
The addition will be constructed on
land that is presently used as a parking
lot next to the existing facility. It will
create 147,000 square feet of adjoining
space and be capable of hosting more
than 700 exhibit booths. It is anticipated that the facility will be completed by
the end of 2015 and start holding events
by March 2016.
We believe we need an expansion and
have been working toward that for more
than a decade, Lahr says. This is not a
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knee-jerk reaction to a market blip. This has been a very well

thought out and maturely evolved process. Local business
and tourism stakeholders all have had their hands in developing the business case and market feasibility that led to the
expansion. We also have the overwhelming support of the
community and our citizens.
Essentially, the expansion will be similar to the existing
facility, but it will be located across the street on the other
side of a downtown thoroughfare. An open span on the third
floor will connect the two buildings, connecting the main
exhibit halls. Also, a sky bridge on the second floor will connect the buildings.
On the ground floor of the new facility will be a ballroom
two stories in height. It will be about 24,000 square feet in
size and have the capability to expand to 28,000 square feet.
It will be without pillars and able to be portioned into five
subdivisions.
One highlight of the design plan is the City Room. This
46,000-square-foot exhibition hall on the third floor will
stretch across York Avenue and connect the facilities. It will
have floor-to-ceiling windows on the east and west sides.
This aspect of the design of the building will be spectacular and unusual as most exhibit halls are enclosed and not
transparent, Lahr says. The window glass walls will be 50
feet high and 300 feet wide on both sides. Looking east, youll
be able to look down York Avenue and see the Canadian
Museum for Human Rights. To the west, you will see the government district. When you drive down York Avenue, the
convention centre underpass will be like a city gate.
The project is in the detailed design phase, and the plan is
to start excavation and foundation work in the early summer
months of this year. After that, the project will be able to proceed in earnest. As the project continues, the existing convention centre will continue to operate, as there are no
planned closures or interruptions to its operations.
Choice Destination
The Winnipeg Convention Centre expansion project fits
right in with what has been happening in Winnipeg over
the past three or four years, and what is expected to continue for the next three to four years. The city has seen a big
spurt of development not seen since the late 1960s and early 1970s.
Winnipeg has already seen the return of the National
Hockey League to the city with the Winnipeg Jets now playing at the MTS Centre. This era in the city will also be known
for projects such as a new airport, football stadium, hotel
development, the Canadian Museum for Human Rights and
the Sports, Hospitality and Entertainment (SHED) District,
a new downtown initiative around the MTS Centre.
The fact that Winnipeg is becoming a more enticing des-
tination goes hand-in-hand with the Winnipeg Convention

Centres plans for selling the space and its amenities. The
centre worked with a company called Beyond Referrals for
help with marketing, knowing that conventions sell on destination first and facility second.
They found that while Winnipeg can be a hard sell, we are
transforming the city, Lahr says. Based on what we found
out talking to past, present and future customers, we
devised a new slogan and branding initiative to market the
city and the centre.
The Winnipeg is Canadas Newest Convention Centre
slogan will be part of an effort to bring more business to the
city and the centre. Now, the challenge is to sell. The destination the city itself is in development along with the
convention centre expansion, and everything should be
good to go by the time the expansion opens.
I am going to be focused on facilitating the parties
involved in delivery of the expansion project, Lahr says.
We have a great team that will handle day-to-day operations of the facility and we will continue to deliver the quality product that we are known for. x

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We do a lot of these, and the
precast concrete stands up a lot
better to the winters.
Green and Clean
> Steven Karpenko, project lead
+ Ernst Hansch Construction Ltd. helped Winnipeg

centralize its public works and fleet management in
a single energy-efficient facility. By Russ Gager
works does not have a reputa> Public
tion for being a particularly green or
environmentally friendly process. That
means efforts to centralize Winnipegs
six public works and fleet management
sites into one specially designed, environmentally friendly facility will make
the task as green as it can be and reduce
duplication of facilities.
Located on 46 acres the city had used
previously to store construction materials and adjacent to one of the citys snow
storage facilities, the $46 million Public
Works East Yard Complex will include a
central 103,000-square-foot building
and several smaller structures of up to
20,000 square feet that will be used for
storage of materials and equipment.
Construction began in February 2012
and is scheduled for completion this fall.
The new Public Works East Yard Complex in

Winnipeg consists of one central 103,000square-foot building and smaller structures.
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The central building will have a second floor used primarily for meeting
and office space, but most of the open
two-storey building will be workshop
and 24/7 garage areas for fixing and
maintaining equipment. Its a good job
on the part of the city to recognize
theyve got this patch of land and could
amalgamate all their departments,
Project Lead Steven Karpenko declares.
The administration made a good decision to group them.
All of the buildings will be precast concrete, which was part of the design/build
bid of Ernst Hansch Construction
(EHC) Ltd. Part of our pitch to the city
was to provide precast concrete building
structures for durability and sustainability, Karpenko recalls. They had originally planned on using a metal shell
Ernst Hansch Construction Ltd. Public

Works East Yard Complex
www.ehansch.com
Location: Winnipeg
Employees on-site at peak: 100 subcontract
employees
Scope of work: Design and construction of
Public Works East Yards Complex
building. We do a lot of these, and the

precast concrete stands up a lot better to
the winters. Theyre very durable for
people moving stuff around on forklifts.
Forklift collisions with the walls of
metal panel buildings can necessitate
replacement of panels. Concrete is
more forgiving, Karpenko maintains.
You clean them off in the summertime,
and theyre like brand-new.
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Since 1905, Randall Plumbing & Heating Limited has

been a leading mechanical contractor serving the Manitoba
market. Specializing in commercial, institutional and light
industrial installations, we pride ourselves in understanding
the particular needs of the client and delivering a superior
product to meet those needs. We join with Terracon
Developments/Hansch and our dedicated group of subtrades in celebrating the successful completion of the City
of Winnipeg - Public Works East Yards Project.
Business Park Look

Soil conditions at the site which did not
require extensive onsite remediation
necessitated the use of approximately
150 piles that were sunk 15 to 20 meters.
The piles for the building foundations
support the precast concrete wall construction, but the floor slabs are all built
as slab-on-grade.
The majority of the material was kept
on-site and the project design minimized
the amount of materials that would be
moved. As a part of EHCs design/build
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solution, a methane venting system also is

being installed to ensure there are no negative long-term effects from any materials
under the site or buildings. No dewatering
was required.
When completed, the site will look
more like a mixed-use commercial business park than an industrial area. The
building has a very nice look to it,
Karpenko asserts. Its definitely what I
would call very much an upgrade from
the current facilities where they are now.
The new facility being a LEED Silver-certified space gives the employees and the
space a lot greener feel, cleaner air, a better mechanical system, more access to
natural sunlight as opposed to all interior lighting and improved lighting systems. If you drove through the area,
youd mistake it for green space. We tried
to find a balance there.
Design/Build Favourite
EHCs in-house design/build team and
its team of local Winnipeg engineering
and architecture consultants have been
able to provide the city with the best value. Design/build is the model that we
enjoy, Karpenko notes. We were able
to meet with the end-user and what we
call horse-trade here and there, so they
got the stuff they needed as the endusers without going up against the guaranteed maximum price.
Were really partnered up with the
city well in the sense that the responsibility is not all on them, he adds.
Sometimes with the old traditional
models, theres a sense of us versus them
to ensure that everyone gets what they
want. But in this sense, its more of a
teamwork approach, where everyone
works together. x
ARCHITEC T U RE
The architecture is the star of the
project. Were behind the scenes,
making sure we give the architects
the project they are looking for.
> Mel OKeeffe, managing principal
Structural Solutions
+ Glotman Simpson offers architects innovative solutions
for their most demanding commercial, institutional,
industrial and residential designs. By Marta Jimnez-Lutter
faades wouldnt be possible without

the ingenuity of structural engineering,
especially where seismic events have to
be taken into account. Glotman Simpson,
a structural engineering firm with headquarters in Vancouver, B.C., has been
offering innovative solutions to its
clients for almost half-a-century, and
providing cost-conscious structural engineering services for commercial, institutional, industrial and residential projects.
The company, founded as a three-person firm in the mid-1960s by Martin
Glotman, today has a staff of 60 engineers and more than 4,000 projects in its
portfolio. The steady growth of the company is thanks in part to its innovative
ideas, according to Mel OKeeffe, a managing principal at the firm who has been
with the company for 18 years. We like
coming up with new ideas that people
havent seen before, or interesting ways
to solve problems so our clients can have
the project they want, he explains. We
are very big on solving problems and
doing it in an innovative, economical and
efficient way.
Tailored Solutions
Glotman Simpson has two locations,
each with a focus on different industries. The companys location at Surrey,
Glotman Simpson
www.glotmansimpson.com
Headquarters: Vancouver
Employees: 60
Specialty: Structural engineering firm
B.C., focuses on telecommunications

site designs, including cell phone antenna towers.
The companys headquarters in
Vancouver specializes in a variety of
projects: high-rise residential, office
buildings, hospitals and universities. Its
iconic projects have included the
Richmond Olympic Oval, built for the
2010 Vancouver Olympic and
PHOTO COURTESY OF BOB MATHESON
architectural designs say,

> Unique
with slanted columns or cantilevered
Glotman Simpson says it prides itself on being

able to provide architectural designs that
feature innovative and creative solutions.
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A RC HI T E CT U R E
RENDERINGS COURTESY OF WESTBANK PROJECTS AND HENRIQUEZ PARTNERS ARCHITECTS
The companys work on the TELUS Garden

project in Vancouver will incorporate
cantilevered extensions called sky gardens.
Paralympic Winter Games; the

Vancouver
Convention
Center
Expansion; and, more recently, a
TELUS project consisting of its national headquarters combined with a residential high-rise development, and also
the UBC Faculty of Pharmaceutical
Sciences building.
Glotman Simpsons innovative solutions were key in the successful completion of each one of these projects. At the
Vancouver Convention Center, there
were these large leaning columns, which
are quite unique and a very difficult engineering problem, OKeeffe says. The
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company came up with a solution consisting of a diagonal brace with a linear

spring formed by a series of disc spring
washers that were able to sustain the
leaning columns lateral forces.
OKeeffe acknowledges that completion of any design challenge is also the
fruit of open communication between all
parts involved. We strive for a collaborative approach; we really like working
with the project team and the architects, he notes. The architecture is the
star of the project. Were behind the
scenes, making sure we give the architects the project they are looking for.
Innovative Design
The cutting-edge design of the UBC
Faculty of Pharmaceutical Sciences
building, completed in September 2012,
required some unique structural solutions and a team approach to achieve
the final results. It is an institutional
building with a variety of users, so there
were some challenges satisfying the
aesthetics of the building, while still
making it structurally sound and economically feasible, explains Anthony
El-Araj, project engineer and associate
with Glotman Simpson .
The 250,000-square-foot UBC building
is a combination of four structurally distinct buildings into one single structure.
The buildings are integrated with three
large atriums, which posed the first structural challenge for Glotman Simpson.
The atriums divided the building into
four individual blocks and we had to
somehow link all these together to make it
behave as one single building from a structural perspective, El-Araj explains.
Glotman Simpson achieved structural
unity through the use of thin-link slabs.
The company integrated 250-millimeter-thick concrete slabs into the overall
design to effectively transfer loads
throughout the structure. The use of
these thin-link slabs to tie it all together
made the building more efficient, from a
cost and functionality perspective, ElAraj notes.
The other major challenge for this
project was located on the western
faade. The front of the building at that
location consisted of cantilevered
boardrooms protruding from the main
structure, with no support underneath.
To create the unique look, columns connected to each slab were offset and hung
from the roof. The tension columns were
set tight to the exterior glass curtain
wall, leaving the boardrooms with unobstructed outside views.
The UBC Faculty of Pharmaceutical
Science building was a fast track project
completed in two years and is seeking
LEED Gold certification.
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ARCHITEC T U RE
Sustainable design elements are a major focus

for many of Glotman Simpsons designs, and the
company has designed many LEED projects.
Work and Home

Located in the heart of Vancouver,
Glotman Simpson is currently working
on a mixed-use project for TELUS. The
project will encompass a 22-storey office
tower seeking LEED Platinum, and a 46storey, 450-unit residential tower unit
with a target of LEED Gold.
The TELUS Garden project will occupy a full city block and incorporate many
unique and challenging architectural
features. The office tower has sky gardens, which are these cantilevered building extensions that come outside of the
building and float over the street, ElAraj explains.
One of the most striking features of
the office building design is the 220-foot
long steel canopy arch that extends from
the office bar to the base of the building
on the east side. Its both an architectural feature and a canopy to provide
cover for people walking underneath, ElAraj says. The canopy is too long to
bring to the site in one piece, so it will
have be to be spliced into five different
elements and assembled on site. We had

to consider the splicing of all the steel
elements during the structural design.
The east faade of the residential tower also offers a unique design. Starting
from the fourth level up there are three
distinct offset blocks, El-Araj explains.
At the lowest level, the block is on the
north side of the building. One third up
the building, it shifts to the south and
then two thirds up, it shifts north again,
so there is a 20 foot offset of the floor
plate on the east faade.
Some of the sustainability elements
incorporated into the design of the
TELUS project will be a rainwater capture system that will recycle rainwater
for grey water and irrigation; a sun tracking system that will automatically
change the blinds, reducing glare; and
solar panels to help power the lights of
the exterior of the building.
The TELUS building is expected to
achieve an 80 percent reduction in grid
energy demand for heating and cooling
and its sustainable features are projected
to reduce CO2 emissions by over one

million Kg annually, the equivalent to
planting 400,000 trees each year.
Goals Achieved
Glotman Simpson has been able to
achieve many of the goals that its current principals set for the company over
a decade ago. A lot of our success happened because we built strong relationships over time, showing our capabilities, showing how our projects can be
successful and building on our experience and reputation, OKeeffe notes.
The result is we have been very fortunate to have participated in some very
interesting and iconic large projects.
OKeeffe notes that the reputation
Glotman Simpson has been able to
achieve over the years will help propel
the company into the future, as well.
We have a large number of repeat
clients, OKeeffe says. They know what
we can bring to a project and they are
looking to us to make their vision for the
project a reality. x
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Both of [our clients] went
through the public approval
process very well.
Working With Wood
> Dale Staples, principal
+ Integra Architecture has designed two new wood-frame

residential projects in British Columbia and is ensuring
safety through teamwork. By Alan Dorich
Located in North Vancouver, The Shore will
begin construction this spring and feature
five buildings with 375 residential units.
Integra Architecture Inc.

Dominion and The Shore
www.integra-arch.com
Locations: New Westminster and North
Vancouver, British Columbia
Scope: One six-storey building with 118 units
and five six-storey buildings with 375 units
wood-frame construction
> Six-storey
reflects a recent 2009 British Columbia
building code change. Previously, four
storeys were the maximum allowed
height permitted in a wood frame. But
that is quickly changing, Integra
Architecture Inc. Principal Dale Staples
says. Theyre just starting to become
more common, he says.
Integra recently designed two projects
to be built with this material in British
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Columbia: Dominion, an apartment

building with 118 units in New
Westminster, and The Shore, an community in North Vancouver that will consist
of five buildings with 375 units.
Dominion will be ready for occupancy at
the end of this year, and The Shore will
start construction soon.
Both projects, Staples notes, have
unique locations. Dominion will be
across the street from New
Westminsters City Hall on one of the
few grand boulevards in Greater
Vancouver. It is part of a downtown
core that is undergoing significant revitalization, he says.
Meanwhile, The Shore is located on the
former City of North Vancouver Works
Yard site. The site is located in an evolving neighbourhood and is part of a shift
from industrial and commercial uses to
more vibrant mixed use developments,
Staples describes. It is uniquely located
next to Mosquito Creek, which is part of
an extensive urban Spirit Trail network.
Avoiding Challenges
On Dominion, the designer is working
with developer Ledingham McAllister
and general contractor Marcon
Construction. Integras client on The
Shore project is Adera Development
Corp., which also is the general contractor. Ive worked with Ledingham over
10 years, and Ive worked with Adera over
20 years, Staples says.
ARCHITEC T U RE
According to Staples, challenges with

six-storey wood-frame construction
include creating a pleasing aesthetic, and
balancing shrinkage and seismic issues.
Engineered floor structures and extensive use of kiln-dried lumber are important ways to reduce shrinkage, he says.
Also, the ability to create a pleasing
aesthetic is challenged by the seismic
requirements of creating continuous
shear wall elements that extend from the
suspended slab to the roof. This limits
the ability to terrace back the upper
floors, which is often requested by
design and planning authorities, he
says. As with all wood frame projects,
whether single family or multi-storey
developments, fire safety during construction is very important. This has
been dealt with by new construction
safety protocols.
The developer/builder, consultants

and the trades must be a team, he
asserts. There needs to be respect for
each others knowledge and experience
when making decisions.
A Steady Market
Based in Vancouver, Integra has developed a portfolio that includes townhouses, senior living and special needs projects. Staples and his partner, Duane
Siegrist, formed the company in 1999
after long careers in the design industry.
Both men share the philosophies of
client-centered architecture, teamwork
and long-term working relationships.
This past year has been Integras
busiest since the firm started, Staples
reports. The recent calming of the market represents a resumption to a more
normal pace of development and con-
struction, he explains. Long term,

there is a steady demand for housing in
Vancouver as evidenced by our clients
that are still pursuing new projects, he
says. It is still one of the best places to
live in the world.
He adds that wood-frame construction is considered to be an important
sustainability measure. New products
for that category are cross-laminated
timber panels, which are being manufactured and used in British Columbia.
Their use has been limited to mostly
institutional projects, but eventually
they may find their way into taller, residential projects, he says. There are
examples of high-rise wood frame structures in other parts of the world. British
Columbia has a large forest industry that
can get larger as more value-added products can be produced. x
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If youre a commuter, it gives
you a home away from home.
> Bruno Webber, associate
At Home on Campus
+ KPMB Architects has designed the first of several new
commuter student hubs on the campus of the University
of British Columbia.
The new Ponderosa Commons

project will serve as a gathering spot for
commuter students between classes.
Kuwabara Payne McKenna Blumberg

Architects Ponderosa Commons
www.kpmbarchitects.com
Project location: Vancouver
Scope: Mixed-use university hub
at home can sometimes be

