Children's
& Women's Mental Health Building of BC, Vancouver
This, 4-storey existing concrete building is being preserved and seismically
upgraded. A
number of studies were undertaken at the outset of the project to establish
whether the building could be successfully renovated to become the new
mental health building for C&W Health Centre of BC. The final decision
to renovate and upgrade the existing building had significant impact on
the environment. The existing building was diverted from landfill and
new resources were not required to construct the structure for a new building.
An innovative slab system, BubbleDeck is being used for the new additions
on the project. This floor system reduces the weight of the slab by 40%
resulting in less material use, and reduced gravity and seismic loads.
The project is LEED Gold Certified.
Area: 5000 m2 Architect: IBI Group/ Henriquez Partners Architects Owner: Provincial Health Services Authority Structural Engineer: Read Jones Christoffersen
Children's
& Women's Mental Health Building of BC, Vancouver
A
number of studies were undertaken at the outset of the project to establish
whether the building could be successfully renovated to become the new
mental health building for C&W Health Centre of BC. The final decision
to renovate and upgrade the existing building had significant impact on
the environment. The existing building was diverted from landfill and
new resources were not required to construct the structure for a new building.
An innovative slab system, BubbleDeck is being used for the new additions
on the project. This floor system reduces the weight of the slab by 40%
resulting in less material use, and reduced gravity and seismic loads.
The project is LEED Gold Certified.
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