This project involved tenant improvements to the Vancouver Police Department’s old Main Street headquarters and new annex building. The three-storey annex building, located at 236 East Cordova Street, houses the VPD’s BEAT, Commissionaire, Victim Services, Crown Liaison Unit, High Risk Offenders, and Sex Trade Worker Liaison offices. Amenities provided at the annex building include: firearms…
This complex comprises two new apartment buildings for seniors. The wood-frame buildings – Cypress and Terrace – contain a total of 139 affordable seniors’ housing apartments. The buildings were constructed on the site of six smaller apartment buildings, built about 50 years ago, that were demolished to make way for the new project. Cypress and…
This unique three-storey school is built into steep terrain. The school includes 18 classrooms, a daycare, a performing arts room, an industrial arts room, a home economics room, and a gymnasium on the lowest level. Mechanical Systems Description: The mechanical designs are based on myriad sustainable principles, and feature a number of systems for displacement…
This six-storey complex is the new home of the City of Surrey’s public administration. The iconic architecture features a glass atrium serving as the focal point of both the building and a new civic plaza. It includes a multi-function council chamber, meeting rooms, data centre, traffic operations centre, fitness and changing facilities, and flexible office…
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 design-build project entails the construction of an acute care and long-term care hospital, featuring 45 private rooms with 12 acute care beds, 33 long-term care beds and one multipurpose bed. Mechanical Systems Description: MCW provided mechanical designs for complete plumbing systems (including hydronic heating, reverse osmosis, and domestic hot water systems) fire protection systems,…
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….