> Feeling
one of the hardest things college students have to do, and it can be difficult
even for those who live off-campus. The
University of British Columbias campus in Vancouver is close enough for
some students to commute to class from
their homes in the city, but far enough
away from the city to make it difficult for
them to return home between classes.
Rather than stake out a table in the din-
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ing hall or wait out the long hours

between classes in the library, the university took it upon itself to create
spaces that could serve as hubs for students and faculty to mingle and collaborate as well as give commuting students
a place to get comfortable.
Helping bring this concept to life is
Torontos Kuwabara Payne McKenna
Blumberg (KPMB) Architects, which
designed the prototype as part of its
work on the universitys master plan for
redeveloping University Boulevard.
Known as Ponderosa Commons, the
first of these mixed-use developments
will help provide a greater sense of comfort and belonging for the student population, according to Associate Bruno
Webber. Once youre on campus, youre

on campus, so they felt the need to develop these hubs, Webber explains.
KPMB has become known as one of
Canadas leading architectural firms,
which it credits to its highly collaborative model that emphasizes teamwork.
The company boasts a portfolio that contains projects for some of the most
prominent education institutions in
North America, including Yale
University, the University of Michigan
and McGill University. KPMB has
designed several projects for the
University of British Columbia, including its alumni building.
Webber explains that the concept the
university gave KPMB at the inception of
ARCHITEC T U RE
the project was a simple one. The university envisioned the

hub complexes such as Ponderosa Commons as vibrant
centers that will animate the campus core, he says.
Student Center
Ponderosa Commons will consist of three buildings at the
terminus of University Boulevard. These will combine traditional student housing with classrooms, faculty offices,
common space, dining options and space specifically
intended for use by commuter students. The first phase of
the project consists of a 15- to 20-storey residence tower, a
10-storey residence tower and a low-rise building.
Webber says one of the residence buildings will include
space for the universitys fine arts program. These facilities
will feature gallery space, classrooms, a permanent collection room, printmaking facilities, book presses and separate
studios for painting. The other residence building will feature the first of the universitys collegiums gathering
places for students who live off-campus. Webber explains
that for a small fee, commuter students will have access to
the collegium, which features a kitchen as well as research
and study areas.
If youre a commuter, it gives you a home away from
home, Webber says.
Other features of the building will include a geofluvial lab
where students and faculty can study the movement of
sediment in riverbeds through a simulator an Italianthemed caf and bicycle service facilities that feature showers and lockers for students who ride their bikes to class.
The low-rise building is also to feature a collegium and
bicycle facilities, as well as a corner grocery store, fitness
facility, childcare facility and the main offices for the residential components. Webber says the building also will
house new facilities for the universitys education faculty,
classrooms and learning commons for graduate-level students to collaborate.
Webber says collaboration is something the university
wants the hubs to encourage. Up to this point, faculties were
mostly separated from students and other departments, but
the hub concept brings them closer together to conduct
meetings in common areas and in hallways.
The complex also features information technologies

designed to encourage students to monitor their individual
energy usage.
Ponderosa Commons also represents something of a first
for construction in Western Canada, as it incorporates an
envelope consisting of pre-cast panels featuring an integral
rainscreen. Webber says this will result in a highly efficient
envelope for the building.
Although the use of such a system is highly unusual, the
University of British Columbia has offered KPMB and the
project team the opportunity to utilize it because it views
the campus as a living lab of sorts for architects, according
to Webber. Were pushing that technology to a new level,
he adds.
Construction on the first residential tower at Ponderosa
Commons is expected to wrap up by August, with students
moving into the building in time for the start of the fall
semester. The second phase of the project, which includes
the second residential tower and the low-rise building,
broke ground last fall and is expected to be completed for
occupancy in 2015, according to Webber. x
Living Lab
Webber says Ponderosa Commons is meant to be a landmark on the University of British Columbia campus, but the
project stands out in more ways than one. The universitys
environmental standards exceed LEED Gold standards,
making it necessary for KPMB and the project team to pay
close attention to the projects sustainability. For example,
the buildings are designed with narrow footprints to
achieve cross-ventilation and reduce energy consumption.
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Shopping Larger
+ Construction C.A.L. and Cadillac Fairview team up
The revitalization of Galeries

dAnjou demonstrates Cadillac
Fairviews confidence in
the economic growth and
prosperity of Quebec.
> Salvatore Ianoco, Cadillac
Fairview president
to expand Les Galeries dAnjou in Montreals east end.

Construction C.A.L. & Cadillac Fairview
www.constructioncal.com
www.cadillacfairview.com
Project: Les Galeries dAnjou
Budget: $86 million
Location: Montreal
situated at the intersec> Strategically

tion of highways 40 and 25 in Montreal,
Les Galeries dAnjou recently completed
the first two phases of a three-phase
redevelopment that will make the center
an ultramodern shopping destination in
the east end of the city.
Cadillac Fairview, owner of the center,
has partnered with Construction C.A.L.
as its general contractor to accomplish
the ambitious renovation of the space
that will include a new two storey,
100,000-square-foot Simons department store, a new Target and a fully renovated Bay Store.
Cadillac Fairview and Construction
C.A.L. have collaborated on more than
30 projects in the past. The general contractor, with 20 years of experience in
construction, specializes in commercial
and industrial projects and has a prestigious list of clients. It has developed 16
Home Depot Stores, performed three
projects with Bombardier and 23 projects with Bell Canada, among many others. Construction C.A.L. is able to develop projects of a variety of sizes, from
small Clinique or M.A.C counters to
large Toys R Us stores.
The expansion and redevelopment of
Les Galeries dAnjou is expected to
increase shopper traffic estimated currently at 8 million people per year by
expanding stores and restaurant
options. This includes the new Avenue
des Saveurs, with a 35 percent increase in
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its terrace capacity that has expanded

overall seating capacity to 750 people.
Cadillac Fairview Corp. Ltd. is one of
the largest investors, managers and owners of commercial real estate in North
America. The company, with more than
50 years of history, is wholly owned by
the Ontario Teachers Pension Plan, an
organization dedicated to securing the
retirement income of almost 300,000
active and retired teachers in Ontario.
The real estate company has a long list
of landmark locations in its portfolio in

Canada and the United States valued at
more than $21 billion dollars. Its properties include the Toronto Eaton Centre,
the Chinook Centre and the Montreal
Fashion Centre. Cadillac Fairview also
developed and manages the Toronto
Dominion Centre, one of the largest
office complexes in Canada with more
than 4 million square feet of office space
designed by internationally acclaimed
architect Mies van der Rohe.
Cadillac Fairview Corp. is one of the

largest investors, managers and
owners of commercial property in
North America.
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The tremendous success of our established stores in

the Montreal area has proved beyond doubt that
Montrealers buy into our unique Simons value
proposition: providing the hottest fashions in a
refined atmosphere, complemented by Simons
legendary service.
Cadillac Fairview says its latest

project, Les Galeries dAnjou, will
become a popular spot in Montreal.
Phase three of the construction of Les Galeries dAnjou

will be completed in the fall of 2013 with the opening of the
Simons department store, Target and almost 50,000 square
feet of leasable space for new retailers. Simons and Target
will also count on 160 new underground parking spaces.
In a statement published on Cadillac Fairviews website,
La Maisons Simons President Peter Simons explains, We
are very excited about the prospect of bringing La Maisons
Simons to Galeries dAnjou. The tremendous success of
our established stores in the Montreal area has proved
beyond doubt that Montrealers buy into our unique
Simons value proposition: providing the hottest fashions
in a refined atmosphere, complemented by Simons legendary service.

Salvatore Ianoco, Cadillac Fairviews senior vice president of development and portfolio management for
Eastern Canada, explained in an interview with News Wire
Canada that Galeries dAnjou is a project that showcases
the involvement of the company in developing assets that
will have a positive impact on the local economy. The revitalization of Galeries dAnjou demonstrates Cadillac
Fairviews confidence in the economic growth and prosperity of Quebec, he says.
This is a truly informational project that reflects our
commitment to offering Montrealers enhanced access to
world-class retailers, while improving shopper demographics and significantly increasing customer traffic for our tenants, Ianoco continues.
Galeries dAnjou is part of the 925 stores that form the
Fashion Centers network together with Fairview Pointe
Claire, Promenades St. Bruno and Carrefour Laval. When
the third phase of Galeries dAnjou opens in the fall of 2013,
the shopping center will count a leasable area of 1.1 million
square feet. x
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We pride ourselves on the
relationships with the people
we work with.
Bright Lights
> Steve Nemetz, owner
+ Nemetz & Associates has expanded its offerings and

geographic reach over its 50-year history. By Jim Harris
Nemetz (S/A) & Associates Ltd.
www.nemetz.com
Headquarters: Vancouver
Employees: 52
Specialty: Electrical consulting
>
Nemetz (S/A) & Associates Ltd. has

helped many of the brightest lights in
Vancouvers skyline shine for 50 years.
The company, founded in 1963 by Arnold
Nemetz as an electrical engineering firm
specializing in designing electrical systems for high-rise residential and commercial projects, has since greatly
expanded its service lines while retaining a focus on its customers needs.
Under the leadership of Arnold
Nemetzs son Steven, who joined the
company in 1983 and now serves as its
president and owner, Nemetz &
Associates today boasts a staff of consultants who specialize in mechanical,
plumbing, communication and security
systems as well as electrical power systems. Although the company has evolved
beyond its origins, it remains committed
to one basic principle: offering topnotch customer service and efficient
and effective designs to clients, Steve
Nemetz says.
We pride ourselves on the relationships with the people we work with, he
adds. When we take on a client, were
devoted 100 percent and we like to think
we dont let anybody down. We thrive on
building relationships with clients and
we know weve done a good job when
were asked to do the next one.
The Vancouver-based company has
completed more than 10,000 electrical
engineering projects throughout its history. Many of those projects are high-rise
office and residential buildings, which
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Nemetz considers the companys bread

and butter, but the company also
applies its expertise to academic, institutional, government, hospitality and
industrial projects. These include hotels,
food stores, community centres, shopping centres, film studios, schools and
resort projects.
In addition to its engineering expertise, Nemetz & Associates operates a
lighting design division, Lucent Design
Group. Lucent Design Group offers creVancouver-based Nemetz & Associates
has completed more than 10,000 electrical
engineering projects throughout its history.
ative and practical lighting solutions

with designers dedicated to devising a
look that meets and enhances the vision
of individual clients, the company says.
Applied Expertise
Nemetz & Associates staff of specialists
across disciplines gives it the ability to
not only adapt to changes in the marketplace, but also allows it to give better
results to its clients, Steve Nemetz says.
We really care about what we do, par-
CO MMERC IAL
We thrive on building relationships

with clients and we know weve done
a good job when were asked to do
the next one.
Harbour Green 3, a high-end resi-
dential complex in Vancouver.

Nemetz & Associates work on the
Shangri-La project led it to expand its
presence into Toronto full-time, and the
company in 2012 opened an office there

in conjunction with one of its consultants on the Shangri-La project. The company hopes to expand its operations
even further, particularly into Calgary,
Nemetz says. x
ticularly with respect to protecting the

owners interests, he adds. We go as far
as we can in getting owners and developers the best all-around deal possible, and
were not afraid to bring up issues that
arent necessarily related to our disciplines but might be related to the project
as a whole and flesh those out before
they become problems.
Several of the companys consultants
are LEED-certified. Sustainable design
and green building practices are playing
an ever-increasing role in new project
developments, the company says. Our
LEED-certified designers will ensure
that the requirements are satisfied to
meet the appropriate qualification
guidelines.
Nemetz & Associates recently applied
its electrical engineering expertise to the
Shangri-La, a 66-storey, 873,000-squarefoot luxury hotel in Toronto that opened
in July 2012. The building includes 222
hotel rooms as well as 287 residences and
83 private estates.
The companys other recent projects
include:
Woodwards, a 1-million-square-foot
mixed-use residential, institutional
and community building located in
Vancouvers historic Gastown district
completed in 2010;
The Fairmont Pacific Rim, a 48storey hotel and residential development in Vancouver completed in
2010; and
Contrast Lighting offers a vast choice of recessed and

pendant luminaires, decorative glass shades as well as wall
mount fixtures. All products are manufactured in Canada
and are of the highest quality. Contrast Lighting product
excellence can be evidenced in its vertically integrated
manufacturing and its many energy efficient product innovations that allow the company to make a major contribution towards the protection of the environment. .
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It doesnt look like the
typical box with a flat roof.
> Martyn Wesley, construction manager
The Place To Be
+ EllisDon is at work on the second half of Hines Canadas
Eighth Avenue Place project. By Alan Dorich
EllisDon Corp. Eighth Avenue Place
www.ellisdon.com
Location: Calgary
Scope: New 41-story, 850,000-square-foot tower
it is completed next year,

> When
Eighth Avenue Place in Calgary will
strive to inspire its tenants with its
design, and there may not be a more
inspiring view than the sight of the nearby Rocky Mountains. But the famous
mountain range has had an influence on
the buildings design, as well.
Martyn Wesley, construction manager
for general contractor EllisDon Corp.,
points out the sloped tower of the structures west tower is intended to resemble the Rockies. This ensures the building will make a dramatic impact on the
Calgary skyline, Wesley explains.
Its a unique-looking building, he
says. It doesnt look like the typical box
with [a] flat roof.
Located in downtown Calgary, the
Eighth Avenue Place property will consist of two glass towers with more than
1.8 million square feet of commercial
office space. EllisDon started on the project for developer Hines Canada in 2007.
It has already completed the 50-storey
East Tower, which became fully rented in
summer 2011. Later the same summer,
the project moved forward with the 41storey West Tower because of interest in
the building.
So we gave [Hines] budgets and
worked with them until they had a budget they could live with, Wesley says.
EllisDon started work on the second tower in March 2012. The first occupancy of
its first 19-floors will be in June 2014.
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The East Tower of Eight Avenue Place has been

certified as LEED CS Platinum by the USGBC, and
the West Tower is on track to achieve the same.
CO MMERC IAL
Fine Features
Wesley is proud of the tower so far. [It]
is a beautiful building, he declares,
noting that the contractor is using
Achieving Green
stone for its walls and floors, as well as

some of its ceilings.
He notes the buildings curtain wall
doesnt look like your typical curtain wall
design, he says. Instead, the mullions
protrude from the face of the building.
This benefits window washers, Wesley

says, by giving more barriers to prevent
maintenance baskets from moving horizontally. It stops [them] from waving
around, he says.
The East Tower earned LEED CS
The West Towers aim for LEED certification

reflects EllisDons commitment to green building. The push to go green has never been
more pronounced, the company says. The
quality of our environment and our quality of
life depend on it.
According to the company, third-party certifications like LEED, Green Globes and BOMA
BESt acknowledge its ability to build to the
best sustainability standards. We have successfully helped many of our clients achieve
certification while still meeting demanding
project timelines and budgets, it says.
EllisDon notes that it employs LEEDaccredited professionals to support an integrated design and construction team. We
promote sustainable building [practices by]
encouraging all of our employees to become
LEED accredited and support them through
the process, it says.
The key to a well-managed, sustainable
building project is a great deal of cooperation
from everybody involved, it continues, noting
that the process requires open dialogue and
teamwork. These are things the EllisDon team
values and supports.
No matter what [the clients] sustainable
building goals [are], our team is available as a
valuable knowledge resource so that we can
help [them] transform good intentions into
powerful actions, it says.
Walters Inc., through good hard work and organic

growth since its 1956 inception, has become one of
Canadas most influential steel contractors. Walters serves
all sectors of the market in Canada and the United States
and has developed a unique specialty for tackling tough,
unusual, or complex structural steel projects. Walters has a
long standing relationship with Ellis-Don founded on trust
and integrity. Notable projects include the Bay-Adelaide
Centre (53 storey high-rise) in Toronto, the Varsity
Goldring Centre - Toronto, and most recently the Eighth
Avenue Place high-rise (42 stories) in Calgary. Other examples of our work include the Royal Ontario Museum,
Pearson International Airport, Ontario College of Arts and
Design, Ottawa Macdonald-Cartier International Airport,
Ottawa Congress Centre, Canadian Museum for Human
Rights Winnipeg, the Lincoln Center NYC. Walters current
projects in Western Canada include Eighth Avenue Place,
the Worlds largest headframe for BHP-Billiton in
Saskatchewan, and Calgarys National Music Centre.
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Platinum status, and the West Tower is aiming for the same
accreditation with its green roof, ultra-low-flow urinals and
the use of green power. Wesley highlights the towers deluge
systems for the mitigation of snow and ice.
The system uses piping at the top of sloped services on the
buildings roof and every third floor below. Hot water flowing
through the piping will melt snow and ice that has formed on
the sloped areas of the buildings curtain wall.
This prevents ice from falling to the street below. Theres
nowhere else in the city that does it, Wesley declares.
EllisDon is on schedule with the project, having

built the concrete core up to the 29th floor and
the structural steel up to the 20th floor.
Staying Safe
EllisDon has focused on public safety throughout the project, Wesley says, and the company has the full support of the
city in that regard. The city of Calgary [is] very safety-conscious, he declares. Weve worked with this city on developing [this] huge job.
EllisDons safety measures included eliminating a passerbys ability to come near the site, Wesley says. We dont
want the public to come anywhere near the building, he
asserts. We keep them across the street.
Additionally, the cabs of its cranes feature alarms that

notify operators when they reach the limits of the streets.
We have a very rigorous safety program, he asserts.
A Happening Place
Based in Mississauga, Ontario, EllisDons specialties include
project management, public-private partnerships, facility
management and construction management software.
Hewitt Associates recognized the company in a survey in
2008 and 2009 as Canadas Best Employer.
Wesley joined EllisDon in July 2006. We have a good
group of people, he says, noting that the company allows
projects to be operated with minimal interference from senior managers.
They sort of nurture the entrepreneurial spirit of the
people, he says, noting that EllisDon has trusted him to
bring the project in on time and on budget. I dont have anybody breathing down my neck.
He predicts the company will keep busy thanks to all the
activity in the Calgary market. Theres a lot of work being
looked at in Calgary right now, he says. [It] depends on
whether these people get tenants for them, [but] Calgarys
a happening place. x
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A Concrete Solution
Were developing more waterbased products and getting away

from solvent-based. Sustainability
is a very big deal, in our estimation.
> Brian Salazar, national business
development manager
+ Euclid Canada is expanding to offer the same concrete

and construction material products in the West as it does
in the East. By Jamie Morgan
Columbia, Saskatchewan and Manitoba
and moved into the admixture market in
Alberta and British Columbia in the last
three years.
Weve been working in Calgary on a
large project with Dufferin Construction
and it has been a good impetus for us to
get going on the admixture business
there, Salazar explains. Its a fairly
large contract over three years. And it
gives us a bit of a head start and motivation to grow that part of the business in
that province.
Whatever new markets the company
moves into, its market knowledge and
quality standards will move with it.
Euclid Canadas quality management
program led to its ISO 9001 certification. Salazar says the company also is
working on attaining an ISO 14000 certification for its environmental management system.
Euclid Canada has had success developing new

forms of admixture for concrete products,
including low-shrinkage and LEED products.
Euclid Canada
www.euclidchemical.com
Headquarters: St. Hubert, Quebec
Employees: 42
Specialty: Concrete construction products
Canada celebrated its 20th

> Euclid
anniversary last year with a new goal in
sight. The subsidiary of Cleveland-based
Euclid Chemical Co. supplies a full line
of products for the concrete construction industry including concrete admixtures, concrete repair and rehabilitation
products and decorative concrete products. It also offers construction materials such as sealants, adhesives, primers
and coatings.
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With a manufacturing facility in St.

