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Windsor O&M Building

The City of Windsor requested that the building achieve CSA A227 attestation. Along with standard electrical inspections, the building was inspected by CSA for code compliance. This was in lieu of the city building department visiting the fabrication plant during production. PCLAgi_123882787E.jpg PCLAgi_123882787V.jpg

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Award Winner : PCL Agile

Architectural Excellence : As part of a 50MWAC solar project built for Connor, Clark & Lunn Infrastructure in Windsor, Ontario, PCL built an operations and maintenance building in its offsite manufacturing facility. This building consisted of three wood volumetric modules making up the office portion, and a flat pack wall system for the maintenance/garage portion of the building. The building consisted of office space, change rooms with showers, a kitchen, a meeting room and garage storage for equipment and vehicles. The 3,234 sq. ft. the building is the only staff building on the solar site.

Cost Energy Effectiveness : Utilizing PCL offsite manufacturing capability reduced the overall cost of the building by 5%. Building construction could not commence on site until the building permit was received. The building permit was received two months later than our schedule anticipated. However, throughout the planning phase, PCL coordinated with the owner and building department to allow for the fabrication of the modules offsite. The building was delivered to the site at roughly the same time as the building permit. The overall cost savings for the project site were approximately $20,000.

Design Firm Name : Kave Architects

Engineering Firm Name : LEA Consulting Ltd.

Installer Firm Name : PCL Constructors Canada Inc.

Occupied Date : 8/17/2016

Owner Firm Name : Windsor Solar LP

Production Start Date : 5/17/2016

Project Location City : Windsor

Project Location State Name : Ontario

Technical Innovation : This was the first wood construction office built by PCL’s offsite construction division that incorporated volumized modules and flat pack walls. The building was designed to be installed and ready for use within a week. The height requirements of the maintenance/garage portion of the building forced a flatpack design as tall modules could not be shipped to the site. When fabricating the building within the plant, we built the office portion of the building together. This increased fabrication efficiencies for installation and allowed our designers and our trade partners to resolve all connection and mate-line concerns.

Total Square Feet : 3234

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