> | "Eifelerized" Tower This Morrison Hershfield project for an operational wireless service provider involved a major tower reinforcement.
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> | 230 kV Electrical Substations As a sub consultant we provided civil and structural engineering services for the design and construction of two new 230 kV electrical substations near Castlegar, BC for West Kootenay Power and Comstock Canada. Our role included the preparation of preliminary and detailed design drawings and specif
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> | 44 kV Airport Cogeneration Substation Morrison Hershfield worked with the Greater Toronto Airport Authority (GTAA) on upgrading the site-wide electrical system as a part of their Utilities Master Plan. Morrison Hershfield's previous experience with the GTAA provided insight into the critical nature of a reliable power source throughout
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> | 50 Site National HVAC Replacement Program Morrison Hershfield conducted the site review and assessment, engineering design and preparation of drawings/specifications; as well as tender and contract administration/field review for HVAC replacement at 50 sites across Canada.
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> | 60th Street Water Feeder Main Extension To serve the growing water demand of the developing communities along the NW region of Calgary AB, the City decided to extend the 900mm water feeder main along 60th Street by 5.4 km.
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> | Abbotsford Regional Hospital and Cancer Center Canada’s first P3 hospital is the result of an innovative high profile public-private partnership initiative in British Columbia. The walls of the large four-storey sustainable building are a combination of brick, masonry and metal cladding, pre-cast concrete panels, windows and curtain wall system
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> | Advanced Traveller Information System Pilot Project Morrison Hershfield, in association with Castle Rock Consultants, undertook a pilot project to explore the feasibility and benefits of deploying the Condition Acquisition and Reporting System (CARS) in the province of Alberta. CARS is an Advanced Traveller Information System (ATIS) that has been ap
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> | Aesthetic Guidelines for Bridges The purpose of the "Aesthetic Guidelines for Bridges" is to raise awareness of the principles and concepts of bridge aesthetics, areas of bridge engineering unique to the Province of Ontario, and to provide options to design engineers. The Guidelines document is unique among various lit
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> | AF2 Line 230 kV Conductor Upgrades Progress Energy undertook a 115 kV to 230 kV upgrade of a 40 km (26 mile) transmission line segment between their Avon Park and Fort Meade substations in Florida. We performed the structural engineering for the addition of overhead conductors on nearly 140 tower structures. The transmission towers
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> | Air Barrier Testing, Fort Bragg Morrison Hershfield was retained to conduct air barrier testing for a 120,000 sq ft metal framed building at Fort Bragg, North Carolina. The building is to be built slab-on-grade with no below grade occupied space. The exterior cladding consists of brick veneer, precast bands, drainable EIFS, meta
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> | Air Leakage Testing, Fort Jackson Building 12000 This project is comprised of five sleeping barracks with approximately 30,000 sq ft total space to be tested. The building is being renovated and an air barrier system is to be installed as part of this renovation per U.S. Army Corp of Engineers (USACE) requirements.
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> | Airflow Evaluation of Data Center Morrison Hershfield completed an evaluation of the cooling system in a two year old, 1100 sf data center housing 40 equipment racks that support mission critical and administrative systems for health care operations.
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> | Airport 27.6 kV Electrical Distribution System A key success factor of the Greater Toronto Airport Authority's renewal was the Pearson International Airport’s Utilities Master Plan, which provided for site services and utilities during the airport’s evolution. Morrison Hershfield’s substantial experience in the planning and design of utilities
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> | Airport Access Road Rehabilitation and Runway Lighting Upgrade This project consisted of the pavement rehabilitation of the main access road into the Fort McMurray Airport. Morrison Hershfield was responsible for the paving rehabilitation of the access and fueling area of the airport maintenance facilities adjacent to the airport taxiway. Additional services
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> | Airport Airside Pavement Rehabilitation This project consisted of the pavement rehabilitation of two airside pavement surfaces at the Edmonton International Airport. The first was the cold-milling and overlay of approximately 450 metres of Taxiway Bravo. The existing asphalt surface was cold-milled to remove all crack sealant and restor
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> | Airport Facility Safety Code Review During the phased upgrade of the airport terminal at Edmonton International, Morrison Hershfield was retained to ensure that safety code requirements were met and good engineering practices for fire and life safety were followed.
