INNOVATION May-June 2017

New hospitals achieve LEED Gold requirements Under the BC Ministry of Health’s

Design and construction methods on these two new CSA Z317.2-10– compliant, LEED Gold hospitals include a column-hung forming system for the main suspended floor slabs, chillers with exhaust-air heat-reclaim coils for heat recovery, outbreak control zones, systems for variable air volume, active gas scavenging, reverse osmosis, and clean-agent fire suppression. Post-disaster solutions include external hookups, dual incoming water feeds, 72-hour propane-fuel backup systems and emergency sanitary storage tanks. APEGBC member, Graham Design Builders LP: Imtae Lee, P.Eng.

North Island Hospitals Project, two new hospitals are being built to improve quality of healthcare for patients and increase capacity on Vancouver, BC. Both facilities are designed with environmental sustainability in mind. Graham Design Builders LP partnered with Stantec Consulting to provide design and construction services for the acute-care facilities. Graham applied construction best practices and sustainable design criteria to achieve LEED Gold certification, promote environmental quality, and achieve the project schedule and cost baseline.

Brock Commons advances use of wood in tall buildings The UBC Brock Commons student residence sets new wood-construction standards by using advanced wood-based building systems and demonstrating use of wood in tall buildings. The timber superstructure of UBC Brock Commons is an innovative application of cross-laminated timber panels, which are point-supported on glulam columns, eliminating the need for beams. Offsite prefabrication of the structure, the building-envelope panels, the main roof panels, and some interior items facilitated fast erection in just over nine weeks. At 53 metres and 18 storeys, UBC Brock Commons is currently the world’s tallest wood building. It provides 404 student residence beds, and each suite includes its own integrated kitchen facilities. The building has been designed to LEED Gold standard and is an integrated project delivery and building information modeling project, with build videos shared extensively in the industry.

APEGBC members, Fast+Epp (structural engineering, in conjunction with Acton Ostry Architects and Hermann Kaufmann Architekten): Paul Fast, P.Eng., Struct.Eng., Robert Jackson, EIT; ACC Structural Engineers: Bernhard Gafner, P.Eng. (at Fast+EPP during project); FP Innovations (structural lab testing): Paul Symons, P.Eng.; GeoPacific Consultants (geotechnical engineering): Michael Indelak, P.Eng., Steve Fofonoff, P.Eng., Peter Wittstock, EIT; GHL Consultants (fire and building code engineering): Andrew Harmsworth, P.Eng.,Gary Chen, P.Eng.; Kamps Engineering (civil/utilities engineering): Michael Kamps, P.Eng.; RDH Building Engineering (building envelope engineering): Brian Hubbs, P.Eng., Graham Finch, P.Eng.; Read Jones Christofferson (structural peer review): Grant Newfield, P.Eng.; Stantec (mechanical engineering): Svetlana Vujic, P.Eng.; Urban One Builders (construction planning and management): Brent Olund, P.Eng. (P hoto : KK L aw )

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