Hubert, Quebec, and a distribution terminal in Toronto, the company is firmly
cemented in the Eastern Canada market
and offering its full array of products.
National
Business
Development
Manager Brian Salazar explains the company is focused on building the same reputation in Western Canada.
We are engrained in the admixture
business in Eastern Canada because
weve been doing this for so long in that
market, he says. The next opportunity
for us is to move west.
In recent years, the company has made
significant inroads to garner business in
the countrys western half. It offers construction products in Alberta, British
Integrating Sustainability
Euclid Canadas sustainability program
focuses on minimizing waste and
increasing energy efficiency. Its environmental efforts are led by an in-house
environmental, health and safety group
that provides internal education on policies that span its entire business. Some
of the programs implemented include:
Waste stream reduction;
Move toward zero landfill;
Recycling programs;
Energy consumption reduction;
Energy harvesting (heat) from
other processes;
Water consumption reduction; and
Print-on-demand literature
fulfillment.
Euclid Canadas sustainable efforts
are seen in its actual products, as well. As
CO MMERC IAL
more building owners get in line with LEED and other sustainable programs, vendors such as Euclid Canada have
responded with products that will help them achieve their
goals. Rather than simply responding to new VOC regulations, for example, the parent companys Ohio-based R&D
team devotes extensive effort to the development of products that meet or exceed even the most stringent VOC regulations currently in place and those to be implemented
over the next three to five years. This development also
focuses on performance striving for longer lifecycles, less
maintenance and use of renewable raw materials in place of
petroleum-based raw materials. Salazar says that going
green is more than a trend, and will have a lasting effect on
the construction industry.
A big thing in the industry right now is low-VOC materials and other products that fit with the LEED process,
Salazar says. We supply a lot of products into that part of
the business and our products are part of the reason builders
are able to get LEED points. Were developing more waterbased, low-VOC products and getting away from solventbased. Sustainability is a very big deal, in our estimation.
Better Solutions
Euclid Canada has begun offering low-shrinkage products
such as the admixture CONEX. CONEX is a powdered
admixture used for the compensation and reduction of
shrinkage in portland cement concrete. In addition to its
expansion characteristics that reduce shrinkage, CONEXs
major benefits include no slump loss, compatability with
other Euclid Chemical admixtures and no affect on mechanical strengths.
Low-shrinkage concrete mixes are a fairly big item, and
weve developed a few products that combat the typical
shrinkage you get in concrete, Salazar says.
Salazar says the companys greatest strength is its ability
to assess general industry trends and individual customer
needs and match the best products for each project. Euclid
Canada keeps a robust stock to eliminate delays and meet
the more frequent just-in-time orders made by construction
contractors. It also coordinates delivery to project sites so
contractors dont have to.
We try to have the customer not do too much work,
Salazar says. x
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C OMME R CI AL
A Green Revival
We have significant experience

building LEED-certified projects,
so to combine that with a
shopping centre project
made us a natural fit.
> Dana Buchart, construction manager
+ The expansion and renovation of the Guildford Town

Centre will make it Canada's first LEED Gold-certified
shopping mall. By Jim Harris
Ledcor is overseeing the $280 million project to
renovate and expand the Guildford Town Centre
shopping mall in Surrey, British Columbia.
Ledcor Guildford Town Centre

www.ledcor.com
Overall Project cost: $280 million
Location: Surrey, British Columbia
Workers on site at peak: 294
Workers orientated to date: 4,500
Scope of work: Shopping centre redevelopment
owners of Guildford Town

> The
Centre Ivanhoe Cambridge Inc - in
Surrey, B.C., did not have to look very far
to find a general contractor to expand
and redevelop the nearly 50-year-old
shopping mall. Ledcor Group has
extensive experience in shopping centre
projects; we've done a lot of them very
successfully with Ivanhoe and other
clients, says Dana Buchart, the Ledcor
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construction manager overseeing the

project, which commenced in 2010.
Ledcor is working on the second phase
of the $280 million project, which will
add 200,000 leasable square feet to
Guildford Town Centre, bringing its
total to 1.2 million square feet. The project forecast to be completed in 2014
also includes renovating the mall,
which was built in phases since 1966.
Ivanhoe Cambridge's intention to
incorporate environmentally friendly
building features into the project also
made Ledcor the right choice for the
project. The Guildford Town Centre
redevelopment is targeted to be the
first in Canada to achieve LEED Gold
certification. We have significant
experience building LEED-certified

projects, so to combine that with a
shopping centre project made us a natural fit, Buchart adds.
Building Features
The first phase of the project, completed
in 2011, included replacing an aging
Walmart store with a new two-level
parkade and new Walmart Supercentre.
The second phase currently underway
consists of a new building that will be
seamlessly integrated into the existing
two-storey mall. In addition, Ledcor has
been making significant architectural
upgrades to the existing centre from the
tile to the space frame. The new building
will be turned over at the end of August,
CO MMERC IAL
By 7 a.m., the mall has to be ready for customers. We

have crews on the site nearly 24 hours a day, seven
days a week.
when Ledcor will complete the renovation of the existing
centre, Buchart says.
The new building is a cast-in-place concrete structure
with thermoplastic polyolefin (TPO) roofing. The exterior
is composed of a combination of brick and an exterior insulation finishing system (EIFS).
The roofing, insulation and building mechanical and
plumbing systems are designed to be energy and water efficient. Ledcor crews are also using a number of sustainability-minded practices during construction including recycling concrete, drywall, metal, cardboard, paper, organic
waste and wood. Forest Stewardship Council-certified
wood is being used in compliance with the LEED criteria.
Distinctive building elements include a grand entrance
with a water feature and seating area leading to an approximately 1,000-seat food court. The mall will also feature two
exterior and two interior green walls. The two exterior green
walls, when combined, will be the largest in North America.
The centre court interior green walls frame a waterfall.
Immediately opposite this feature wall is a cylindrical glass
elevator with water cascading over its exterior. Towering
columns, glass guardrails with cherry wood caps, a vast twostorey opening, the green walls and water features combine
to produce a spectacular interior courtyard area.
Mackey Partnership, for their consideration, Buchart says.

Constructability assistance and alternate design suggestions are just a few of the services Ledcor provides to its
clients. The company, founded in 1947, is one of Canada's
largest construction contractors, with experience in every
sector including commercial, institutional, industrial and
residential. Its recent shopping centre projects include the
Cross Iron Mills in Calgary, Alberta and Pacific Centre in
Vancouver, British Columbia. x
By The Numbers
215: The number of dump trucks with pups loaded every day during
excavation
14: The number of new escalators in Guildford Town Centre.
9: The number of new elevators in Guildford Town Centre.
4,000: The number of construction jobs created by the Guildford
Town Centre redevelopment
750: The number of new permanent retail jobs created by the project
75: The number of new stores being added to the mall, bringing its total
to 200
Superior Service
Keeping the mall functioning smoothly during construction
and renovation is one of the biggest challenges facing
Ledcor, its subcontractors and Guildford Town Centre. The
renovation work to the existing mall takes place at night and
is organized such that the centre is ready every morning for
the shoppers and tenants. The night work is inclusive of all
scopes, with the greatest challenges being the coordination
of demolition, drywall, tile and painting, Buchart says.
By 7 a.m., the mall has to be ready for customers, he
adds. We have crews on the site nearly 24 hours a day, seven days a week.
Ledcor and its subcontractors are working closely with
mall operations, the consultants and tenants to keep disruptions to a minimum. Ledcor worked closely with the owner
during the design stage.
Once the trade contracts were awarded, we involved
them any time there were unforeseen obstacles where they
could provide alternate design solutions and then we presented those to Ivanhoe and the architect, Musson Cattell
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C OMMUNI T Y
We specialize in these complex,
one-off types of buildings.
> Jason North, senior construction manager
The Sight of Music

+ CANA Construction Ltd. has been intimately involved in
helping the National Music Centre realize its vision for a
new building within its budget. By Russ Gager
Its like a series of small buildings
within one large building, all separated
by atriums that will be full-height up to
the top of the roof, CANA Senior
Construction Manager Jason North
describes. CANA has been working on
the preconstruction of the National
Music Centre for two years.
Weve been involved since the early
stages of the project, North says.
CANA won the RFP that was issued
with schematic designs in early 2011.
Were not trying to change the design,
North explains. Were just making it
the most efficient possible and getting
the most value out of every dollar. For
example, the original design called for
nine vessels, but the number was
reduced to six.
The National Music Centre will be a five-storey,

165,000-square-foot building that will house
music memorabilia and artifacts.
CANA Construction Ltd.

The National Music Centre
www.cana.ca
Construction cost: $87.5 million
Location: Calgary, Alberta
Employees on-site at peak: 75 to 90
Scope of work: 165,000-square-foot museum
ground before the plans are

> Breaking
finalized and all the money raised is a bold
move for the National Music Centre in
Calgary. But it also demonstrates the centres commitment to its donors to create
a world-class facility and enables CANA
Construction Ltd. and the projects
prime subcontractors to provide constructability input to the architects.
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The National Music Centre was conceived as a series of six connected resonant vessels across a street from each
other and connected by a section of the
building that bridges the thoroughfare.
The 165,000-square-foot buildings
striking architectural design will house a
collection of music memorabilia, historical artifacts and collectors items along
with performance and recording spaces.
Details of the five-storey project the
construction cost of which is estimated at
$87.5 million will be finalized by midyear, while construction which started
in March continues until the end of
2015. The unique structure was designed
by Allied Works Architecture of Portland,
Ore., and Kasian Architecture of Calgary.
Value-Engineering
Dramatic arches will reach skyward in
the atriums. Theyre kind of like
canyon walls, North says. Using
unique formwork to build these arches
out of concrete was considered, but
they will be built out of steel at lower
cost. In fact, the entire building above
the concrete foundation that has one
level below grade will be constructed of
steel rather than the concrete that had
been considered.
Another cost saving is the terra cotta
tile selected for the exterior and portions
of the interior that is lighter in weight
than the extruded-slab tile originally
considered. The lighter weight will
reduce the strength requirements of the
walls and allow for insulation values up
to R-24. Drywall will be used in many
interior spaces, and the structures atriums clad with the same terra cotta tile
used on the buildings exterior.
COM M U NIT Y
The biggest challenge that we had in

two years of preconstruction so far was
just wrestling with the complex design
and obviously the cost that goes along
with that getting all those things to
align as best we could without compromising the owners vision for the project, North says. The building is quite
ambitious, and the architecture is quite
challenging.
efforts, that is quite complex. Building it is

going to be challenging.
Blues King
The site was selected because of the
presence of the King Edward Hotel,
which was built in 1905 and during the

1980s was a premier blues club in
Calgary frequented by the giants of the
genre. East Village is an area that for a
lot of years has been quite blighted and
very depressed, North points out.
3-D Modeling
Building the graceful curves of walls and
the steep slopes of towering arches will
require CANA and the more than 30 subcontractors on the project to use the latest construction technologies. Were
using all the 3-D tools of BIM to help with
the geometry, North declares.
Because the arches are so complex, 3D surveying instruments will be necessary to confirm that a structure is being
built in the correct location. On this job,
because of the complexity, the tolerances have to be tighter, North emphasizes. We need to make sure everybody
has as their goal building it as tight as
they possibly can.
Tightness also will be a hallmark of the
site. Were in downtown Calgary, North
stresses. Weve got streets on all sides.
Were crossing the street with a bridge.
Theres a lot of public safety and logistical
concerns because it is a small site and
theres not a lot of room to lay materials
down. So on the basis of the schedule,
coordination of trades and sequencing of
Walters Inc., through good hard work and organic

growth since its 1956 inception, has become one of
Canadas most influential steel contractors. Walters serves
all sectors of the market in Canada and the United States
and has developed a unique specialty for tackling tough,
unusual, large, or complex structural steel projects. On the
National Music Centre project, Walters is building a strong
relationship with CANA Construction founded on performance, trust and integrity. Notable projects by Walters
in Calgary include The Bow (58 stories) and most recently
the Eighth Avenue Place high-rise (42 stories). Other
examples of our work include the Royal Ontario Museum,
Pearson International Airport, Ontario College of Arts and
Design, Ottawa Macdonald-Cartier International Airport,
Ottawa Congress Centre, Canadian Museum for Human
Rights Winnipeg, the Lincoln Center NYC, and the worlds
largest headframe for BHP-Billiton in Saskatchewan.
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C OMMU NIT Y
CANA and its partners had a long

road to travel before they got to the
groundbreaking on the National Music
Centre, including two years of design work.
The King Edward Hotel had been closed since the late
1990s and poorly maintained. For approximately the last 15
years, the city of Calgary has been buying up land in the East
Village neighborhood and developing a master plan for its
redevelopment, which the National Music Centre and a new
central library will anchor.
The hotel will be restored to its original splendor as a blues
club and connected to the centre, whose offices will be located there. A mobile recording studio built by the Rolling
Stones and used by Led Zeppelin, Deep Purple and others will
be installed permanently next to the hotel and refurbished
for use in the analog recording of performances in the club.
The rest of the centre will include displays on the history
of Canadian music artists and institutions and have two performance spaces, along with display and storage of historic
artifacts and musical memorabilia.
Aiming for LEED Silver certification, the centre will take
advantage of the citys central heating facility that was
established for the neighbourhood and is located across the
street. The temperature and humidity in the structure will
have to be maintained within strict limits 24/7 to preserve
the centres collection.
The National Music Centre will be another of the many
iconic structures that CANA Construction Ltd. has been
building mostly in the Calgary area since its founding in 1942.
This is the type of project that CANA builds, North asserts.
We specialize in these complex, one-off types of buildings.
CANA is going to take a lot of pride in this project. It will be
something for generations to come. x
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COM M U NIT Y
We figured that [pre-fabricated cells were] an eightmonth time savings over
conventional construction.
> Geoff van der Lee, construction manager
Mission Accomplished
+ EllisDon completed the Toronto South Detention Centre
on time and on budget, thanks to its creative construction
solutions. By Chris Petersen & Marta Jimnez-Lutter
The $593 million Toronto South

Detention Centre was turned over
to its authorities in September 2012.
EllisDon Toronto South Detention Centre

www.ellisdon.com
Location: Toronto
Employees on site: 550
Scope: 850,000-square-foot detention center
Building & Construction Canada

> When
last talked to Geoff van der Lee, construction manager with EllisDon Corp.,
in 2009, the company had just been
awarded the contract to develop the
Toronto South Detention Center
(TSDC). van der Lee was confident
EllisDon could meet the projects fall
2012 deadline, and he was right.
On Sept. 28, EllisDon turned the
850,000-square-foot facility over to
authorities of the TSDC. The new TSDC

replaces the Don Jail and the Mimico
Correctional Centre in Ontario with two
new facilities.
A 320-bed intermittent center for weekend inmates was completed in the spring
of 2011 and the maximum-security
remand facility with space for 1,650 adult
inmates, an infirmary, kitchen and laundry
facilities was completed in September
2012, as scheduled.
Everything was as it was stipulated in
the contract, so everyone is happy, van
der Lee says.
The $593 million project was built by
Integrated Team Solutions, a joint venture between EllisDon Inc. and Fengate
Capital Management on behalf of LPF
Infrastructure Fund. Zeidler Partnership

Architects served as the projects architectural designer.
Everything throughout the project
went as expected, van der Lee stresses,
with all parties working as a team to meet
deadlines and expectations.
We worked very closely with the
Ministry of Community Safety &
Correctional Services (MCSCS), he
says, adjusting to their needs and
accommodating their requests.
In addition to meeting the tight deadline, the facility will also achieve LEED
silver certification. EllisDons experience in construction management and
its willingness to try new avenues
ensured these goals were achieved.
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C OMMUNI T Y
The TSDC was designed and built

to reach LEED Silver certification.
The Cells
Every component of the 432 six-sided
cell modules was designed with safety
and durability in mind. The project totals
10 buildings, including three seven story
towers built with pre-cast concrete. The
structures meet seismic requirements
and also contributed to meeting LEED
sustainable construction requirements,
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thanks to the buildings high recycledmaterial content.

Georgia-based Tindall Corp. manufactured the cells at its division in
Atlanta. It was the first time, as far as I
know, that this type of product was used
in Ontario, van der Lee says. Tindall
delivered the cells completely pre-fabricated, and all EllisDons team had to do
was install the hardware for the door

locks and perform utility connections.
Tindalls prefabricated cells are made
with a seamless interior, which will prevent inmates from hiding weapons in
cracks or improvising weapons out of
loose building materials.
We figured that it was an eightmonth time savings over conventional
COMMUNIT Y
The TSDC has 10 buildings

on its campus.
construction, van der Lee says. It was a

very effective way of doing it; the whole
system came together very well with a
very nice end-result.
ardship wont end any time soon as part

of a private-public partnership, the consortium was awarded a 30-year maintenance contract for the facility.
Sustainability Features
With the TSDC projects green features
such as low-VOC materials, stormwater management and a heat-reflective
roof the project team is confident it will
be LEED Silver-certified.
The project also included the construction of a geothermal ground loop
heat recovery system with wells located
beneath the car park on the northwest
side of the complex. The system consists
of 72 wells drilled approximately 450 feet
deep working in conjunction with a
series of ground source heat pumps that
will supply the complex with about 7.8
million mega joules of energy. EllisDon
says this will contribute to a reduction of
the facilitys consumption of natural gas.
EllisDon also recycled and diverted 75
percent of the construction waste generated by the project, keeping the debris
out of landfills. Its environmental stew-
Never Stop
EllisDon continues to develop ambitious
projects throughout Ontario. The next
project for van der Lee is the New
Oakville Hospital that will replace an
existing facility.
Hospital Infrastructure Partners have
been contracted to design, build, finance
and maintain the facility, van der Lee
notes. The 1.6 million-square-foot hospital will be one of the largest community
hospitals in Canada. We were awarded
the job in July of 2012 and have a completion date scheduled for 2015, he says.
Among the new hospitals features, 80
percent of the inpatient rooms will be
single patient, there will be ample parking and quiet, outdoors areas. The New
Oakville Hospital is working toward
LEED Silver certification by implementing water-efficient features and recycling construction materials. x
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C OMMUNI T Y
Our design is going to be more
cost-efficient over 20 years than
the design they had envisioned.
Open but Secure
> Paul Green, superintendent
+ An open design that encourages community engagement

is balanced with the need for security in Saskatoons new
police headquarters. By Russ Gager
dual function of policing is to
> The
serve and protect. Police want to invite
the community into their facility so citizens feel comfortable and can access a
variety of services. But at the same time,
a police headquarters must be designed
to protect evidence, maintain secure
operations and temporarily house
detainees until they can be released or
transferred to other facilities.
It was with that in mind that EllisDon
took on the challenge of designing and
building a new headquarters for the
Saskatoon
Police
Service
in
Saskatchewan. Working from the citys
request for proposals and a detailed
owners statement of requirements,
EllisDons Saskatoon office is building a new

facility for the Saskatoon Police Service that
will consolidate multiple functions.
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EllisDon and the architectural firms it

selected CS&P Architects of Toronto,
and local firm, aodbt architecture + interior design balanced these needs in a
five-storey, 390,000-square-foot facility
of concrete and steel.
Because it was a design/build project,
EllisDon was able to improve on the projects construction methodology and
cost efficiency. The client issued an RFP
that said they wanted certain things to
certain specifications, and the RFP gave
us latitude in how to achieve the performance
standards,
EllisDon
Superintendent Paul Green recalls. It
was our job to literally put together how
we want to build this.
EllisDon Saskatoon Saskatoon Police