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> | Airport Land Development The Calgary Airport Authority (CAA) plans to develop 700 acres for industrial, aviation and recreational land within a ten year period. The plans include McCall North and Deerfoot South trade parks. Significant design was required to create effective stormwater management facilities on the Deerf
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> | Airport Operations Control Center Improvements were made to the Airport Operations Control Center, the Alternate Control Center and the Facility, Operations and Maintenance Control Center at Canada's largest and busiest international airport - the Lester B. Pearson International Airport in Toronto ON.
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> | Airport Tunnel Under an Operating Runway This $60 million project involved the design and construction administration of a 600m long, four-lane tunnel under operating runway 15L-33R at Toronto’s very busy Lester B. Pearson International Airport. Designed to withstand future aircraft weighing in excess of 1.5 million pounds, the tunnel con
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> | Airport Utilities Master Plan The Greater Toronto Airport Authority has developed a strategy for accommodating air passenger growth at Toronto’s Lester B. Pearson International Airport for the next two decades. A key success factor of the expansion plan is the provision of site services and utilities for the various facilities a
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> | Alberta SuperNet Wireless Network The Alberta SuperNet connects all schools, hospitals, libraries and government buildings throughout the province with a broadband network. Morrison Hershfield was recognized with a Canadian Consulting Engineering Award of Excellence for Project Management and a Consulting Engineers of Alberta Award
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> | Analysis of National and Ontario Code Provisions The analysis of the code provisions forms the basis for objective-based codes by providing the objective, intent and application of each code requirement. This clarifies what is needed, which in turn will lead to a more consistent and uniform application of the code, especially in regards to existi
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> | Analysis of Transmission Towers for Cellular Co-Location Strict zoning restrictions and expensive real estate have forced cell phone companies to think of new ways to gain coverage area without changing the landscape. One of the ways this is being accomplished is by co-locating with existing transmission tower owners.
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> | Apartment Parking Garage Restoration Two Toronto ON condominium apartments are linked by a combined underground parking structure. Constructed between 1969 and 1971, the parking garage had been expanded twice as the site development progressed. As is common with such structures, the parking garage has required ongoing maintenance, re
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> | Aquatic and Terrestrial Ecosystems Inventory and Impact Assessment Services Morrison Hershfield’s team of natural science biologists, ecologists, ornithologists, and species at risk specialists provide scientific and technical expertise on various Ministry of Transportation Ontario project sites to establish baseline data, assess development impacts, develop habitat protect
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> | Aquatic Ecosystems and Natural Science Assessment Morrison Hershfield over several years has been the go to firm for the Ministry of Transportation Ontario (MTO) to conduct aquatic, terrestrial and Species At Risk habitat assessment throughout Southern Ontario. Examples of assignments undertaken include habitat assessment and mitigation design.
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> | Aquatic Mapping Along Highways We were retained by the Ministry of Transportation Ontario to create an interactive database of watercourses along their highways. The purpose of this mapping assignment was to provide current fisheries data in order to assess the impacts of proposed highway improvements on aquatic resources, and t
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> | Arena Roof Truss Rehabilitation Morrison Hershfield was retained to provide a “second opinion” on preliminary findings of calculated snow load overstress in the bowstring glulam roof trusses of the 50-year old Children's Arena in Oshawa, ON. The arena had been closed under a municipal “unsafe” order resulting from a prior recomme
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> | Artesia Development at Heritage Pointe Heritage Pointe is a prestigious residential development hamlet south of Calgary AB. Stage One and Two of Heritage Pointe are built around one of the finest public access 27 hole golf courses in Canada. Stage Three is a 140-acre low-density residential development. Sustainable development is a k
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> | ASHRAE RP-1365 Industry Leading Building Envelope Report
To discuss your project and to learn more about our services, contact: buildingenvelope@morrisonhershfield.com
Morrision Hershfield was the principal investigator for this ASHRAE sponsored research project entitled “Thermal Performance of Building Envelope Details for Mid- and High-Rise Buildings
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> | Assessment of Biodiesel Production from Trucked Liquid Waste
A study was conducted for Metro Vancouver in response to diminishing fossil fuel supplies and rising oil prices, as well as the adverse environmental impacts from the use of petroleum fuel. The factors prompted considerable interest in the research and development of biodiesel fuel.
