INNOVATION May-June 2017

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2017 Project Highlights

Building furthers corporation’s sustainability goals

electronically commutated motors that are connected to the City of Surrey district energy system. The project’s guiding principles included a creative and accessible work environment, community connection, and environmental sustainability. The Integral Group provided mechanical consulting services for this project. APEGBC members, Integral Group: Jubin Jalili, P.Eng., Kenneth Ng, P.Eng. (P hoto C redit : J ubin J alili ) complex had to cantilever over one of these, and extremely limited space for load transfer was available. Choosing steel rather than traditional concrete in the cinema construction enabled the structural engineers to reduce the load considerably. This allowed much of the weight to transfer onto a single, elegant column. APEGBC members, Glotman•Simpson Consulting Engineers (structural engineering): Micheál O’Keeffe, P.Eng., Struct.Eng., Neil Wilson, P.Eng.

The Coast Capital Head Office, dubbed “Help Headquarters” and located in Surrey, BC, encompasses seven above- ground and three underground levels to house offices, retail store space, a daycare, bank branch and cafeteria. This LEED Gold-registered building features numerous sustainability technologies such as heat- recovery ventilation, high- efficiency Aermec air-cooled chillers, low-flow water fixtures, lighting power–density reductions, and four-pipe fan coils with Marine Gateway is a transit- oriented multi-use development containing office and residential space, retail and a cinema complex. Targeting LEED Gold certification, Marine Gateway features geothermal heating and cooling with an ambient heat– recovery energy loop, thermal mass, and sun-shading devices. A key challenge for structural engineering consultant Glotman•Simpson involved fitting the development between two major transit hubs. The cinema

Steel construction enables cantilevered cinema

Sustainable design leads to net increase in habitat quality

Primary civil consultant Associated Engineering worked with developer and manager Ivanhoé Cambridge to develop the 75-hectare greenfield site. The project involved planning, design and construction of 32 lane-kilometres of municipal roads and highways, a 6,000-stall parking lot, 3.8 kilometres of water mains, 5.5 kilometres of sanitary force mains, 1.4 kilometres of storm sewers, 25 culverts, two drainage overshot gates, one drainage pumpstation upgrade, one pressure reducing–valve station, and three sanitary lift stations. Stormwater runoff is directed into rain gardens onsite and vegetated bioswales offsite, and is treated in oil/water separators before discharge. Sustainable design features resulted in a net increase in the quality and area of natural habitat. APEGBC members, Associated Engineering: Helen Chan, P.Eng., Shaun Bidulka, P.Eng.; InterCAD Services: Stephen Clinton, P.Eng.

Tsawwassen Mills mall features 111,000 square metres of retail space located on Tsawwassen First Nation lands on BC’s Highway 17. The mall’s design and construction addressed challenging soil conditions and a high water table, and achieved sustainable design goals.

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