Service Headquarters
www.ellisdon.com
Construction cost: $101 million
Location: Saskatoon, Saskatchewan
Employees on-site at peak: 35
Scope of work: Police headquarters
A design/build method of delivery was

selected by the city as a means to provide
cost certainty and reduce risk. EllisDon
was one of three short-listed firms
selected to submit a proposal. Each team
went through a four-month process to
develop a proposed design and submit a
firm tender price. The EllisDon team was
deemed to adhere closest to the
approved program requirements of the
COM M U NIT Y
police facility, while also offering the

most cost-effective design.
They sit down with all the bids and all
the design submissions, and they will
basically decide using both quality and
cost evaluations which is best, Green
relates. Once EllisDon was selected, it
became its responsibility to complete the
design, incorporate additional revisions
to improve the constructability and
select the subcontractor team that could
deliver the quality required on schedule.
Changes Made
Among the improvements EllisDon
made in the police headquarters plans
was the refinement of the HVAC systems design. The RFP specification had
called for multiple smaller air-handling
units, serving different areas of the
building. This has been replaced with a
smaller number of larger units, which

will use less energy and save on both
maintenance and operating costs. Our
design is going to be more cost-efficient
over 20 years than the design they had
envisioned, so were going to save the
city money, Green declares.
Another improvement was the decision to use curtain wall for the windows
that were specified for the headquarters.
That cost us a little more money, but it
will be much more cost-efficient and
durable for the client, Green maintains.
Curtain wall lasts a lot longer than
fiberglass or vinyl windows. Green estimates vinyl windows would last only 20
to 25 years, whereas curtain wall could
last up to 50 years, which is the lifespan
for which the building was designed.
Such changes were typical during the
finalization of the headquarters plan.
You come up with one solution, and you

realize there is a much more efficient
way to do something out there, Green
points out. Different things come
along. One example is the materials and
assemblies developed to provide ballistic and blast projection to certain staff
work areas in the building. We were able
to source new materials to meet these
requirements, he says.
A Light-filled Station
A goal of the police service was to provide natural light to all user-occupied
areas. To achieve this, natural lighting
will be used extensively throughout the
facility. It has tons of windows and skylights, Green says of the headquarters.
It also has a four-storey interior atrium
plus a front entrance lobby using curtain
wall extensively. A goal of the police was
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COMMUNIT Y
to provide natural light to all user-occupied areas, which has

been achieved. Successful police work requires a team
approach to addressing community issues and crime prevention. The headquarters building will consolidate several
existing facilities into one and give staff members the opportunity to collaborate on a daily basis.
Serving as a police officer is a stressful job, and accordingly, this facility incorporates many modern features to
improve staff retention and overall health and well-being,
such as a fitness center, gym and lounge areas. The facilities
include an indoor firing range, forensic identification labs
and exhibit holding areas, a canine unit, criminal records,
and classrooms and meeting rooms accessible to the public
and for community policing activities. The concept is to
invite the public in so that they can interact with the police
as members of the community.
Construction of the building which will cost approximately $101 million began in September 2011 and is due for
completion in November, with occupancy in January 2014.
Approximately 50 to 60 subcontractors will work on the
project. Notable among them is Pro-Bel Enterprises Ltd.,
which provided roof anchors that will be used to support
window washing and exterior maintenance equipment.
The city mandated LEED certification for the police headquarters, but the building has surpassed this requirement and
is on track to achieve LEED Silver certification. In addition to
the energy-efficient curtain wall, plumbing and lighting fixtures, in some areas of the building heating is provided
through radiant panels around the windows.
The single level below grade is cast-in-place concrete and
will include secure parking for up to 146 police vehicles. A separate parkade for an additional 370 staff vehicles will be adjacent to the site. The building above the basement is framed in
structural steel. The back of the building will include a detention center with 58 cells that are monitored by a digital security system. An upper level of the building includes a 911 communications centre and a sophisticated technological crime
unit to deal with the investigation of computer-based crime,
digital devices and electronic equipment.
Chilling Weather
The weather has been challenging during the project wind
chills in Saskatoon can drop to minus 40 C and sometimes
the skills of the local labour force needed to be augmented
with tradespeople from across Canada.
Green credits the success of the Saskatoon Police
Headquarters project to everyone working on it. The city of
Saskatoon and the police services staff also have been very
much a part of the process.
Its all the way up its a team effort, and thats how its
going to get done, he insists. x
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C OMMUNI T Y
Recreation Haven
Demand for access to recreation

facilities increases dramatically
every year, so this new complex is
intended to relieve strain due to
overcapacity usage that the city is
experiencing at nearby facilities.
> Richard Fouchard
+ The Barrhaven South Recreation Complex will offer

space for much-needed services for one of the fastestgrowing communities in Ottawa. By Brian Salgado
a suburb is growing as rapidly
> When
as the Ottawa suburb of Barrhaven, there
is rarely any debate about the need for
more facilities to benefit its residents. In
the case of the Barrhaven South
Recreation Complex (BSRC), city of
Ottawas Parks, Recreation and Cultural
Services Department (PRCS) determined
it needed to ramp up its current offerings
and add to its capacity to address this
communitys growing population.
This is a rapidly expanding community, and this facility will offer new services
to meet the needs of the community,
says Richard Fouchard, senior project
manager, design and construction, infrastructure services. It will allow the cur-
Barrhavens original recreational complex

was constructed more than 30 years ago
when the local population was about 15,000
people. This new facility will reflect the
needs of an 80,000-person population.
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rent program offerings to be expanded,

as well.
The Barrhaven community is currently serviced by a recreation complex
located in the northern area that was
built more than 30 years ago when the
population of the community was
around 15,000 people. Since then, the
Barrhaven community has grown significantly and the Barrhaven South sector
alone will add 20,000 new residents. The
entire area will have a minimum of
80,000 people upon build out.
The construction team broke ground
on the BSRC in December 2012 and
completion is scheduled for November
2014. The $40.9 million project will
City of Ottawa - Barrhaven South

Recreation Complex
www.ottawa.ca
Location: Barrhaven South Community,
Ottawa, Ontario
Employees on site at peak: 100 - 125
Scope of work: 163,000-square-foot
recreation facility
deliver a facility that is approximately

163,000-square-feet, with a 370-space
parking lot and will make possible a variety of recreational amenities both within the BRSC structure and in the adjacent outdoor space.
The BRSC will house a 25-meter, sixlane pool with 1-meter and 3-meter div-
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When the BRSC is completed in late 2014,

it will house a six-lane pool, a leisure pool
with a lazy river, gymnasium, walking track,
two NHL-sized arenas, a fitness center and
space for community programming.
ing boards and an adjacent leisure pool

with a lazy river feature that will offer
fun for the kids and therapeutic benefits
for adults.
The natatorium will be a showpiece of
the complex as careful attention to the
aesthetics, acoustics and function of the
space went into every design decision.
Highlighted by a roof structure made up
of glulam beams and purlins, a wood
deck and feature walls with ceramic tile
mosaic, the pool looks out to and animates the street frontage and is open to
the community to watch and enjoy.
The structure also will feature a gym-
Architecture Expertise
Perkins + Will, the architect of record for the
Barrhaven South Recreation Complex, has had
a presence in Toronto for six decades. The
local Ottawa division has provided consulting
for a variety of clients and says it has established itself as a visionary advocate for community, civic and academic architecture.
Today, we are positioned as one of
Canadas leading designers, responsible for a
wealth of award-winning, innovative projects
that have brought recognition to institutions
and serve as a benchmark for Canadian public
building design, the company states. We
believe in a balance between design excellence, sound management and client service.
nasium, a walking track, two NHL-sized

arenas one with 500 seats and the other with 200. One of the two ice rinks will
accommodate sledge hockey, a sport
designed to allow participants who have
physical disabilities to play ice hockey.
BRSC will have a sizable fitness center
with cardio and weight training equipment and two large studio spaces. One
studio will have a sprung hard wood floor
for dance, ballet, yoga and other fitness
programs; the other will be carpeted and
thus quieter, and will include a kitchen for
larger more formal gatherings.
To support additional community
based programming, the facility has two
multipurpose rooms, two program
rooms, a meeting room, a large boardroom, a classroom connected to the
pool deck, change rooms, and staff,
reception and information desk areas.
The campus site for the BSRC facility
also includes a school and a fire station.
verTerra corp. is the City of Ottawas Owners

Representative for the development of the new Barrhaven
South Recreational Complex. This 160,000 square foot,
$51 million facility, is designed to achieve LEED silver
requirements and will house two NHL size ice pads, a 6lane 25m pool, a leisure pool, a gymnasium, cardio/weight
studios, community multipurpose areas and outdoor park
and play areas as well as a sports field designed to meet CFL
and FIFA design requirements. The planned opening is the
fall of 2014 and is situated at the corner of Greenbank and
Cambrian Roads.
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Pool Preservation
The pools at the Barrhaven South Recreation Centre will feature Myrtha technology, a pre-fabricated stainless steel panel system with a PVC liner. This
system will reduce the citys pool tank maintenance and repairs while reducing down-time for this public amenity.
According to Myrtha Pools, this system uses stainless steel for the pool structure, PVC for waterproofing, ceramics and mosaic tiles. A base frame
that outlines the pool is made of bolted steel sections that act as the supporting structure for the Myrtha wall panels.
The company says the pool walls are formed with sturdy stainless steel panels. The premanufactured panels are factory-treated with a permanently welded layer of hard PVC, and are bolted onto the base frame and to one another.
At every panel joint, steel buttresses give rigidity and strength to the structure, and every buttress is fixed to the concrete footing. Myrthas overflow gutter is made with the same material that is used for the wall panels and comes in a range of standard configurations. A rigid, specially designed
PVC profile is used to seal the panel joints. For tighter waterproofing, all joints between the Myrtha sections are welded with liquid PVC or a reinforced
PVC tape. The standard floor of a Myrtha pool is formed using a concrete slab.
Myrtha Technology was developed to provide a long-lasting, low-maintenance pool that is easy to install, highly functional, but still maintaining a wide
range of quality finishes, the company says. Only the best materials are used for this purpose: mosaic, klinker and variations for personalized finishes.
The BSRC site will include an illuminated artificial turf

sports field built to Canadian Football League standards
for football and soccer.
Parks, Recreation and Cultural Services needs multipurpose facilities like this to meet the recreational needs of area
residents, Fouchard says. However, funding for these types
of spaces only comes in a bit at a time, which tends to result in

building in phases.
Although significant growth is occurring right now, funding for the facility was secured approximately 10 years ago in
advance of the original plan, so this is among the first largescale projects for PRCS, he adds. All of the project components and pieces are coming online at this point in time, and
PRCS is quite proud of all the developments that have
occurred to move this project forward.
Energy Efficiency
BRSC is being built to LEED certification standards, and
Fouchard says the facility is on pace to achieve a Silver rating. The facility will capture waste heat from systems for
re-use elsewhere in the building.
Although the city is somewhat risk averse to incorporating untested technologies, our design and construction
group encourages its consultant teams to utilize leading
edge technologies and systems that can increase building
efficiency says Paul Hussar, program manager, design and
construction, infrastructure services.
Were looking to reduce operating costs, and were also
looking for durable construction to extend the lifecycle of
these buildings as well. x
The Barrhaven South Community Design Plan (CDP) is the Ottawa City
Council-approved guide for the long-term growth and development of
Barrhaven South. The CDP sets the specific objectives for the
Barrhaven South community and provides its land use concept, as well
as the servicing and transportation structure for future development.
The Barrhaven South CDP area is located at the south end of the
urban area of the Ottawa. The land is approximately 500 hectares and is
to be home to at least 20,000 people. The key feature is the Jock River,
the City says, which forms the northern edge of the CDP study area.
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We have projects going on right
now similar to this and others that
weve done in the past, and were
bringing all of that experience to
this project.
Better than Before
> Philippe Goulet, project director
+ Come 2014, Ottawa residents will welcome a new

Lansdowne Park to the community. By Jamie Morgan
The refreshed Lansdowne Park will feature a

24,000-seat stadium as well as a hockey arena,
condos and an entertainment district.
Pomerleau Lansdowne Park

www.pomerleau.ca
Project cost: $ 142 million
Project location: Ottawa
Scope of work: Renovation and new addition to
stadium and historic park
Peak employees on site: 450-plus
historic Lansdowne Park is

> Ottawas
getting a new look. The Ottawa Sports
and Entertainment Group (OSEG)
gained city approval to renovate and
rebuild Lansdowne Park to form a new
entertainment complex.
OSEG was initially founded to reestablish CFL football in Ottawa; however, the citys stadium required major
renovations which were not feasible
without a comprehensive plan for the

revitalization of the entire 48-acre site,
OSEG states. The Lansdowne
Partnership Plan, which offered a vision
for a new, vibrant and transformed
Lansdowne, was developed and first presented to Ottawa City Council on Sept. 2,
2009. Over the three next years, with significant input from the general public,
the plan was refined and fully approved
for implementation on Oct. 11, 2012.
OSEG will own and operate Ottawas
new Canadian Football League team, a
new North American Soccer League
expansion team named Ottawa Fury FC,
and the 67s hockey team. It will also
manage the stadium/arena complex and
the mixed-use areas and facilities onsite.
OSEG contracted Eastern Canada

construction firm Pomerleau to handle
the demolition of the old stadium and
the construction of the new stadium,
refurbished arena, parking garage and
site services. It also is in charge of managing the health and safety plan for the
entire site. The park will include a modern, 24,000-seat stadium for football,
soccer, concerts and other major events;
a refurbished 9,862-seat arena for local
hockey team the Ottawa 67s; a new
1,370-car, two-story underground parking garage; two condominium towers
and townhomes with a combined 280
units; a 360,000-square-foot shopping
and entertainment district; an office
tower and an 18-acre urban park.
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Were developing the stadium, parking garage and site services, and other
contractors will be working on the retail
and condo portion, Project Director
Philippe Goulet says. But for every
aspect of the project we have ultimate
responsibility of coordination and
health and safety on site. Weve developed a site-wide safety plan and integrate everyone involved under the same
umbrella. We are responsible for training them on the health and safety plan
and giving orientation to every worker.
We also act as the safety auditor and
make sure that every portion of work is
being done properly.
For the construction portions of the
project that Pomerleau is executing,
Goulet says the company is able to draw
experience from similar past projects
including the Vaudreuil-Dorion Arena
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renovation and enlargement and the

Expocite Youth Pavilion both in Quebec.
We have projects going on right now
similar to this, like the Quebec City
Amphitheatre, and others that weve
done in the past, and were bringing all
of that experience to this project,
Goulet says.
For the value-engineering stage, we
were able to come up with good ideas
that weve used in the past to bring the
cost down for the owner, he adds. We
brought in new ideas for material or
made changes to areas that didnt need
certain finishes. We were able to bring
the cost down for the client in order for
the project to go ahead.
Work to be Done
Pomerleau is well on its way to an
October 2014 completion. As of April,
partial demolition of the 9,000-seat

existing stands was 90 percent complete. But, as is common with older
buildings, the construction team
encountered a few surprises. It was
built in the 1950s and was filled with
asbestos more than we anticipated,
Goulet says. There were also a couple of
water leaks. Sometimes building plans
arent properly identified like circuits
and pipes. We had to do some work to
understand the systems.
On the projects south side for the
brand-new stadium, Pomerleau has
Rapicon, Inc. has enjoyed a long-time relationship with
Pomerleau providing tower crane sales, rentals, erection
and dismantling services throughout Eastern Canada. The
latest model, POTAIN MDT 368 has been installed on the
Lansdowne Project and brings with it, the newest innovations in speed and efficiency. Congratulations to
Pomerleau from Rapicon, Inc.
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poured 95 percent of its foundation and

will begin pouring floor slabs and seating
tiers next. Goulet says that work will
continue through the summer. The parking garage is 15 percent complete and will
be completed in the fall. The construction team compacted the soil where the
parking garage sits using rapid impact
compaction to make it suitable for construction. Once the garage is topped off,
Trinity Developments will have its contractors for the developments retail
portion begin its work.
Goulet says each aspect of the project
has its own dedicated team. We have a
team working on the north stadium renovation, the south stadium and the parking garage, Goulet says. Each project
has a separate project manager and separate superintendent. Those teams are
supplemented by a site manager who is a
There are pretty big structural concrete and formwork portions to this
work and thats something that we
do self-perform. The bulk of the construction work happening is ours so
it aligns very well with our skills.
general superintendent and myself as
the project director. We have a mechanical/electrical coordinator who looks at
all components individually. We asked
subs to do the same thing and bring separate teams for each building as they
have their own challenges.
Well-Suited
Having dedicated teams for the north
and south stadium and parking garage
has led to focused collaboration on each
project, and its helped the somewhat

fast-track construction move along
more smoothly. Pomerleau is also selfperforming certain aspects, which gives
it greater control of the projects quality,
safety and schedule. It also gives it
greater flexibility to adjust to unexpected demands.
Pomerleau can self-perform formwork and concreting, earthwork, foundations, heavy lifting and marine construction. The company says these skills
have enabled the firm to manage technically sophisticated, high-quality projects
in an accelerated mode.
There are pretty big structural concrete and formwork portions to this
work and thats something that we do
self-perform, Goulet says. The bulk of
the construction work happening is ours
so it aligns very well with our skills. x
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An Artistic Haven
Ive been in this business for

almost 40 years, but Im still
learning how to handle logistics
on site and for the university.
> Robert Dillabough, project manager
+ Mount Allison University will bring its arts departments

together under one roof when EllisDon completes its Purdy
Crawford Centre for the Arts in 2014. By Brian Salgado
Mount Allison University set
> When
out to build a performing arts center, the
aim was to deliver a structure that would
serve as an introduction to its campus in
Sackville, New Brunswick, to visitors as
they exited the expressway. EllisDon has
been tasked with bringing this vision for
the Purdy Crawford Centre for the Arts
to fruition, and Project Manager Robert
Dillabough says the construction team is
using a combination of tried-and-true
process and new techniques to make this
a reality.
When completed, the Purdy Crawford
Centre for the Arts will stand as a
50,000-square-foot structure at the
northwest edge of Mount Allisons cam-
pus. The structure itself is actually two

distinct buildings connected by an atrium, according to Dillabough.
The structure will provide specialized
facilities for teaching performance and
creative pursuits, according to the university. Its design is based on recommendations from a team of university faculty
and students who worked with Zeidler
Partnership Architects to detail the
needs and space requirements for the
departments.
Construction manager EllisDon broke
ground on the centre in August 2012 and
is scheduled to complete the structure in
May 2014. EllisDons construction budget is $18.2 million, and the project overall
EllisDon Purdy Crawford Centre for the Arts

www.ellisdon.com
Location: Sackville, New Brunswick
Employees on site at peak: 50-60
Scope: 50,000-square-foot arts facility
will cost about $30 million, according to

the university.
All Arts Covered
Since the centre is being constructed to
consolidate a variety of arts departments into one facility, the variety of
features covers the gamut of artistic
programs Mount Allison offers. The
centre will house a performance theatre
When the Purdy Crawford Centre

for the Arts is completed in May
2014, it will provide specialized
facilities for teaching performance and creative pursuits at
Mount Allison University.
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go to www.dataoncard.net
inspi r e daccess
www.saltosystems.ca
Phone: 514.616.2586
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the morning and afternoons as locals

make their way to and from work.
To overcome these obstacles,
Dillabough says deliveries of materials
are staged to avoid rush-hour traffic.
Also, EllisDon has created alternative
entry points for the job site so trucks
have more than one option for where to
drop off their materials.
Construction crews also had to account
for working on a fully functional university campus. Dillabough says the job site is
located at the crossroads of the campus
where a variety of walkways intersect.
Ive been in this business for almost
40 years, but Im still learning how to
handle logistics on site and for the university, Dillabough says.
In spite of these challenges, he confirmed in mid-April that there had not
been any safety incidents since work
began on the site, which is cordoned off
by a fence that has managed to keep out
intruders thus far. x
According to EllisDon, the biggest challenge on

the Purdy Crawford Centre for the Arts project
has been the sites limited amount of lay-down
space for materials and equipment.
Team Effort
with seats for 100 people that