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> | Big Hill Springs Residential Community Big Hill Springs is a residential community located near Calgary AB. Morrison Hershfield was retained to provide single family residences with associated commercial servicing. The project location presented design challenges in the form of water servicing and wastewater disposal. The position of
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> | Bluefish Penstock Replacement Morrison Hershfield was commissioned by Nerco Con Mine Ltd. to provide engineering services for replacement for their penstock at the Bluefish Lake Hydro Generating Station, 20km northeast of Yellowknife, NWT.
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> | Boiler Demolition and Replacement The Tunney’s Pasture Central Heating and Cooling Plant (CHCP) run by Public Works and Government Services Canada provides steam and chilled water to eighteen buildings containing major Federal tenants.
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> | Boiler Replacement for Government Building An aging government building was in need of upgrading. The heating source for the facility was designed as steam which was used to produce hot water and hot glycol through heat exchangers.
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> | Boiler Room Retrofits at Five Elementary Schools and Lighting Retrofits at Ten Elementary Schools Morrison Hershfield was retained by the Brant Haldimand Norfolk Catholic District School Board to prepare detailed design and tender documents for boiler room retrofits at five elementary schools and complete lighting retrofits at ten elementary schools (two schools had combined projects).
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> | Brookfield Place (formerly known as BCE Place)
Brookfield Place is located in the heart of downtown Toronto, ON, Canada. It consists of several buildings, including the Bay-Wellington Tower, the Galleria and Heritage Square. These buildings are connected by an underground shopping mall. The Bay-Wellington Tower is 47 stories tall with both
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> | Brownstone at Forest Heights Brownstone at Forest Heights is a 141-unit, 26 building property. Morrison Hershfield was the primary consultant assisting the homeowners with their property rehabilitation.
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> | Buckhorn Lake Cottage and Shoreline Development Morrison Hershfield completed an Environmental Impact Statement (EIS) to support the Buckhorn Lake cottage development. Our work included aquiring approval under the Fisheries Act along with approvals from Otonabee Region Conservation Authority for works within the floodplain and the Ministry of Na
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> | Buffalo Hills Residential Community Buffalo Hills will be a residential community located within the Municipal District of Rocky View No. 44 (MDRV) east of Calgary AB. The community will be comprised primarily of residential development in the north, with commercial and industrial use in the south. Direct access is offered from the
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> | Building 1000, Kitsap Naval Base
The U.S. Navy required the design of a pressure equalized rainscreen cladding system to replace the failed EIFS as part of the rehabilitation of Building 1000 at the Kitsap Naval Station in Bremerton, WA.
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> | Building Condition Assessments – Strategic Plan and Implementation The Town of Oakville ON required assistance in identifying and prioritizing current and future major repairs and replacements for associated capital assets. Ten buildings were included, totalling 234,000 sq. ft. of floor area. The buildings reviewed included community centers, pools, fire halls an
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> | Building Condition Assessments for Twelve Hotels In preparation for the sale of twelve CP Hotels under a Real Estate Investment Trust (REIT) program, CP Hotels required a building condition assessment of each hotel in order to consider risks and options prior to sale. The hotels are located across Canada, with a total of 5,870 suites.
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> | Building Condition Audit for Canadian Government Conference Centre The Canadian Government Conference Centre was originally constructed in 1909-1912 as Ottawa’s Union Station. This designated heritage building consists of approximately 12,500 m2 of floor area. The building’s present use consists of offices, conference facilities and storage. Planned future uses
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> | Building Envelope Design Review for Office Towers
The two 52-storey Bankers Hall I and Bankers Hall II towers in Calgary, AB are separated by a 6-storey concourse. The structure of the office complex consists of a cast-in-place concrete frame clad with granite faced precast panels. Morrison Hershfield conducted a design review of the building e
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> | Building Envelope Investigation and Repair The Bank of Montreal office tower in Winnipeg, MB was built in 1983. It is a reinforced concrete building with cladding consisting of granite-faced precast concrete panels. Morrison Hershfield was retained to conduct an investigation of the overall condition of the building envelope of this 25-s
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> | Building Envelope Rehabilitation for Three Storey Wood Framed Structure Mayfair House is a three storey, wood framed complex with 76 units constructed over an underground reinforced concrete parking garage. Morrison Hershfield combined our expertise in building science, structures and architecture to develop strong envelope details, while incorporating new architectura
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> | Building Envelope Rehabilitation for Townhouse Complex
Morrison Hershfield combined expertise in building science, structural engineering and architecture to complete this project to the satisfaction of our client. The rehabilitation incorporated careful details for aesthetically pleasing transitions between new and existing materials, and between di
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> | Building Envelope Rehabilitation with Architectural Upgrades Morrison Hershfield was able to add real value to our client’s building by integrating pre-eminent building science expertise with client-focused architectural services to provide a functional building envelope with a modern, clean and attractive appearance.
