IOL Lunchroom Office Complex

Additional Info

Award Winner : Kent Homes, a division of J.D. Irving, Ltd.

Architectural Excellence : These buildings replaced a "Trailer village" in a much needed site improvement for Irving Oil Limited. The yearly turnaround and maintenance on the oil refinery sees the work force swell from 1500 employees to 4500+ employees which are represented in a combination of direct hires and contract employees. These employees need lunchrooms, offices for staff, locker rooms and washroom facilities. For many years in the past each company was responsible to rent their temporary offices resulting in an unsightly trailer village.
Looking to the future this complex includes two large industrial complexes which house lunchroom and locker rooms on the main floor with double switchback stairs leading to a large shared office complex that occupies the entire second floor. A mix of boardrooms, single offices and bullpen style spaces is a flexible solution. The two units are C-shaped and face each other, sandwiching a large commercial lunchroom hut that serves the boilermaker and trade employees.

Cost Energy Effectiveness : Kent Commercials primary goal is to build a better, smarter building for their customers. While they may not always be pretty, they are hard working and smart in their use of space and economy to get the job done. 12' wide modules keep costs down by removing the need for specialized webbed floor or ceiling joist and are a go to size whenever we can. They also keep the transportation and handling options cost effective as they can be transported in regular traffic with the assist on a single escort. Materials like metal siding and EPDM rolled roofing offer a cost effective yet appropriate material approach for these industrial complexes and keep site works down.
Building two identical complexes and situating them at 180 degrees near each other created a courtyard and space needed for the additional lunch spaces but keep down costs of inspection, stamping and approval, not to mention the learning on one install is immediately applied to the next saving cost and creating a better build.

Design Firm Name : Stantec Engineering

Engineering Firm Name : Stantec Engineering

Green Building Description : This project shows a massive improvement from the previous buildings. Each single modular independently built - often with 2x4 wall construction heated with electric heat. Some run directly with temporary tie ins - some generators. By combining all these spaces into one larger complex the exterior wall spaces have been seriously reduced. The openings in and out of complexes come down from 2 doors per trailer to 10 entrances for this entire complex. The bard units while still electrical are much more efficient in heating, cooling and ventilating these spaces.
As well from a safety perspective the team was able to add inline filtration and warning equipment to the complexes using the bard units if gas or air quality issues arise at the complex making the units a safe zone in the chance of an air quality issue arising, certainly not a choice in a village of individual single trailers. While not huge these changes all impact resources in an operation of this size in a large way.

Installer Firm Name : Kent Commercial

Occupied Date : 7/31/2017

Owner Firm Name : Irving Oil Limited

Production Start Date : 4/24/2017

Project Location City : Saint John

Project Location State Name : New Brunswick

Technical Innovation : The Irving Oil Limited site is a high security site with strict site controls. The impact of construction on this site is costly and time consuming. Each of these complexes was able to be completed installed on site in three days, because of careful planning before the install. The time saved on site is a serious innovation for the team at IOL who needs to focus on the refinery. Two story also reduced site space needed. This build represents a huge reduction in headaches overseeing the influx of single box rentals and the security implication and site setup of these each year - now the complex is available to be used as needed each year. The builds are simple 12 x 60 boxes with one longer box on each end forming the C and housing the large stairwells that lead up into the office complex. This efficiency in multiple boxes of a similar configuration is always a technical benefit on site during install and while being manufactured in the plant.

Total Square Feet : 41160

Category : Relocatable: Office: any square footage