This complex care seniors’ facility houses 200 beds, organized into eight residential “neighbourhoods” of 25 beds each, as well as a day program for other adults. The suites are organized horizontally and stacked over three floors, providing a home-like environment. Constructed almost entirely of wood products, the First Nations-inspired design facilitates integration with the existing…
This new fire hall accommodates up to seven personnel, and features administration, on-call and training facilities and a vintage truck exhibit. Upper floors facilitate offices and administration space. Two sets of high-bay parking areas accommodate a total of seven trucks. The structure was built to meet Post-Disaster seismic standards in accordance with the BC Building…
This new two-storey fire station consists of four truck apparatus bays, an on-site fueling station, crew dorms, fitness and training facilities, an activity lounge, a kitchen and dining room, a hose tower, and a community meeting room. Among the design highlights are a series of features built into the hall and surrounding landscape to maximize…
This mixed-use project consists of 52 residential suites, including two townhouses in a five-storey building with a two-and-a-half-level underground parkade. A 21,500-sq ft/1,997-sqm grocery store is located on the ground floor. Mechanical Systems Description: MCW’s mechanical designs include plumbing, fire protection, general and underground parkade exhaust systems, and heat load calculations for the building, with…
As part of the City of Richmond’s investment in a variety of buildings to increase the amenities available to Richmond residents, the community centre provides a variety of community recreation amenities, including an arts studio, a preschool, a fitness facility, a shower facility, double-height multipurpose rooms, children’s activities rooms, music rooms, and a commercial kitchen….
This massive tenant improvement relocated the Vancouver Police Department (VPD) headquarters to a new location (previously occupied by VANOC) for its ever-expanding headquarters, as the old Main Street location was no longer suitable. The project installed new 25,000-sq ft/2,323-sqm forensic labs and support workstations at the Kootenay location, while office renovations with partition changes were…
BC Housing committed to undertake a comprehensive Energy Performance Contract and Building Renewal Program, referred to as the ‘Housing Renovation Partnership’. The project aimed to reduce energy and water consumption, operating costs, and, to the fullest extent possible, a 50% reduction in GHG emissions. MCW’s solution incorporated steps to meet those goals and included a…
The University of British-Columbia is one of the largest Universities in Canada. It maintains two campuses: the 400 hectare UBC Vancouver campus, and the 209 hectare UBC Okanagan campus. In partnership with UBC, MCW implemented what was, at the time, the largest single-phase energy management project ever undertaken by a Canadian university at its Vancouver…