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> | Building Envelope Renovation for Historical Postal Station Building Postal Station ‘K’, located in downtown Toronto ON, is a designated historical building. Water penetration into the building prompted an investigation of the building envelope.
The repairs specified by Morrison Hershfield corrected water penetration issues and stabilized the exterior limestone
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> | Building Envelope Review for Canadian Museum of Civilization The Canadian Museum of Civilization has an organic curvilinear shape with numerous projecting overhangs. During its first winter of operation, icicles formed at the soffits of the overhangs, resulting in moisture staining and damage to the soffits and localized staining and spalling of the Tyndall
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> | Building Envelope Review for Designated Heritage Building The J.D. Higginbotham building is a 4-storey office building located in Lethbridge AB. The building was originally constructed in 1913, with a major addition in 1958. The original portion of the building is clad with sandstone, while the 1958 addition includes granite panels, brick veneer and stu
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> | Building Envelope Review for High Profile Archives Building The National Archives Building in Gatineau QC is a high profile public building, housing and conserving Canada’s heritage of historical documents. This function placed exacting requirements with respect to environmental control, artifact security and building durability. The building was recogniz
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> | Building Envelope Review Services The Plaza 2006 Building is a new teaching facility at Brock University. The building includes a bookstore, classrooms, faculty office space and lounge/meeting areas. The complex building envelope contained unique details that required close coordination between Morrison Hershfield, the architect,
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> | Building Envelope Services Greenwich on 5th, in Vancouver, BC, consists of two 4-storey wood-framed residential buildings, constructed above an underground-parking garage. The exterior walls were constructed with a drained cavity and utilized a variety of wall claddings including brick veneer, vinyl siding and cementitious p
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> | Building Envelope Services for the Lynden Pindling International Airport Lynden Pindling International Airport in Nassau is the largest airport in The Bahamas. Morrison Hershfield acted as the building envelope consultant for the first phase of a unique project consisting of a 247,000 sq ft new U.S. departure terminal.
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> | Campus Research Facility Morrison Hershfield provided bio-medical research design consulting services for the design and construction of the East Campus Research Facility (ECRF) at Cornell University. This 82,000 sf facility includes a wide range of bio-medical research activities and teaching programs.
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> | Canyon Meadows Golf & Country Club Stormwater Structures Canyon Meadows Golf and Country Club undertook a major full course renovation in conjunction with a land sale to the City of Calgary AB. As part of the renovation, the cart path crossing, creeks and ponds were relocated as well. Morrison Hershfield was tasked with coordinating new cart path crossi
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> | Capital Renewals Review for Two Residential Properties Lodging Ovations required a condition assessment of two residential properties including two outdoor pools. The purpose of this assessment was to report on the physical condition of the buildings, identifying significant ownership liabilities and capital renewal requirements over a 15-year period.
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> | Castlefrank Road Overpass and Interchange Recent growth in the west end of Ottawa ON (specifically Kanata's Urban Centre and North and South Business Parks) created congestion at the Highway 417 interchanges at Eagleson Road and Terry Fox Drive. This situation prompted the recommendation that an overpass and interchange at Castlefrank Road
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> | Central Utility Plant and Cooling Tower Upgrade Project Insufficient cooling tower capacity in relation to existing chillers, combined with the University of Guelph's anticipated growth plans and the pending opening of new campus buildings, necessitated the expansion of the existing 8,000 Ton central cooling facility and provision of additional cooling t
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> | Centre for the Performing Arts The Toronto Centre for Performing Arts includes the Main Stage Theatre, the acoustically renowned “George Weston Recital Hall”, the “Studio Theatre”, a rehearsal hall, recording studio, VIP Suites and a large lobby area. The building, which opened in 1993, is also home to a contemporary art gallery
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> | Champlain Bridge Champlain Bridge was designed in 1928 and built in 1929. The vehicular bridge serves as a boundary between the Region of Durham and the County of Simcoe ON, and as a result of which has shared jurisdiction.