Dillabough describes as a theatre in a
box. This theatre doesnt have all the
amenities typically found in this type of
space, but it does offer wood cladding on
the interior walls and a catwalk to house
lighting and sound systems.
For photography students and faculty,
the centre will have individual dark
rooms as well as classroom-sized processing facilities for instruction. The
ground floor features a sculpting studio,
staging assembly area for props and sets,
and a metal and wood shop.
Drawing and painting studios are locat-
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ed throughout the centre, as well as an

intaglio print room to produce the plates
required for this specific style of etching.
Tight Construction Site
The biggest challenge facing EllisDon
and its construction team is the limited
amount of lay-down space on the job
site for materials and equipment,
according to Dillabough.
Adding to the congestion, Dillabough
notes the Purdy Crawford Centre for
the Arts is located on Main Street
directly off the highway, which means
there is plenty of rush-hour traffic in
The construction team for the Purdy Crawford

Centre for the Arts includes:
Zeidler Partnership Architects Based in
Toronto, this company boasts 80 professionals at its headquarters as well as more
than 200 employees worldwide.
Exp This company is an architectural, engineering and consulting firm with more than
300 employees that include architects,
engineers, scientists, technologists and
business personnel in the Atlantic
provinces, Canada and the United States.
The company offers analysis, design, project management, construction management, building commissioning and quality
assurance to commercial, institutional and
industrial clients throughout the world.
EllisDon The construction manager for
the centre is an employee-owned company
with construction expertise and services
delivered throughout the world. It completes more than $2.7 billion in new construction annually and employs about 1,400
people throughout the world with presences in North America as well as the
United Arab Emirates.
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The quality of the design and construction is such that it will
enhance patient care.
> Salvador Ibarra, director of health projects
north at Alberta Infrastructure
Grand Vision
+ The province of Alberta, Dialog and Graham Group are
working together to make the new Grande Prairie Regional
Hospital a reality. By Eric Slack
in northern Alberta, the new

> Located
Grande Prairie Regional Hospital is a
$621.4 million project that will revolutionize the delivery of healthcare in the
region. Its scope includes construction
of a new regional hospital and cancer
centre, which will help bring specialized
care closer to the areas residents.
Grande Prairie Regional Hospital will
be an acute-care, secondary-level medical centre that will be a regional referral
centre providing health services to the
people of northwestern Alberta. A
64,000-square-meter facility, the Grand
Prairie Regional Hospital will be a highquality healthcare complex that includes
a state-of-the-art cancer treatment cen-
tre, a 200-bed hospital and a healthcare

training facility.
The development anticipates that
we could expand the hospital in the
future with more inpatient beds and
other services, says Salvador Ibarra,
director of health projects north at
Alberta Infrastructure, the provincial
government agency responsible for
implementing the project. When complete, Alberta Health Services will own
and operate the hospital.
The cancer centre will provide diagnostic, radiation and chemotherapy
services, and it will include two new
radiation vaults. Ultimately, this will
allow more comprehensive cancer care
Graham Group Grande Prairie

Regional Hospital
graham.ca
Project cost: $621.4 million
Project location: Grande Prairie, Alberta
Peak construction employees on site: 800
Project scope: 64,000-square-meter
healthcare facility
to be delivered in the region, allowing

patients and their families to access care
closer to home.
The 200-bed acute care hospital component will include inpatient units, ambulatory care, emergency, acute geriatrics,
obstetrics, surgery, pediatrics, mental
health and neonatal and adult intensive
care. As a secondary-level facility, it will
When completed, the Grande Prairie

Regional Hospital in Alberta will feature a
state-of-the-art cancer treatment centre.
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have state-of-the-art trauma, emergency and urgent-care supported by a 10-suite surgical service. Two of the surgery suites
will have space to accommodate robotic surgery.
As for the healthcare training aspect of the project, that is
being done in partnership with the Grande Prairie Regional
College, which donated the 136 acres of land where the new
hospital is being built.
Only about 30 acres are being used for the project, while
the rest will be used by the college for its future growth,
Ibarra says.
Needed Addition
The reasons for constructing the hospital include the
growing population of the region, expansion of health
service and the inadequacy of the areas existing Queen
Elizabeth II Hospital to accommodate the community's
changing healthcare needs. However, once Grande Prairie
Regional Hospital is operational, Queen Elizabeth II
Hospital will continue to play a role in the regional healthcare continuum by providing ambulatory, community and
other health services.
Only about 30 acres are being used for the project,

while the rest will be used for future growth.
The existing hospital cant meet the changing patient
needs and our population growth, Ibarra says. It was
decided that it wasnt cost effective to expand, and the solution became to build a new hospital.
The new hospital was designed by Dialog of Calgary.
Managing construction of the project is the Calgary-based
Graham Group Ltd., a diverse company that works in many
sectors of construction. The company does about $2 billion
in revenue per year and has offices in 15 locations stretching
from Western Canada to Ontario, as well as several offices in
the United States.
We have past healthcare experience on significant
sized and complex projects, says Lee Davis, project director with Graham.
Site work on this project began in the fall of 2011, and the
project is expected to be complete and ready for full operations by early 2017. Situated on a greenfield site, the hospital will be a four story facility with a mechanical penthouse
on top. The offsite utilities and foundation piles are in the
ground and construction of the facility's concrete structure
has begun. The hospital is pursuing a LEED silver rating, and
its design includes custom phenolic panel faade.
This year, we will commence work on the structural concrete building skeleton, which is a two-year process, Davis
says. We will also be completing the installation of the
onsite underground civil services, finalizing the off site civil infrastructure, and commencing work on the building
envelope by the end of this year.
Davis adds that a key aspect of ensuring deadlines and
adherence to the project schedule is establishing and maintaining effective communication with all team members.
This includes the provincial government, consultant firms
and other critical partners, as well as internal communications, he says.
The construction is being done through several phases,
and about 30 percent of the contracts have been awarded. By
the fall of 2016, the facility will be complete and commissioning process will follow so the hospital can start operations by early spring of 2017.
New Approach
Several aspects of the hospitals design and layout are
intended to promote a healing environment. The interior
public areas are being designed to look and feel more like a
vibrant community centre than a cold, institutional hospital. In addition, the hospital is located close to Grand
Prairies Bear Creek water stream. All of the inpatient
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rooms will have a view of the Bear Creek

natural environment or a natural outdoor courtyard.
The quality of the design and construction is such that it will enhance
patient care. All elements of the design
are intended to provide a nurturing environment that will facilitate the movement of staff, separating services from
patient traffic and providing common
activity spaces that will serve as points of
circulation and communication.
Thus far, Graham Group and the
provincial government in Alberta have
overcome challenges such as the translation of a vision into the hospitals
design. Another challenge that has been
moved past is the sites soil, which
required special foundations to ensure a
stable structure.
In the future, Grande Prairie Regional
The hospital is expected to be completed

by 2016, with the facility opening to
patients sometime by early spring 2017.
Hospital should help the region to attract

and retain highly qualified healthcare
staff and specialized clinicians. The hospitals capacity will be able to grow and
evolve along with the regions population
and the industrys patient care models.
We expect that the population here

will keep growing, and we feel that the
design and construction of this facility
will allow us to adapt to serve patients as
the direction of healthcare changes,
Ibarra says. x
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The building looks like a stack of
library books.
> Roland Doucet, project manager
On the Books
+ EllisDon brings its considerable expertise to bear on the
new Halifax Central Library project. By Chris Petersen
EllisDon Halifax Central Library
www.ellisdon.com
www.halifaxcentrsallibrary.ca
Project location: Halifax, Nova Scotia
Employees on site at peak: 150
Scope: 109,000-square-foot public library
city of Halifax, Nova Scotia, is

> The
hard at work on a new library facility that
it believes will become an important hub
for the city, and EllisDon is helping it
realize that vision. The new Halifax
Central Library will provide residents
with more space for books, movies and
other materials, meeting spaces, study
areas and computer labs, as well as some
amazing views of the city and its surroundings, according to EllisDon Project
Manager Roland Doucet.
The 109,000-square-foot library will
replace the citys current library, which
measures only 38,000 square feet. Along
with the traditional library services, the
building will feature gaming centers and
sound studios. The building also features
space for 250 computers, as well as a living room on the top level that includes a
caf and a rooftop terrace. Despite the
buildings challenging and unique
design, Doucet says EllisDon and the rest
of the project team is on track to make
sure the Halifax Central Library is open
for patrons on time. This is thanks to
EllisDons construction management
expertise, the commitment and skills of
the project team and the use of advanced
3-D modeling, Doucet says.
Extensive Experience
As one of the largest and most successful
construction firms in North America,
EllisDon brought considerable experi-
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The 109,000-square-foot Halifax Central

Library will replace the citys current library
facility, which is only 38,000 square feet.
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ence to the table for the Halifax Central Library project.

EllisDon has done quite a few institutional-type buildings,
so this is an expansion and continuation of this kind of
work, Doucet says. In Atlantic Canada, EllisDon is heavily
into construction management, and this project is a construction management model.
Because the Halifax Regional Municipality didnt have a
lot of in-house experience with large projects, EllisDons
construction management expertise has been crucial in
helping the city keep a handle on the process, Doucet says.
EllisDons construction management experience also
meant the company was able to join in on the design phase
and bring the drawings from a conceptual stage up to the
final design.
Planning Ahead
EllisDons experience with construction management and
institutional projects certainly has come into play on the
Halifax Central Library project, especially when it comes to
dealing with the buildings complicated design. Each of the
buildings five floors is designed with different dimensions,
so some floors hang over others. The building looks like a
stack of library books, Doucet says. The challenge building-wise is that I dont have a lot of continuity moving floor
to floor.
The uneven arrangement of the buildings levels also
means multiple roofs, and extra care needs to be taken
with the buildings envelope to ensure that it is completed
and closed in properly. Doucet says the projects curtainwall contractor is utilizing advanced 3-D modeling to
design the glass panels that will be used in the envelope.
These computerized designs are being fed directly to automated fabrication equipment to ensure that panels will fit
together precisely.
The projects prime mechanical contractor also is utilizing 3-D modeling for the buildings mechanical and HVAC
systems. With all of the components being cut in a shop to
computer-generated specifications, Doucet says assembling
those systems inside the building will be akin to finishing a
big jigsaw puzzle.
ability. The Halifax Central Library is aiming for LEED Gold

certification, and a number of features contribute to that.
For example, a green roof will prevent the heat island effect
and use rainwater for irrigation. Rainwater also will be collected for use in flushing toilets inside the building, and an
automated lighting system will reduce energy usage.
Construction materials have been selected to use as much
recycled content as possible, and low-emission coatings and
adhesives are being utilized, as well.
Nearing Completion
Doucet says work on the buildings concrete superstructure
is nearing completion, and structural steel work has begun.
He says the curtainwall installation should take place over
the summer, and the rough-in of mechanical and electrical
systems has started already. Thanks to the experience of
EllisDon and the hard work of the project team, Doucet says,
the Halifax Central Library should be ready for occupancy in
early fall 2014.
We are trying to be done construction-wise in late spring
or early summer of 2014, Doucet adds. x
Living Rooms
One of the most prominent features of the Halifax Central
Library will be its top floor, which projects beyond the buildings podium by about 30 feet on all sides. Doucet says this
living room area features a double-height ceiling for an
open, airy feeling. With floor-to-ceiling glass on three sides
of the floor, Doucet says the top floor should provide some
inspiring views. You can have these vistas looking in various
directions out into the city of Halifax, he says.
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Construction Care
We are very customer-orientated,

demanding customer satisfaction.
Our emphasis is placed on safety
and quality.
> Steve Strathearn, project manager
+ On any project, Pomerleau strives to meet customers

needs, but the company understands an even greater level
of care is required on healthcare projects. By Staci Davidson
is well-versed in how to
> Pomerleau
best serve the needs of customers in the
healthcare market. The company is
building or has recently completed projects such as the Cornwall Community
Hospital expansion and renovation in
Ontario, the McGill University Health
Centre Research Centre in Montreal and
the first and second phases of the
Labrador-West Regional Health Care
Centre in Newfoundland. But in addition to working with these large institutions on transforming their facilities,
Pomerleau also has the expertise to
Pomerleau is building a new structure for St.

Patricks Home of Ottawa that will give
residents more space and upgraded facilities.
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deliver quality on all healthcare projects,

such as the reconstruction of St.
Patricks Home of Ottawa Inc.
Founded in 1865, St. Pats provides
long-term care to adults who require 24hour professional attention, and it offers
short-stay and day programs. Beginning
in fall 2011, Pomerleau began constructing new facilities for the home, which
have been designed to give the residents
more space and modernize the facilitys
offerings. As of April 2013, the project
was 75 percent complete and on target to
ensure occupancy in the fall.
Pomerleau St. Patricks Home

of Ottawa Inc.
www.pomerleau.ca
Project location: Ottawa
Employees onsite: 110
Scope: Construction of new long-term care
facilities
Residential Comfort
Pomerleau is constructing a new structure for St. Pats comprised of a South and
North block. The south block will have
space for 160 residents on five floors,
COM M U NIT Y
with five resident home areas (RHAs) that will each have 32
beds. Each RHA has been designed to have its own dining, living and sunrooms and tub and shower spa, as well as a smaller private dining room. About 60 percent of the residents
rooms will be private, while the remainder will be shared with
one other person. The north block will be home to 128 residents on five floors, although an administrative wing will also
be on the first floor.
The new construction also involves spaces for a beauty
salon, gymnasium, retail pharmacy and coffee shop for the
residents and their guests, as well as the St. Marguerite
dYouville Gathering Place and a smaller prayer chapel. St.
Pats also will have a front veranda at the entrance, a secure
garden and walking paths.
Aiming for LEED Silver, we are installing low-flow water
fixtures, efficient/low mercury lighting, high albedo roofing,
recycling construction waste via a waste sorter, using partially recycled post- and pre-consumer materials and
installing silt fences and other remedial items to prevent site
run off, says Scott OHearn, project coordinator.
In addition to the new construction, Pomerleau completed about 27,000 square feet of related renovations in the
existing structure, including moving some services into the
new building. By working with the owners project manager, consultants and users, Pomerleau carefully planned and
sequenced the renovation and connection work, as well as
the interior fit-up.
Because of the proximity of [the new] construction to
occupied premises and the tie-ins to the existing building,
Pomerleau worked closely with hospital staff to ensure that
children were not frightened by the sight of construction
equipment, the company says. In addition, the team was
very much aware that the immune systems of seriously ill
babies, children and youth are weak, and those of patients
being treated for cancer are compromised or non-existent.
All of these considerations plus ensuring that any disruptions to normal hospital operations was absolutely minimal
and that vibration, dust and noise were kept at the lowest
possible levels and monitored continuously were among
the Pomerleau teams top priorities. x
Full-Service Contractor
Based in Saint-Georges, Quebec, Pomerleau has been a major
player in the construction industry since 1964. As one of the
top builders in Canada and the leader of the Quebec construction industry, Pomerleaus full-service capabilities span from
preconstruction to the commissioning of building systems.
Working to ensure every project meets clients needs and
specifications, the company serves the corporate office, commercial, educational, research, healthcare, industrial, residential, hospitality, cultural and recreational markets. It also has
an extensive portfolio of infrastructure and civil works.
We are very customer-orientated, demanding customer
satisfaction, Strathearn says. Our emphasis is placed on
safety and quality.
In the healthcare sector, Pomerleau completed the east
addition and related renovations to the Childrens Hospital
of Eastern Ontario last year. Under the stipulated price contract, the company constructed the 90,000-square-foot
Garry Cardiff Wing, a three-storey addition to the eastern
side of the existing Childrens Hospital structure. The new
structure consists of:
Level 1 The archives, neurology, audiology and ENT
clinics, as well as resident on-call rooms;
Level 2 The emergency department covering approximately 22,600 square feet and about 16,220 square feet
for the medical day/dialysis units; and
Level 3 The critical care patient service unit which
includes the pediatric intensive care unit and neonatal
intensive care unit covers approximately 24,300
square feet.
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C OMMUNI T Y
Everyone worked really well
together, and it couldnt have been
done without that cooperation.
Flagship Building
> Matt Artis, project manager
+ The modern Faculty of Pharmaceutical Sciences building

will stand out compared to the more traditional structures
on the University of British Columbias campus By Russ Gager
a single structure can
> Sometimes
characterize an entire city think of the
CN Tower in Toronto and that is the
effect the Faculty of Pharmaceutical
Sciences building will have on the
University of British Columbias
(UBCs) campus in Vancouver.
Its the flagship building, Ledcor
Project Manager Matt Artis declares. It is
the one people will notice as soon as they
drive onto the campus. Its setting a new
standard for the architecture up here. Its
a great project to work on, and Im really
happy with the results and very proud of
the accomplishment we all were a part of.
As people enter the campus, the sixThe $95 million UBC Faculty of Pharmaceutical
Sciences project has some unique elements,
such as rooms that jut out from the facade.
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storey, $95 million UBC Faculty of

Pharmaceutical Sciences building creates a striking profile with its rooms jutting out of the buildings west side. The
building was designed to last 100 years
by a joint venture of Saucier+Perrotte
Architectes and Vancouvers Hughes
Condon Marler Architects. It was constructed on a fast-track schedule by
Ledcor as a design/assist project from
July 2010 until November 2012.
Because of the tight timeframe, construction of the 246,000-square-foot
building began before its design was fully completed. Parts of the design
evolved as we built it, Artis says. The
Ledcor UBC Faculty of

Pharmaceutical Sciences
www.ledcor.com
Location: UBC campus in Vancouver
All employees on-site at peak: 350
Scope of work: Pharmaceutical science building
first three floors where classes are held

had to be completed by August 2012, but
the top three floors of the building where
laboratories and offices are located could
be completed on a later schedule.
We were under pressure to have the
students start classes in September,
Artis emphasizes. Due to this, we had to
COM M U NIT Y
Ledcor worked tirelessly to ensure that the first

three floors were ready and open for students
by the time classes began in August 2012.
phase the occupancy. Once the semester started, within a

month we started turning over the upper floors, as well. As
part of the design/assist delivery method, the mechanical
and electric subcontractors designed the layout of their own
areas of the building with the assistance of consultants.
The lions share has been the consultants, Artis says.
Then the trades assist and give feedback on how they think
areas might work better; we helped out in terms of constructability and budget items. Ledcor self-performed gaps
in the subcontractors scopes of work, such as carpentry.
Artis notes, Because the architect has a vision, you want
to give him as much as you can, but sometimes it is just not
feasible in terms of constructability and functionality. The
other constraint is budget. Our job is to make sure we maintain the original construction budget, and sometimes that
doesnt work with the architects vision.
Multiple Users
The Faculty of Pharmaceutical Sciences building was
designed for use by multiple groups. Each of the user
groups had their own different wants and needs, so we needed to give them what they wanted, Artis stresses. A representative for each user group would come in every few
months to do a walkaround of their space. They had a lot of
input in the original design with the architect. Its always
good to have the users come in early once they come and
start looking at their space, it might jog their memory. You
dont want them to come in when the project is complete
and say, This isnt what I wanted.
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much of it achieved by reductions in

heating through a high-performance
building envelope, high-efficiency condensing boilers, demand-controlled ventilation and radiant heating. Cooling
costs are lowered mainly by reducing
solar loads, a white roof and heat recovery chiller operation.
The project was designed for use by

multiple groups who had considerable
input into the buildings design.
The building has concrete footings

with one level below grade and a concrete and steel framework. The exterior
is curtain wall with architectural concrete and zinc metal soffit. Construction
of the building had to be highly symmetrical, and BIM was used extensively to
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visualize the unusual angles of the architectural concrete and the sloped walls in
the atriums in 3-D.
In terms of efficiency, the Faculty of
Pharmaceutical Sciences building is aiming for LEED Gold certification. A 53 percent savings in energy is anticipated,
One-time Experience
The Faculty of Pharmaceutical Sciences
houses research laboratories, two lecture theatres, 150 offices, meeting rooms
and a 20,000-square-foot data centre in
the basement. Much of the interior is
cedar paneling installed at dynamic
angles, drywall and glazing.
Touchscreen monitors in the lobby
will provide interactive information on
the history of pharmaceutical science
and other topics. So far, the building has
won four design awards: the Ontario
Association of Architects 2013 Design
Excellence award, a Canadian Architect
Award of Excellence, a Wallpaper Design
award and an Architizer A+ Peoples
Choice award.
A sophisticated building management
system alerts a campus monitoring
agency to malfunctions. Two large emergency generators back up power for the
building, where long-term continuing
experiments will require a stable electrical supply.
The building site previously had been
a parking lot. Fortunately, a vacant lot
was across the street from the construction site to allow laydown space.
The level of coordination necessary for
the project was substantial. Consultants
would meet weekly with the main trades
and Ledcor, and the architects would
walk the site twice a week and consult on
details. The level of teamwork and communication was great, Artis says.
Everyone worked really well together, and it couldnt have been done without that cooperation, he adds. It was
one of kind. I dont think Ill have the
opportunity to work on another building
like this for a long time. x
POWER & INFRA STRU C T U RE