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> | Chemistry Building Alterations “Scientists walk into the lab and say ‘wow’ because of how functional it is. Non-scientists walk in and say ‘wow’ because of how beautiful it is,”
Robert Burk, chair and first-year professor, Department of Chemistry, Carleton University.
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> | Chinook Way Apartments Chinook Way consists of four large 3-story and two small 2-story wood frame residential buildings. Morrison Hershfield assisted the owners of the Chinook Way Apartments by providing building envelope assessment and litigation support services that allowed for full funding of their much-needed prope
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> | CIBC Building Envelope Condition Assessment Morrison Hershfield was able to provide our client with an understanding of the performance of the building envelope elements so that they could effectively budget for current and future repairs and replacements. Additionally, Morrison Hershfield was able to provide the information necessary to lim
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> | City Creek Center The $1 billion sustainable redevelopment of two blocks spreading over twenty acres in downtown Salt Lake City UT incorporates over six acres of green roofs, water features, landscaping and an elevated fish-bearing river running through a mix of retail, office and residential spaces.
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> | City Creek Center Air Barrier
The City Creek Center is a $1 billion sustainable design project to revitalize a downtown center in the heart of Salt Lake City, Utah. The 20-acre center features premier shopping, office and residential buildings, incorporating six acres of green space, fountains and a stream.
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> | City Stormwater Management Due to limited excess capacity in the City of Edmonton existing storm sewer system, Morrison Hershfield designed a 10,300 m3 underground storage vault to retain excess runoff.
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> | Class 1a Hazardous Waste Landfill Byram Industrial Services Ltd. (BISL) recognized the need for a Class 1a Hazardous Waste Industrial Landfill in West Central Alberta, and then identified several possible sites. Through a preliminary screening of geological characteristics they further identified a suitable site. After preliminary
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> | Commercial Property Development for a Restaurant MacLachlan & Mitchell Homes Ltd. required full engineering services to develop their commercial site for tenancy by a restaurant. Conditions of development set by the City of Edmonton required adjustment of adjacent street facilities as well as work on the site.
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> | Comprehensive Condition and Risk Assessment The Sunlife Headquarters complex encompasses over 750,000 sq.ft. of office space and a significant data centre, with several different eras of construction ranging from 1912 to 1986. This resulted in differing building services technologies, ages, and conditions creating operational challenges and
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> | Concert Real Estate Corporation
Morrison Hershfield has developed a long-term relationship with Concert Real Estate Corporation, acting as their building envelope consultant. Concert is one of Vancouver, BC’s major developers, having constructed hundreds of multi-residential units for market housing, rental housing, assisted li
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> | Construction and Demolition Waste Audit and Waste Reduction Workplan
As the Lead Sustainability/Green Consultant, we planned a significant waste reduction program during a federal government building reconstruction project in Gatineau, Quebec. Undertaken for Public Works and Government Services Canada, the work promoted a positive, proactive, environmental conscio
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> | Convention Center Expansion The Vancouver Convention Center is a unique building with special design and construction requirements. Built over land and water on some 1,000 piles, an expansion was completed in Spring 2009, with 1.1 million sq ft tripling the previous capacity. This innovative facility features floor-to-ceili
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> | Co-op Commercial Property Development CB Richard Ellis Alberta Limited required an investigation of the off-site servicing to the property upon which a proposed 100,000 sf United Farmers of Alberta Co-operative Limited office building would be located.