This will provide a higher quality of
treatment than what our individual
municipalities could achieve.
> Dale Withage, chief administrative officer
In The Pipeline
+ In an effort to improve water quality, a large wastewater
processing system in central Alberta will begin the earliest
phases of its operation in 2013. By Jim Harris
The SRDRWC works to ensure the
water needs are met in the Alberta
towns of Olds, Bowden, Innisfail,
Penhold and surrounding communities.
South Red Deer Regional

Wastewater System project
www.srdrwc.com
Location: Red Deer, Alberta
Employees on site at peak: 50
Scope of work: Wastewater transmission systems
major wastewater transmission

> Aproject
to improve water quality in central Alberta will begin to go online this
year. The South Red Deer Regional
Wastewater Commission (SRDRWC)
anticipates the commissioning of three
new wastewater lift stations in early
2013 as part of a regional wastewater
treatment system mandated by the
provincial government.
The commission formed in 2008 to
oversee construction of and to administer the system, which will serve the towns
of Olds, Bowden, Innisfail and Penhold,
as well as the surrounding counties of
Mountain View and Red Deer. Alberta
Environment is requiring all of the
municipalities to pipe their wastewater
to a treatment plant in the city of Red
Deer, located to the north. Currently, the
municipalities each operate their own
smaller plants and lagoons along with
aging transmission systems that ultimately discharge into the Red Deer River,
SRDRWC Chief Administrative Officer
Dale Withage says.
The provincial government wants to
protect our river system through a higher level of treatment, he adds. This will
provide a higher quality of treatment

than what our individual municipalities
could achieve if we were still doing this
on our own.
The wastewater system will ultimately consist of several components:
92 kilometers of wastewater
pipeline ranging in diameter from
450 to 700 millimeters;
Four wastewater pumping stations;
Three existing wastewater lift
stations the commission is taking
over from an existing regional
sewer system;
Emergency storage facilities in
Olds, Bowden and Innisfail;
Five wastewater receiving stations
at Olds, Bowden, Innisfail, Red
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Deer and Springbrook, a community in Red Deer County; and

Odor management systems implemented at lift stations and air
release points along the entire
pipeline.
The $136 million project is targeted for
completion in 2015. A number of general
contractors are working on the systems
various components, with Stantec
Consulting serving as the engineer overseeing the entire project, Withage says.
The South Red Deer Regional
Wastewater System is the first component of the Central Alberta Regional
Wastewater system, a regional effort to
update wastewater transmission lines
and transform the Red Deer Wastewater
Treatment Plant into a regional wastewater hub. Two additional wastewater
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transmission legs extending to the north

and west of the city into other communities are planned, Withage notes.
Roughly 90 percent of the projects
funding is from Alberta Environments
Water For Life initiative. This programs goals are to provide safe drinking water, healthy aquatic ecosystems
and a reliable, quality water supply to
the provinces communities.
The program, established in 2003,
has led to a number of positive changes
to water policy and water management
in Alberta. These changes include a
province-wide assessment of drinking
water facilities, the development of
online tools such as a water quality site,
more than $400 million spent on regional water systems, the creation of the
Alberta Water Research Institute
(AWRI) to support program research
and the establishment of governmental

partnerships.
Phases and Challenges
The South Red Deer Regional
Wastewater System is being built in
three phases. The first the installation
of 27 kilometres of pipeline from
Innisfail to Penhold and a lift station at
Innisfail was completed in 2012. The
lift station is expected to be operational
in early 2013.
The second phase of the project a
pipeline between the Red Deer
Wastewater Treatment Plant and a new
lift station in Penhold will actually be
the last one built. The SRDRWC expects
to award contracts for the pipeline and
lift station later this year and complete
the phase by 2014.
Work is underway on the third phase, a
POWE R & INFRA STRUCT URE
The project was designed and

built to accommodate the next
25 years of growth in the province.
33-kilometer pipeline between Olds and

Innisfail and new lift stations in Olds and
Bowden. When completed, the pipeline
will enable the town of Olds to divert up
to 50 percent of its wastewater into the
regional system until the full regional
system goes online, Withage says. The
pipeline installation is broken into two
contracts, one of which is now underway,
with the second to be completed in April
2013. Both lift stations will be commissioned before spring 2013.
The full project is on target for its completion date in 2015 despite a few challenges that resulted in delays and cost
increases, SRDRWC Chairman Dennis
Cooper says.
One challenge involved replacing electrofusion couplings on the first-phase
pipeline. Couplings that were rated to
250 pounds of pressure per square inch
(psi) were replaced with ones with a 500
psi rating after pressure testing revealed
leaks along the line. This contributed to
the project budget increasing to $136
million from its original estimate of $107
million, he adds.
An additional project challenge concerned the placement of the pipeline during the first phase. The commission initially intended to build the pipeline in public
right-of-way, but learned that the diameter
of the pipes needed to transmit wastewater
were too large to fit next to existing roads,
necessitating the purchase of private farm-
Plant Expansion
Construction is underway on the $56 million
upgrade of the Red Deer Wastewater
Treatment Plant in Red Deer, Alberta. The
upgraded facility will be able to handle the
increased volume of wastewater to the plant
as a result of the South Red Deer Regional
Wastewater project and related projects.
NAC Constructors Ltd. of Ontario is
building new biological nutrient reactors as
well as new clarifier tanks, sludge cells and a
fermenter tank, and performing other
upgrades.
land. Land acquisition for the current and

future phases is still underway.
We felt building the pipeline in the
right-of-way of public roads would be the
best thing to do, but found that doing so
would make those roads impassible,
Cooper notes.
Both of these steps are being taken to
ensure that the system can meet its
provincial mandate of accommodating
the next 25 years worth of growth in the
area. The commission projects future
flow needs based on an annual 2.5 per
cent population growth, Cooper adds. x
Hamm Construction Ltd is pleased to have partnered
with South Red Deer Regional Wastewater Commission
on the Regional Wastewater Transmission System, Olds to
Bowden Pipelines . Hamm Construction Ltd is thankful to
have been chosen as the General Contractor for this project and looks forward to participating in the continued
development of central Albertas growing infrastructure.
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We are committed to creating an
airport that British Columbia can
be proud of.
A Western Gateway
> Vancouver Airport Authority
+ Vancouver International Airport will see a number of

improvements within the next 10 years. By Jim Harris
of Canada's busiest airports is
> One
preparing to become even more of an
essential gateway to not just its home
province and country, but to the rest of
the world.
Vancouver Airport Authority in 2012
launched a 10-year, $1.8 billion strategy
to improve Vancouver International
Airport (YVR). The plan will involve several major construction projects and is
designed to keep the airport competitive
and maintain its status as a large economic generator in British Columbia.
YVR is facing increasing competition
from other airports; both travelers and
airlines have choices, President and
CEO Larry Berg says. In order to remain
Vancouver International Airport serves more

than 17 million passengers a year, and an
expansion project will help it serve more.
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competitive and an airport that British

Columbia can be proud of, we must continue to invest in projects that make it
easier and faster for passengers and their
baggage to move through the airport.
Current projects include expanding to
the A and B Piers of YVRs domestic terminal, which largely serves WestJet and
other smaller regional airlines. Once
complete in 2014, the new A/B Piers will
feature expanded seating, new food and
retail amenities and one additional gate.
Design inspiration for this area of the airport is taken from British Columbias
interior region wine country. The architect is Stantec Architecture.
Major projects planned as part of the
Vancouver Airport Authority Vancouver

International Airport Improvements
www.yvr.ca
Project cost: $1.8 billion
Scope of work: Airport terminal and other
improvements
strategy include building more than 700

metres of secure corridors and moving
walkways to reduce passenger connection times, installing a new high-speed
baggage system, enhancing runways and
upgrading the airport's domestic terminal, built in 1968.
The authority hopes the construction
projects will make YVR a gateway of
choice for travelers and airlines, particu-
PHOTOS: COURTESY OF LARRY GOLDSTEIN PHOTOGRAPHY
The Vancouver Airport Authority says

the expansion will help travelers find
their flights and luggage much faster.
larly those bound for or arriving from the

Asian market, the airport's fastest-growing service region. Air travel to China in
particular is growing by 7 percent annually, and demand is expected to double in
10 years.
We are committed to creating an airport that British Columbia can be proud
of: a premier global gateway, local economic generator and community contributor, the authority says.
Project Funding
To help fund these improvements, the
Airport Authority in 2012 increased its
airport improvement fee (AIF) from $15
to $20 for passengers heading to destinations outside of British Columbia.
Ledcor is a diversified construction company, made up of

teams of people who are proven in their industries. All
working to design, build, transport, operate, and maintain
projects all over North America. But we believe that projects are about more than concrete and steel. Theyre
about people and the power of partnerships. Partnerships
with our employees, our communities, our contractors
and clients. We believe in building trust in the places where
we do businessby engaging honestly, by putting safety
first, by giving back, and by looking for smarter, more sustainable ways to get the job done right.
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Passengers traveling within British

Columbia and to the Yukon will continue
to pay $5. Even after the increase, the
AIFs fees are still among the lowest in
Canada, as most other large airports collect $25 per passenger, the Vancouver
Airport Authority says.
YVR employs 23,600 people, is home
to 400 businesses and generates $1.9 billion in GDP for Canada. Its no surprise
that we have to continue investing in our
airport to ensure we remain an economic engine for our community, Berg says.
Every penny of AIF collected goes
toward building a better airport for
British Columbia.
The additional flights that will be
attracted to YVR before 2020 as a result
of the improvement projects will add
$200 million to British Columbia's economy. British Columbia companies will
be able to access more markets and customers, as well as a wider base of suppliers, business partners and employees as
a result of these additional flights, the
authority says.
Added flights will also support roughly 400 additional jobs for tour compa-
nies, hotels, restaurants and attractions

as a result of more visitors coming to
British Columbia, the authority adds.
The AIF increase was the first since
2004. Since it was introduced in 1993, the
AIF has helped fund a new international
terminal, a new runway, roads and
bridges, airfield safety improvements
and the Sea Island portion of the Canada
Line rapid transit system.
Making Connections
Vancouver International Airport has
connected British Columbia with the
rest of the world for more than 80 years.
The airport served 17.6 million passengers in 2012 and handled more than
261,000 aircraft landings and takeoffs.
The airport is served by 68 airlines connecting people to more than 120 destinations globally.
The airport contributes more than
$1.9 billion to Canada's gross domestic
product annually, Vancouver Airport
Authority says. Roughly 47 percent of the
world's economy is served through daily,
non-stop scheduled flights originating
from the airport, the authority adds. x
RESID ENTIAL
We never build the

same building twice.
> Jason Turcotte, senior
development manager
Tower of Quality
+ Cressey is expanding its strong portfolio with the MTwo
project . By Alan Dorich
developers would be tempted
> Some
to hire a general contractor to build
their project, but Cressey is confident
enough to do it all on its own, Senior
Development Manager Jason Turcotte
says. Its the way weve upheld a higher
quality [of work], he says.
By doing it itself, Cressey can ensure
greater efficiency, quality and communication, Turcotte says. Were accountable to ourselves, he declares.
The firm is ensuring a high level of quality is being built into its new Metropolitan
Two (MTwo) development in Coquitlam,
British Columbia. The 25-story, 185,000square-foot building is the second of a
series of towers it is building in the city.
The first, Metropolitan One (MOne),

was a cast-in-place concrete structure
that featured 194 living units and 3,500
square feet of retail. MTwo, which is
smaller but similar, will feature 169 units
and 13,000 square feet of street-level
retail when it is finished later this year.
Fine Features
Turcotte is proud of MTwos features,
including its modern concrete and glass
design like MOnes. One side of the
building features a metal panel that
runs the entire vertical length of the
building, he says.
MTwos interior units will feature
laminated wood flooring in the living,
Cressey Metropolitan Two

www.cressey.com
Project budget: $52 million
Location: Coquitlam, British Columbia
Scope: High-rise mixed-use development
dining and kitchen areas, while its bedrooms will have durable level, loop and
stain-resistant carpeting. But one of the
standout features of the units will be
the Cressey Kitchen, which reflects
the careful attention the company
applies to living spaces.
Each unit will have a walkthroughstyle kitchen with the traditional horseshoe configuration, but it separates the
By building on its own, Cressey ensures greater

efficiency, quality and communication, it says.
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MThrees Crown Jewel

Cressey plans to start construction on its third
phase of the project, MThree, later this year,
Jason Turcotte says. Similar in design to the
first two buildings, MThree will be a residential
building that will stand 48 stories, making it the
tallest tower in Coquitlam.
The crown jewel of the property, Cressey
notes, will be the Summit Club, a multifaceted
space at the top two floors of the building and
spanning more than 9,000 square feet.
Constructed almost entirely of glass, The
Summit Club is designed as a premium space
for both relaxation and recreation, it says.
The space, Cressey notes, will utilize trees,
plants and natural lights. Additionally, [Users
can] take advantage of multiple workout
areas, it continues. [They also can] gather
with friends and unwind at an outdoor barbecue, or challenge them to a game of pool, foosball or table tennis.
wall oven, microwave and refrigerator

from the horseshoe by placing them on a
perimeter built-in appliance wall.
Additionally, the kitchen features a
workstation with electrical outlets.
Tenants will be able to use the workstations for using their laptops or storing mail. It can also be used as overflow
space for preparing food, or placing
hors doeuvres for entertaining,
Turcotte adds.
MTwo also will feature a state-of-theart fitness facility, a common area, an
entertainment lounge and a room for
children. [It] is really a kids play zone
where they can watch videos, Turcotte
adds. Theyve also got an indoor climbing center in there.
Keeping Dry
Cressey has coped with the challenge of
a high water table during the MTwo project. This is due to the citys granular soil
that is composed of sand, large rock and
has water from the Coquitlam River.
While the company used the traditional approach of pile driving for MOne, it
instead chose to do a tanked foundation for MTwo. [This means] that we
have a full membrane under our base-
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ment, he says. Basically, youre creating a bathtub against your parkcade to

keep the water out.
The company will face the same challenge when it starts on the third tower
later this year, Metropolitan Three
(MThree). I suspect that the same kind
of technique will need to be used [again],
he predicts.
A Simple Recipe
Based in Vancouver, Cressey specializes
in retail, office, hotel, industrial and
mixed-use projects in British Columbia,
Alberta and Washington state. Turcotte
notes that its history goes back to 1969,
when Chairman Norm Cressey started
the firm after working for a large development group.
He started it from scratch, Turcotte
says, explaining that the firm has
remained successful by maintaining its
consistent approach to real estate development. It involves smart buying in
terms of land purchases.
A 10-year veteran of Cressey, Turcotte
says that the developer sets itself apart
through its innovation. Unlike many of
its competitors, We never build the
same building twice, he says.
That practices happens more often
than people think, Turcotte asserts.
Some of Cresseys competitors will pull
out the same set of plans and tweak here
and there, he says. Every building that
we do is a standalone project.
Cressey has taken a conservative
approach to its business, but has still taken risks, Turcotte asserts. However, It
never felt the need to do the real hero
project, he says, noting that the company primarily focuses on projects that are
well produced. Thats just a simple
recipe, really.
Turcotte predicts that the company
will maintain its pace of growth in the
years to come. We will always focus on
residential developments, he asserts.
Its what we enjoy doing. [We also will]
sprinkle in the odd commercial or retail
project. x
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RESIDENT I AL
Our resumes are very extensive
and it gives our clients a level of
comfort that we stay involved
on each project.
A Nice View
> Jason Heideman, managing director
+ SKYGRiDs future looks just as nice as the views from

the residential high-rises it builds. By Jamie Morgan
do you get when you combine
> What
three senior managers from PCL
Constructors and one senior manager
from The Tridel Group? In the case of
Jason Pelaccia, Danny Tito, Fernando
Tito and Jason Heideman, the result is
SKYGRiD Construction Inc., a fullservice construction firm operating in
south Ontario.
The four industry professionals banded together a year-and-a-half ago, bringing their skills and best practices together to create a turnkey operation that
competes with larger players by staying
agile and innovative and focusing on
building close relationships with each
client. In less than two years, the firm
has completed two commercial projects
and is currently working on six residential high-rises one of those being the
Bisha Hotel and Residences in Torontos
entertainment district on Blue Jays Way.
SKYGRiD is building the Bisha Hotel and

Residences, which will be a 42-storey mixed-use
project in Torontos entertainment district.
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Lifetime Developments, one of

Canadas leading real estate development firms, and the internationally
acclaimed Toronto entertainment
mogul Charles Khabouth have partnered
to develop Bisha a 42-storey mixed-use
project. The development team called on
Wallman Architects Ltd. as the architect
of record, Munge Leung for interior
design and Strybos Barron King as the
landscape architect. It contracted
SKYGRiD to bring the designs of these
award-winning firms to fruition.
Putting Up a Facade
As the first private-label boutique hotel
brand to originate in Toronto since the
Four Seasons in the 1960s, Bishas eyes
are fixed firmly on the future but still
give a nod to the past. In fact, SKYGRiD
kicked off construction by removing and
saving the brick facade of the previous
SKYGRiD Construction Inc.

Bisha Hotel and Residences
www.skygrid.ca
Project location: Toronto
Peak employees on site: 150 to 200
Scope of work: 42-story boutique hotel
and residences
heritage building that will serve as part of

the projects new facade.
The biggest challenge so far is definitely the facade move, SKYGRiD
Managing Director Jason Heideman
explains. Theres a lot of hard work that
goes into stabilizing such a big facade to
make sure the structural integrity of the
building is sound before you move it.
There is lots of prep work and structural
reinforcing of the facade itself because it
was built in the 1800s. And though its
been renovated over the years, those
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Bisha is the first private-label boutique

hotel brand to originate in Toronto
since the Four Seasons in the 1960s.
The biggest challenge so far is definitely the facade move. Theres a lot
of hard work that goes into stabilizing such a big facade to make sure
the structural integrity of the building is sound before you move it.
Reaching for the Sky

It might be a small firm for now but
SKYGRiD can still compete for and win some of
the largest and highest-profile projects the
Greater Toronto Area has to offer. Three of its
four founders Jason Pelaccia, Fernando Tito
and Jason Heideman are former managers of
PCL Constructors Canada, one of North
Americas largest general contracting organizations. Its fourth founder, Danny Tito, was a
manager at Tridel, a leading condominium
development and construction firm.
Most of the partners resume experience is
in commercial sector with the exception of
one partner who spent 17 years at Tridel,
Heideman says. When we left our former
companies to start SKYGRiD, the residential
sector was where the work was. We currently
have six high-rise projects going on in the GTA
that range from 26 storeys to 56 storeys.
Three of the partners split up management
of the residential projects while the fourth
partner manages its commercial portfolio
that, while smaller, is still an important piece to
SKYGRiDs fledgling business. We just completed a two-story commercial job worth
roughly $3 million and a 10,000-square-foot fit
out for $1 million in less than eight weeks,
Heideman says. And it looks like were getting
close to signing a few new commercial contracts. We have a healthy volume of work for
being a new company. Were growing at a good
pace to maintain our structure.
SKYGRiD Construction is an innovative
organization that understands our client interests, President Fernando Tito says. By
approaching every project in a collaborative
way, using our years of experience, and applying
our lessons learned, we are committed in making sure that our clients are extremely satisfied.
We view ourselves as partners with our
customers, our employees and our community, Tito continues. Our goal is to be a nationally recognized construction company that will
continue to grow by capitalizing on repeat
business and referrals.
renovations were to keep it in place, not

to move it. We had to structurally modify and support it to lift it up and push it
out to the street.
The facade was pushed by hydraulics
across steel beams and lowered onto a
concrete platform on Blue Jays Way
where it will sit for the next year. It will be
the Bishas center feature, covering its

first three to four floors. On both sides,
SKYGRiD will extend the lower-floor
facade with brick exterior designed to
match the heritage facade. Directly above
the heritage facade a column of window
wall and glass will rise to the 42nd storey.
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SKYGRiD worked to preserve the brick

facade of the original building that inhabited
the lot on which the Bisha is being built.
Heideman says the construction team

completed the facade move last
December and currently SKYGRiD is
working on shoring and excavation and
has reached the third level of underground. It has another caisson wall to
construct at this elevation along the
south side of the site and, because the
facade is taking up its permitted street
space, the team will build a structural
steel loading platform on site to allow
the excavators to load the dump trucks
as it continues down to six-and-a-half
levels below grade.
Well start to build the platform in
June, once Anchor Shoring brings there
rig up the ramp upon completion of the
caisson wall, Heideman says. The
loading platform is very unique, especially in the city of Toronto. Most of the
citys big open sites are gone, and we are
seeing more and more unique sites that
have requirements associated with
logistics and constructability. Because
were next to the SoHo hotel and they
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use the back and side laneway for their

deliveries 24/7, we really only have one
street to use and thats where the facade
is. Once we move the facade back onto
the site when we hit the ground floor,
we will then dismantle the platform and
we will have our street back.
Necessary Skills
Heideman says SKYGRiD is using BIM
for clash detection and coordination for
the building of parking level one to the
fourth floor, which contains the lobby,
restaurant, amenities and other commercial spaces. The project will be fully
occupied by early 2017 and SKYGRiD will
turn the project over to the developer in
groups of floors.
We will turn the hotel and commercial portion of the building over to
Lifetime and Charles Khabouth first
and give them three to six months to
operate the commercial portion of the
building, Heideman says. This is a
new hotel brand so the developers really need time to fine-tune the operation
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SKYGRiD says it is using BIM to help coordinate the construction and avoid collisions.
of the building. Then we will start occupying the residential floors starting at
the ninth floor.
Floor by floor, SKYGRiD is bringing
the collective experience of its four
founders to this project. The firm covers the full realm of the preconstruction and construction process, including
estimating,
constructability
reviews, value management, lifecycle
costing, project scheduling and construction management.
Lifetime is one of our key clients,
and they brought us in early at the preconstruction stages, Heideman
explains. Weve provided preliminary
We are built on relationships and

service at the end of the day. Being
that we are such a young company,
we want to make sure we deliver on
our promises, so we stay involved on
each job.
budgeting on the developers behalf and

sit down with the Altus Group who represents the financial lenders and come
to terms on the construction finances
and budget. We also do construction
planning, which is where we came up
with the loading platform.
SKYGRiD, and particularly Heideman,
has developed a close working relationship with the development team. In addition to being a SKYGRiD managing
director, Heideman is also Bishas project director. SKYGRiD assigns a partner
to each one of its projects, which gives
developers and owners the confidence
that decision-makers of the company are
managing their projects.
Thats one of the ways we have to sell
ourselves, Heideman says. Our
resumes are very extensive and it gives
our clients a level of comfort that we stay
involved on each project. We cant just
pick up work and say, See you later.
We are built on relationships and
service at the end of the day, Heideman
adds. Being that we are such a young
company, we want to make sure we deliver on our promises, so we stay involved
on each job and set the level of service for
the employees. x
Spared No Expense
The 41-storey Bisha Hotel and Residences sits
in Torontos entertainment district, and the
projects developers have embraced that
theme throughout the whole building. Bishas
developers ascribe the words style, attitude, vibrancy and originality to the 98hotel suite and 339-residential suite high-rise.
Amenities include a 24-hour cafe, bar and
lounge, casual dining restaurant, business centre and meeting rooms, fitness centre, rooftop
restaurant, bar and infinity pool.
The suites and residences are fitted with
luxury finishes designed by Wallman
Architects and interior design firm Munge
Leung. Suites come in a variety of designs and
include 9-foot ceilings, floor-to-ceiling windows, pre-finished engineered flooring and
natural exposed concrete ceilings. They also
boast contemporary kitchen and bathroom
cabinetry, natural stone countertops and tiles,
stainless steel appliances, 5-foot white soaker
tubs with chrome faucets and frameless glass
shower stalls with chrome fixtures.
Although each of the suites is given the star
treatment, the seventh floor is given the rock
star treatment with the aid of four-time
Grammy winner Lenny Kravitz. The development team contracted Kravitzs firm Kravitz
Design Inc. to create an exclusive floor for
Bisha that will be inspired by the artists music,
art and travel.
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Greening Toronto
For decades, Minto has committed

to delivering healthier, more efficient spaces that benefit our customers as well as the environment.
> Michael Waters, president of Minto
Communities Ontario
+ Minto Group Inc. continues its tradition of building and

developing quality, energy-efficient structures with the
WaterGarden project in Old Thornhill.
Minto Group Inc. WaterGarden
www.minto.com
Location: Toronto
Employees onsite: Four
Scope: Six-storey condo structure with 213 units
and unique water-feature courtyard
tagline of the Minto Group is be

> The
inspired. That is the promise the
builder and developer puts to its customers but it makes it easy for them with
the reputation for excellence Minto has
built since its inception in 1955.
Dedicated to providing communities in
Canada and the United States with
unsurpassed quality, integrity, innovation, commitment and value the ideas
that have inspired Minto the company
strives to inspire its customers by blending excellence in design and construction with a respect for each customers
quality of life.
Based in Ottawa, Minto is a family
owned and operated business that has
grown from small homebuilder to fully
integrated real estate development, construction and management operation.
Maintaining high standards in all it does,
Minto strives to create the kind of highquality homes, communities and workplaces that its associates would want to
work and live in. The companys portfolio includes custom homes, masterplanned communities, high-rise condominiums, rental apartments, furnished
suites, executive offices, seminar and
meeting rooms, and a luxury suite hotel.
Minto focuses its projects in Ottawa,
Toronto and London, Ontario, as well as
Calgary and Florida. To date, the company
has built more than 70,000 new homes,
manages more than 17,000 residential
rental homes and apartments, and carries
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a commercial portfolio of more than 3 million square feet of office, retail and industrial space. In all of its markets, Minto
strives to set the standard for the real
estate development and property management industry through its leadership
in improving the environmental, energy
efficiency and technical aspects of its new
homes and rental properties.
In the GTA, Minto is building a variety
of styles low-, mid- and high-rise homes
in Toronto, Durham and Brampton,
The Minto WaterGarden condo

development has been designed to bring
nature to residents in downtown Toronto.
Ontario. One of its current developments is Minto WaterGarden, a six-story

condo building inspired by nature and
surrounded by trees and water.
Waterfront Living
Located in Torontos Old Thornhill
neighborhood, WaterGarden aims to
bring nature to its residents with highend finishes, unique layouts and tranquil
interiors, set against a courtyard unlike
any other in the city. WaterGarden will
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be a U-shaped structure with a water-feature courtyard and

raised planted and sitting areas for residents to relax and
enjoy the peaceful setting.
Minto is the projects developer, and construction of the
WaterGarden project got underway in April 2012 with targeted completion in spring 2014. The six-storey structure
will have 213 condominium units comprised of one-, twoand three-bedroom suites that range from 552 to 1,620
square feet, with most units having additional outdoor space
in balconies or terraces. WaterGarden also features unique
two-storey garden homes with waterside terraces.
LEED Leader
The design and construction of the WaterGarden development is targeting LEED Gold certification, and that level of
sustainability in a project is characteristic of Mintos
approach to its work. It is part of the companys dedication
to inspiring the residents of its structures, as well as the
communities and industry as a whole.
With Radiance at MintoGardens in Toronto, for example,
Minto delivered the first LEED-certified, multi-residential
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condominium structure in Canada. Radiance is LEED Silver

certified and recognized by Natural Resources Canada for
being 33 percent more energy efficient than the standards of
the Model National Energy Code for Buildings. The reduction
in energy use saved Radiances residents $200,000 in common-area costs during the buildings first year of occupancy.
Minto also boasts having the largest LEED Gold-certified
condominium in North America with MintoMidtown, also
in Toronto. This development consists of two towers and
features a rainwater-fed fountain, recycled-steel chairs and
LED lighting in the large courtyard between the towers.
Energy-efficient features have saved more than $1 million in
utility costs during the first year of occupancy, which comes
to about $1,100 in savings per suite.
Since 2009, Minto has certified more than 1,400 units
under LEED programs, and the company has the most LEED
certified residential projects in Toronto. Additionally, as of
November 2012, more than 2,220 Minto homes in Ontario
have been Energy Star qualified.
Industry Recognition
As a result of its commitment to environmentally friendly
practices, Minto was recognized as EnerQualitys Leader of
the Year and Ontario Green Builder of the Year in 2011 and
2012. These are the top two prizes of the Awards of
Excellence from EnerQuality, which is recognized as
Canadas foremost provider of green building services.
EnerQuality partnered with the Ontario Home Builders
Association to bestow this honor on Minto.
The Green Builder of the Year award recognizes the
builder that raises the bar for the rest of the industry
through its leadership in improving the environmental,
energy efficiency and overall technical image of the industry, according to EnerQuality. The group explains the
Leader of the Year award is given to a member of the industry who exhibits commitment, advocacy and leadership in
driving the growth of energy efficient and green new housing in Ontario.
Minto was recognized for exceeding voluntary technical
certification requirements in new home construction, going
above and beyond in marketing and sales programs to drive
awareness, and for effectively integrating green into its
internal culture through a dedicated division of sustainability professionals, a body of green employee volunteers and
company-wide initiatives.
For decades, Minto has committed to delivering healthier, more efficient spaces that benefit our customers as well
as the environment and we are truly honoured that, year
after year, our industry peers continue to recognize that,
according to Michael Waters, president of Minto
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You will have something brandnew and cutting-edge in terms
of the lines, and you will also have
the historic component that is
being preserved.
Historic Preservation
> Larry Gayne, senior project manager
+ Graywood Developments Ltd. is building a new condo

tower in Toronto, blending 100-year-old historic buildings
with futuristic, cutting-edge design. By Marta Jimnez-Lutter
Graywood Developments Ltd
Project: Five Condos
Location: Yonge and St. Joseph St.,
Toronto, Ontario
Employees on site: 60
Yonge Street, also known as

> Torontos
Highway 11, connects the shore of Lake
Ontario to an area west of Thunderbay
and almost to the Manitoba border, 1,178
miles away. The street is one of the
longest in the world and it is also where
many businesses took off in downtown
Toronto more than 100 years ago.
Preserving Yonge Streets heritage is
important to the city, which does not
allow developers to demolish historic
faades to raise new buildings, making
faade preservation a requirement for
new developments.
Graywood Developments Ltd.s new
project, Five Condos, is located in a historic area of Yonge Street between
Wellesley and St. Joseph streets. The
new 48-storey building, which broke
ground in May 2011, will have a unique
modern design by Hariri Pontarini
Architects. The outside of the building
looks like a wave, with the rolling effect
of water going up the entire length of
the building, explains Larry Gayne,
project manager for Graywood. The
tower envelope will be curtain wall,
with the aluminum and glass windows
coming from China.
Preserving the Heritage
The location of the project means that
the sleek, modern design of Five Condos
will have to blend in with some of the older, neighbouring architecture. The new
building incorporates the five-storey
Graywood Developments Five Condos

project in Toronto features a unique facade
that simulates the look of rolling waters.
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The Five Condos project will feature

numerous unit configurations when
it opens to residents after April 2015.
historic faade on St. Joseph Street with the historic threestorey warehouse on Yonge Street, both of which date back
to the early 1900s.
Once the old building was demolished on St. Joseph,
Graywood erected a structure to sustain the faade until it
can be connected and supported by the new building. We
actually hung it [the faade] in the air, Gayne explains. It
has a large and elaborate steel structure in front of it that is
holding it in place in a cantilever fashion, with a huge concrete substructure so it cant move in either direction. The
steel structure connects into the faade at each floor and
then horizontally at multiple points.
The company expects to transfer the faade load into the
foundation by April, according to Chris Hawkins, Vice
President of Construction at Graywood. The foundation
will come underneath to pick up the load. As we build up,
well tie up the lateral load, so by the end of the summer the
existing faade will be completely supported and well be
able to remove all the supports.
The three-level Yonge Street building built originally
as a warehouse for Rawlinson Cartage, a shipping and storage company will be completely remodelled and incorporated into the design of the new condominium tower. The
building on Yonge Street was approximately 100 feet deep
from the street, Hawkins explains.
We cut about 40 feet off and retained the front 60 feet,
Hawkins adds. Well completely replace the guts of the
old building and clean and restore the old buildings
masonry so it looks like it did 100 years ago. The interior
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of the old warehouse will have the same

amenities and modern aesthetics as the
rest of the new development.
The ground floor of the new development will be dedicated to commercial
areas, with restaurants, stores and other
businesses at street level. The original 60
feet of the building will flow into the
commercial area on the first floor. One
of the spaces will be occupied by the
Royal Bank of Canada, Hawkins says.
Its physical space will start in the historic building and go back into the new
structure seamlessly.
Unique Luxury
The 48-storey building has been
designed with a variety of unit configurations. Loft-like units will be on the
second, third and fourth floors, boasting
ceilings nine to 10 feet high. Tower units
will be on floors six to 41 and penthouse

suites with 10-foot ceilings on floors 42
to 48. The units will range in size from
400 to 1,400 square feet, from studios to
two-bedroom-plus-den units with modern design features such as granite
countertops in the kitchens and hardwood floors.
The building will have six levels of
underground parking and bicycle storage, amenities and outdoor areas located
on the second and fifth floors. The fifth
floor also will have a fitness center with
changing rooms, a piano bar, cocktail
lounge and party room. This floor will
have roof gardens designed by landscape
architect Janet Rosenberg and
Associates. The second floor will host the
second large patio area, with a barbecue
area, water features and trees. Hawkins
estimates the investment in the outdoor
landscapes to be about $1 million dollars.

Hawkins and Gayne predict Five
Condos will be an asset to the city of
Toronto. Its going to be a very attractive and interesting building in a fantastic area, Hawkins says.
You will have something brand-new
and cutting-edge in terms of the lines
and you will also have the historic component, Gayne adds.
Five Condos is on schedule to be completed by April 2015, and has already sold
95 percent of the condominiums,
according to Gayne. x
The outside of the building looks

like a wave, with the rolling effect of
water going up the entire length of
the building.
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Were really just a salvage business;
therefore, were very green.
> Gerry Feaver, sales manager
The Future of Cedar

+ Fraser Cedar Products Ltd. stays successful by
maintaining relationships with supply houses throughout
North America. By Brian Salgado
Fraser Cedar Products Ltd.
www.frasercedarproducts.com
Headquarters: Maple Ridge, British Columbia
Services: Cedar shake and shingles
Employees: 50 to 70
most of the construction

> While
industry adopts new technologies to
improve operations and efficiencies, the
wood products segment has remained
the same since its inception. According to
Gerry Feaver sales manager for Fraser
Cedar Products Ltd. in Maple Ridge,
British Columbia his company still uses
equipment dating back to the 1920s.
To be very honest, nothing has
changed in the shake and shingle business
in the last 100 years, Feaver says. We
have machines cutting shingles that say,
1928. We have the same machines and
same technology nothing has changed.
Founded 30 years ago, Fraser Cedar
Products makes its products from the
strong, rich western red cedar of British
Columbia. The companys products have
earned a reputation throughout North
America for their strength, high-insulation value, unique texture and natural
resistance to decay.
Fraser Cedar Products offers western
red cedar shakes and shingles to major
roofing suppliers such as ABC Supply
and Allied Building Products.
Future in Plastic
Although the look of cedar shake and
shingles is ageless, according to Feaver,
the cost of maintaining this natural look
and the move toward sustainable construction practices tends to scare buyers
away from the all-natural products.
Cedar has always been the look, but
as time goes on, the cedar business will
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Fraser Cedar Products has been producing cedar

shake and shingles for more than 30 years.
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be a small part of our business, Feaver

says. Cedar is tough because sales
decline because of a price factor.
Fraser Cedar Products has entered the
composite market by selling plastic replica cedar products that have the same look
as real cedar but are made at a fraction of
the cost. Also, these products are made
from recycled plastic. For comparisons
sake, a pound of plastic shake can cost 50
cents compared to a square of wood
shake, which runs for about $200.
Many customers came to us for plastic shake, so we had to have an alternative
to cedar, Feaver says.
To address concerns about its real cedar
products, Fraser Cedar Products had to
get the word out that it does not depend on
deforestation to produce its items.
Instead, the company relies on recycled
materials like it does for its plastic items,
taking waste lumber from mills around the

region to produce its shingles and shake.
People think were cutting down big
cedars, but we dont, Feaver says.
Were really just a salvage business;
therefore, were very green.
Quality Control
Fraser Cedar Products maintains stringent quality-control processes and provides extensive training of its employees.
The company says every step of its production process is monitored by in-house
inspectors as well as an independent
grading agency. Fraser Cedar Products
says this guarantees consistent delivery
of only premium shakes and shingles, and
each bundle has its own bar code.
Within its own mills, Fraser Cedar
Products trains its employees about production process and, more importantly,
safety. Were dealing with big saws, so

theres a danger factor, Feaver says. So
we make sure we train our people well.
Long-term Relationships
Considering not much has changed in the
cedar products business over the course
of a century, distributors like Fraser
Cedar Products have to differentiate
themselves through customer service.
Feaver says customers prefer working
with distributors who deliver what they
promise, and Fraser Cedar Products has
established a reputation on that promise.
If I went down the road to someone
else, were all basically doing the same
thing, he adds. The only thing that
would separate ourselves from our competition is our personalities. You do business because you like each other, and
then you do business for 20 years. x
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[Our] leadership team has over
67 years of combined experience.
> TriDecca Developments
Unmatched Luxury
+ The residents of 258 will enjoy a bevy of top-of-the-line
features when it is finished later this year.
258s kitchens will feature numerous highend amenities, including quartz countertops
and stainless steel appliance packages.
TriDecca Developments 258

www.tridecca.com
www.258condos.com
Project location: New Westminster,
British Columbia
Scope: 16-storey condominium tower
nearly 25 years, TriDecca

> After
Developments says it is an industry
leader in concrete construction and the
development and construction of highrises in downtown Vancouver. The New
Westminster, British Columbia-based
firm also specializes in commercial,
large-format retail spaces and churches
on the lower mainland.
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The firm is backed by strong expertise. [Our] leadership team has over 67
years of combined experience, and
together, with their expertise in development and construction, have become
one of the most respected builders and
community developers in British
Columbia, it says.
The firm is now at work on its 258 project located at 258 6th Street in New
Westminster. According to Royal City
Record, the project is a 16-story condominium tower with 75 units that have
already sold out.
All the homes were purchased in
what I think has to be a record of 42 min-
utes, Pilothouse Real Estate Project

Manager Craig Anderson told the
Record. The company marketed the
units through its In-Real-Theatre,
which was rigged with computers and
projectors to show life-sized floor plans
and viewscapes.
It took all the guess-work out of purchasing, Anderson explained to the
Record. These people came in and were
really comfortable, really quickly.
Spaces for Living
According to BCCondos.net, 258 should
be completed this fall or winter. When
finished, the building will have one- and
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two-bedroom homes with dens and

live/work spaces to match its tenants
various lifestyles.
258 will also feature a range of residence-only amenities that have been
designed to perfectly complement the
lifestyle its homes offer, TriDecca says.
For instance, its kitchens will feature
quartz countertops and Whirlpool gourmet stainless steel appliance packages.
Its bathrooms, the company notes, will
feature Grohe Concetto polished chrome
single-lever faucets, dual-flush toilets
and design soaker tubs. Additionally, they
will have American Standard Boulevard
Series rain-head showers.
Reviving New Westminster
The city of New Westminster is enjoying
a renaissance, according to TriDecca. In
addition to the 258 project, other devel-
opments in the area include a multiuse

convention center, a 10-screen movie
theatre and 180,000 square feet of retail
shopping at the renovated New
Westminster SkyTrain Station.
Along with these many changes to
New Westminsters current landscape,
the 12-acre New Westminster Pier Park
will be the new focal point of the citys
already dynamic, cosmopolitan environment, TriDecca says.
Together with 258, they give you a
level of livability and affordability
unmatched in British Columbia, the
company adds.
258 will also feature a range of residence-only amenities that have been
designed to perfectly complement
the lifestyle its homes offer.
Making a Difference
The 258 project supports British
Columbias construction industry with
the jobs it has created. The province
recently received a financial boost from
the government, as well. This April, the
province of British Columbia announced
that it invested in a $6.8 million partnership with BC Construction Association
(BCCA) to expand the Job Match program so unemployed British Columbians
can get into construction.
There are lots of ways to make a difference in someones life but one of the
best is ensuring they have the support
and skills they need to be successful in the
job market, Premier Christy Clark said
in a statement. Despite challenging economic times, we are committed to further building [the governments] partnerships with industry leaders to deliver
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TriDecca says it is a leader in concrete

construction and in developing and building
high-rises in downtown Vancouver.
training and provide supports that give

people the best possible outcomes.
Thats an investment worth making.
The Job Match program was launched
in northern British Columbia in July
2012. So far, more than 325 workers have
transitioned to jobs in the construction
sector, which exceeded the initial target
of 250 by March 31, 2012.
Government is committed to building
a skilled workforce in [British Columbia]
and Job Match is just one of many programs were offering to help unemployed
people find good jobs, said Pat Bell, minister of jobs, tourism and skills training
and minister responsible for labour.
With more than 1 million job openings expected across the province by
2020, were focused on ensuring that
people are prepared for the many opportunities coming our way, Bell added.
For this year and 2014, Job Match is
expected to place approximately 1,250
people in construction jobs throughout
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British Columbia. Through its agreement with the government, BCCA will
expand Job Match services to communities where the demand for construction
jobs is the highest.
The BCCA has unique expertise and
a long track record of helping construction employers connect with skilled
and motivated job applicants, BCCA
President Manley McLachlan said. The
Job Match pilot proved conclusively
that there is a demand for this service
from both the employer and employee
perspective, and as new construction
projects ramp up across the province,
we expect to play a pivotal role in
recruitment efforts.
Based in Victoria, British Columbia,
BCCA says it is the voice of British
Columbias construction industry. The
construction industry plays a major role
in maintaining the economic well-being
of our nation by providing the physical
capital and infrastructure required to
build a prosperous and competitive

province, it says.
With provincial legislation and regulation affecting the business operations of all construction firms, BCCA
offers external policies to assist members with topics ranging from workplace standards to bidding procedures
on publicly funded projects, it says.
BCCAs vision, mission and guiding
principles set the framework within
which BCCA can identify key result
areas needed to achieve desired results
for all its members. x
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RESIDENT I AL
Our specialty is residential
high-rise construction.
> Kerry Judges, senior project manager
Let There Be Liberty

+ Highstar Buildings construction management skills are
helping to transform Toronto with projects like Liberty on
the Park and Liberty Place. By Eric Slack
Highstar Building
Liberty on the Park and Liberty Place
highstar.ca
Scope: Two towers, 664 condo units
Peak construction workers on site: 400
was once an industrial section

> What
of Toronto has been reclaimed by development of condos, offices, retail and
restaurants over the past few years. It is
known as Liberty Village, and one of the
companies leading this evolution is
Highstar Building. The company brings
a great deal of experience from many
sectors of the construction industry,
including high- and low-rise condominiums; long-term care facilities; and
industrial, commercial and institutional properties.
Our specialty is residential high-rise
construction, Senior Project Manager
Kerry Judges says. Our team has a great
deal of experience in high-rise development in the Greater Toronto Area [GTA].
Residential high-rise is the biggest market in the GTA right now.
Beautiful Fusion
Highstar Building has worked closely
with the developer, the CanAlfa Group,
on various parts of the Liberty Village
community. One of the most recent is
Liberty on the Park and Liberty Place.
Begun in August 2011, the project consists of two towers and 664 suites. Its
construction is using a mixture of concrete, glass, steel and masonry exteriors.
Each tower has a glass feature from
the ground floor all the way up to above
the mechanical room, Judges says. It
gives the towers a focal point with a
glass seam, and it is lit at night. We
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Highstar Building is putting its mark on a former

industrial section of Toronto now known as
Liberty Village with a pair of projects.
RESID ENTIAL
started excavation in August 2010 and pouring footings in

August of 2011.
Highstar is the construction manager of this $120 million project. The company previously worked with CanAlfa
on Liberty Towers and Bliss, another two-tower project
that consisted of 632 suites and opened for occupancy in
August 2010.
Liberty on the Park is the smaller of the two towers, topping out at 15 storeys. Liberty Place is a 32-storey tower. Each
tower has a cast-in-place concrete structure. Together, the
towers are more than 612,000 square feet in size and have
modern glass and precast exteriors.
In addition to the 664 suites, the amenities at Liberty on the
Park and Liberty Place include party rooms, fitness centres,
Internet lounges, guest suites, yoga rooms and some retail
space. Beneath the towers is a five-storey, below-grade parking facility with 560 spaces. IBI Group Architects designed the
project. Read Jones Christoffersen provided structural engineering. Studio 8 Design is the interior designer and Able
Engineering is the mechanical and electrical engineer.
We have just completed Liberty on the Park, as people
started moving in on April 8, Judges says. Liberty Place is
a larger tower on the same slab.
By the time Liberty on the Park opened, Liberty Place had
seen concrete poured up to the 23rd floor with precast and
windows as high as the 12th floor. Construction teams have
also been working on steel studding and roughing the suites
from the ground up.
done over the winter. Now, the companys focus is on finishing the second tower.
It is bigger, [but] it should be easier since everything is in
place, Judges says. We are just working toward the occupancy of the suites and dont need to worry about the underground and common elements which were completed with
the first tower.
Having already displayed its ability to deliver multiple
Liberty Village projects on time and on budget, Highstar is
already moving on to its next project with CanAlfa.
Liberty Central by the Lake is another tower under development. The $80 million project will consist of 380 suites.
Located about a football field away from the recently finished
Liberty on the Park, it is slated for occupancy in early 2015.
As it always does, Highstar will take lessons learned from
Liberty on the Park and Liberty Place to its future work. Judges
says on each subsequent project, the company strives to make
sure the design is more complete and to improve the coordination services it provides to owners as a construction manager.
On this project, we learned a lot about how to work with
no staging area in a downtown setting, Judges says. x
Tight Spaces
Some of the aspects of working on Liberty on the Park and
Liberty Place have presented challenges to be overcome. For
one thing, the site area is tightly packed, surrounded by three
streets and Liberty Park. This has created some site access
issues and required long-term street lane closures.
Once we dug the hole, there was no space left, Judges
says. We needed lane closures and had no place near the site
for staging and storage. Logistics was a challenge, but we got
it done.
In addition, the construction site is a brownfield. Having
been the previous home of industrial facilities, an extensive
amount of contaminated soil removal was required.
Another challenge was the permitting process. Judges
said a forward-thinking approach was required because
Highstar needed to apply for permits and approvals several
months in advance due to the high volume of projects taking
place in downtown Toronto.
Moving Forward
Those challenges have all been overcome and occupancy of
the first tower is underway. Most of the landscaping was
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This high school will also be

one of a kind in Canada.
> Len Letkeman, project manager
Sustainable Education
+ Penn-Co Construction is building the new high school
in Manitoba, with a focus on sustainability and a goal to
achieve LEED Gold certification. By Marta Jimnez-Lutter
Valley School Division real> Garden
ized it had outgrown its school facilities
and needed a new high school years ago.
In 2009, when it was finally ready to start
construction of the new institution, it
hired the services of Prairie Architects
Inc., and asked the community to provide input and discuss preferences for
what would become Northlands
Parkway Collegiate.
The new high school will have room
for 800 students, with a capacity to
The new high school will have room for

800 students, with capacity to eventuall
accommodate 1,000 students.
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expand to 1,000. This space will ease the

constraints that the areas surging population had put on the school district,
which had to erect 55 classroom huts to
accommodate all of its students, from
elementary to the high school level.
Penn-Co Construction with more
than 50 years of experience in construction throughout Canada and the United
States was awarded the contract to
develop Northland Parkway Collegiate in
June 2011 and broke ground in September
Penn-Co Construction Northlands

Parkway Collegiate
www.penn-co.com
Budget: $32 million
Location: Winkler, Manitoba
Employees: 130
Project scope: High school
the same year. The construction company

is a member of the Canadian Green
Building Council and focuses on LEEDcertified projects and has experience in a
penn-co construction
We work hard to make sure we do

our part and we have always received
the points that were required for
LEED certification. The provincial
and federal government are
accountable to the public, who want
to be green.
variety of fields, from healthcare and education to water treatment plants, which
made it the clear choice in the hard bid
process, according to Len Letkeman,
Penn-Co project manager for the
Northlands Parkway Collegiate.
Letkeman, believes that a number of
factors worked in favor of Penn-Co. We
deliver projects that are well constructed, we have attention to detail and are
very conscientious about what we do,
plus we deliver on time, he summarizes.
Penn-Co was one of the first Canadian
companies to venture into LEED certification and has been able to deliver several LEED Gold and LEED Platinum projects over the years. We work hard to
make sure we do our part and we have
always received the points that were
required for LEED certification,
Letkeman says.
LEED Certification
A key element in the design of the new
school was sustainability. The provincial and federal government are accountable to the public, who want to be green,
so we, the architects and engineers
implemented LEED criteria in the
design, Letkeman says.
Heating for the building is provided
through an underground system
installed beneath the entire running
track and football field. This consists of a
series of 78 lopes, each 82 meters long,
with 41 lopes at a depth of 3.6 meters and
41 lopes at a depth of 6.1 meters. These
lopes are full of circulating water, so during the winter the system extracts the
heat from the ground temperature and
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during the summer it extras the cool

from the ground temperature. The heat
and the cooling from the ground source
is subsidized by heating and cooling
units in the school, to maintain a consistent temperature in the building.
Temperature will also be controlled
with sunshades in the south side of the
building. These sunshades are motorized
and will adjust to the temperature in the
building. If the building starts to cool
down, the shades will open up to let in the
sunshine and warm up the classrooms. If
its too sunny, the shades will go down.
Letkeman explains. They work to keep
the building at a perfect temperature, to
make the environment more comfortable for students and faculty.
Rainwater captured on the roof will
be used to irrigate the grass around the
building. A small amount of that water
will also be used inside the building to
flush toilets. All the toilets and urinals
are LEED-certified products that use
very little to no water, so you wont use
more water than you need to,
Letkeman explains.
The 112,400-square-foot high school
will be two stories tall and accommodate a variety of traditional and vocational offerings. A state-of-the-art
kitchen will permit culinary students to
learn hands-on how to prepare affordable meals for students and faculty.
Other features are a large cosmetology
room and a large multipurpose room
that will be used for carpentry or
mechanical arts students, adapting to
students needs at any given time.
LEED certification will not be just
incorporated into the design of the
building, it will also be used as a teaching
tool for Northlands Parkway Collegiate
students. All the mechanical systems
will have display monitors throughout
the different parts of the school, so students can see on a computer how much
energy the building is using, Letkeman
says. Its something the school wanted
for the kids since its a high school and a
vocational school, so the engineers were
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Energy-efficient elements will be incorporated

into the building design and used as a teaching
tool for the students, who will be able to see
the energy used by the building in screens
around the high school.
We deliver projects that are well-constructed, we

have attention to detail and are very conscientious
about what we do, plus we deliver on time.
Bison Mechanical Ltd.

Specializing in Plumbing,
Heating and Air Conditioning
1301 Admiral Ave.

Winnipeg, MB R2X 1E6
phone 204-947-1046
fax 204-947-1048
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able to incorporate it into the system.

Materials for the buildings faade and interior are
sourced locally, incorporating new and recycled materials.
The floors will be concrete with a special stone aggregate
that will give them the appearance of terrazzo, but with minimum maintenance required.
In an effort to bring the materials from nearby areas,
bricks for the faade were sourced through local providers
and recycled materials. There is a large hotel in the area that
is going to be torn down soon, Letkeman says. We are planning on incorporating some of that brick into the construction of this building in order to recycle the brick, and give the
school some local history.
Letkeman expects Northlands Parkway Collegiate to have
a positive impact on the community, easing overcrowding in
the existing schools and offering a new light and airy space
for more than 800 students. This high school will also be
one of a kind in Canada, he says.
In spite of some challenges securing skilled labor and
dealing with a severe winter in Manitoba that made PennCo close up the building sooner than they had initially anticipated - Northlands Parkway Collegiate will be ready to welcome new students for the 2013-2014 school year in
September, Letkeman says. x
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4 9 n o r t h m e c h a n i c a l lt d .
Complete Service
We provide prompt, professional

service with great communication
and outstanding quality at a
fair price.
> 49 North Mechanical Ltd.
+ 49 North Mechanical Ltd. says it provides more services

than most mechanical contractors in Western Canada, and
has a reputation for having the highest quality.
In addition to HVAC installation and servicing,
49 North Mechanical also provides plumbing,
fire protection and geothermal contracting.
49 North Mechanical Ltd.

www.49northmechanical.ca
Headquarters: Surrey, British Columbia
Specialty: Plumbing, HVAC, gas, fire protection
and geothermal contracting
Employees: 110
systems are like the vital

> Mechanical
organs of a building. When just one of
them is not performing to its potential,
the entire body suffers. Likewise,
mechanical contractors that only offer
one or two specialties can suffer in the
marketplace because many customers
prefer to work with a contractor that can
give them the peace of mind that comes
with a broad slate of services. This is one
of the reasons why Surrey, British
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Columbia-based 49 North Mechanical

Ltd. has been a trusted mechanical contractor for more than 20 years.
Founded in 1992, 49 North
Mechanical has become well-known
throughout the province for its depth of
services and ability to complete projects
quickly and effectively. The company
says these qualities have led to strong
ties with some of British Columbias
best and most respected general contractors. 49 North Mechanical is working to become British Columbias leading mechanical contractor by establishing long-term relationships with customers, the company says. For two
decades, 49 North Mechanical has been
serving the construction needs of some
of the most highly respected and largest

general contractors in Western
Canada, the company says.
49 North Mechanical is a plumbing,
heating and sprinkler contractor that is
well-versed in projects ranging from
single-family homes to apartment complexes and from commercial properties
to industrial facilities. In everything
that it does, 49 North Mechanical says it
brings the same level of professionalism and expertise to the job site and
remains a trusted partner of general
contractors.
We provide prompt, professional
service with great communication and
outstanding quality at a fair price, the
company says.
4 9 n o r t h m e c h a n i c a l lt d .
Every project we work on is handled with great care. It

doesnt matter if its a small tenement improvement, a
large warehouse or a complex public project. We can
handle them with care regardless of the size. We built
our reputation on serving [customers] needs and
ensuring their projects were completed on time.
From the Top Down
The poise and professionalism of 49 North Mechanical
begins with the companys owners, it says. Calvin Matt has
been a veteran of the plumbing industry for more than four
decades, and he still serves as the primary customer contact
for 49 North Mechanical today, according to the company.
He also personally oversees all construction activities, handles estimation for all projects and supervises construction
personnel. Co-owner Shane Matt plans and directs all
aspects of 49 North Mechanicals mechanical construction
activities, according to the company. This includes overseeing all mechanical construction projects, planning and
scheduling work and evaluating current procedures for continuous improvement efforts.
No matter what kind of mechanical contracting service
the company provides to its customers, 49 North
Mechanical says it approaches each project with the same
attention to detail and skilled service. Every project we
work on is handled with great care, the company says. It
doesnt matter if its a small tenant improvement, a large
warehouse or a complex public project. We handle them
with care regardless of the size.
The company goes on to say that it strives to provide the
most consistent level of service that it can to its customers
and says nothing is more important to 49 North Mechanical
than making sure all of its customers are satisfied with its
service. We built our reputation on serving their needs and
ensuring their projects were completed on time and on
budget, the company says.
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says its plans to hold true to the principles that have brought
it to where it is today.
We will be on the project when we say we will be there,
[and] get the job done right the first time and on-schedule,
the company says. x
Broad Specialties
49 North Mechanical stands out in the marketplace because of the
breadth of services it offers. Among the companys specialties are:
Plumbing
Geothermal
Forced hot water and radiant heating systems
High-velocity air systems
Gas piping
HVAC
Sprinkler systems
Process piping
Medical gas systems
Pumping stations
Chemical systems
Professional Connections
49 North Mechanical counts on the skills and expertise of its
employees to provide customers with top-notch service, and
the company counts on its membership in various industry
organizations to help it stay on top of the ever-changing construction market and the latest developments in technology. The company is a member of the Vancouver Regional
Construction Association, the Independent Contractors
Association, the Mechanical Contractors Association of
British Columbia and the British Columbia Construction
Association.
No matter what the future holds, 49 North Mechanical
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MINTO GROUP INC. WATERGARDEN
> Minto Group Inc.s tagline is be inspired, which is the promise it makes to
its customers. The Ottawa-based builder and developer has built a strong
reputation since its inception in 1955 and is dedicated to communities in
Canada and the United States. Please turn to page 92 for more.
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