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> | Countryside Ravines Residential Community Morrison Hershfield was retained by Mara Developments to undertake the planning, approvals, detailed design, and construction management for a 120 acre country residential development in Parkland County near Edmonton AB. The lot size was set at 0.5 acres to maximize yield, full municipal servicing i
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> | County Transportation Master Plan The County of Grande Prairie AB had been experiencing considerable growth in recent years, placing additional demands on the infrastructure. In 2006, the County’s population increased from 15,230 to over 17,989, at an average growth of 2.9% per year. There was no single comprehensive transportati
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> | County Transportation Planning Study Morrison Hershfield was retained by the County of Renfrew ON to undertake a Transportation Planning Study to assess the impact of on-going development in the Town of Arnprior and the Township of McNab-Braeside. Growth in these communities has been triggered in part by the improved accessibility af
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> | Critical Review of Environmental Assessment Processes for Transportation Facilities Over time, major highway projects can have a significant impact on land use and travel activity - impacts that ultimately effect air quality and human health. It is important that such impacts be carefully reviewed during the EA process to ensure the development of a sustainable transportation syst
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> | Cuba Marina LEED Feasibility Study A LEED Feasibility Study for the Cuba Marina Project in Veradaro was undertaken on behalf of the Paris-based construction firm and building developer Bouygues Bâtiments International. The study was based on the United States Green Building Council (USGBC) LEED® for New Construction and Major Renovat
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> | Darlington B New Nuclear Build We were retained by the Municipality of Clarington ON to manage and conduct a peer review of the Environmental Assessment for the Darlington B New Nuclear Build project. The Darlington B project involved the construction and operation of up to four nuclear reactors and associated facilities at the
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> | Data Center Independent Design Review The Information Systems Group at a major British Columbia health authority required an independent review of the architectural/engineering design of a new 5,000 sf hospital data center.
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> | Data Center Risk Assessments Morrison Hershfield reviewed the existing infrastructure of several data centers for the Vancouver BC Coastal Health Authority. Our review included the power systems (including UPS), HVAC, fire protection, equipment line-ups, and cable racking. An important part of the risk assessment was a review
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> | Demolition of 109 Street Underpass Morrison Hershfield investigated the feasibility of utilizing the 109 Street underpass as a stormwater detention pond. The findings were reported to the City of Edmonton AB. One year later, the City made a decision to remove the underpass and re-construct 109 Street (between 104 Avenue and 105 Ave
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> | Design Review and On-site Construction Review of Building Envelope for New 30 Storey High Rise
Morrison Hershfield carried out the design review and on-site construction review of the building envelope for the Terminal City Club building, a new 30 storey high rise in downtown Vancouver, BC. The building is clad with a combination of window wall, metal panel, stone panel, curtain wall, stru
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> | Design Services for Replacements and Upgrades at a Detention Center Morrison Hershfield carried out conceptual and detail design plus construction administration services for the replacement of the heating hot water boiler, DHW boiler controls upgrade, variable speed drives upgrades and high efficiency motors replacement at the Toronto East Detention Center.
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> | Design-Build for Outside Plant Relocation To accommodate the rehabilitation of a major bridge, outside plant was relocated to new buried plant off of the structure. Morrison Hershfield led this Design-Build initiative and was responsible for overall coordination, feasibility study, detailed design, permits and approvals, pre-construction a
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> | Detailed Energy Audits and Building Assessment of Ten Municipal Buildings Morrison Hershfield conducted a detailed energy audit and building assessment of ten municipal buildings in the Town of High Level, AB. The diverse selection of buildings included the Museum, Sports Complex & Arena, The Aquatic Centre, Airport Terminal and various other Maintenance and Public
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> | Detroit River International Crossing Morrison Hershfield through Deloitte & Touche was retained by Transport Canada as Senior Trusted Advisor in the areas of building and design, transportation planning and design, plus environmental science and planning for the preparation of design requirements and design criteria for the new Det
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> | Devon Energy Tower The Devon Energy World headquarters in Oklahoma City is a fifty story tower. As part of the design and construction of the Devon Energy Tower, we provided review of the architects design and trade submittals, witnessed laboratory testing of the envelope assemblies and will be providing observation
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> | Devon Industrial Subdivision At the request of the Alberta Housing Corporation, Morrison Hershfield prepared a feasibility study, cost estimate and subdivision plan for a 160-acre industrial subdivision. Upon completion of the study, the client engaged our firm to proceed with engineering design and detailed working drawings f
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> | Digital Library As part of the growth of the University of Calgary, the library facilities are being expanded in order to provide improved service to the students, and the public at large.
One of the library expansions includes the construction of a new library block, named the Taylor Family Digital Library (TFDL
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> | Digital Microwave Overbuild Morrison Hershfield provided tower engineering, civil site design, and project and construction management services for a forty-two site digital microwave overbuild for Canada’s largest incumbent telephone service provider.
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> | District Heating System Upgrade and Expansion Morrison Hershfield’s work involved the upgrade and expansion of the Canadian Forces Base (CFB) Petawawa district heating system, including 1,800 m of shallow inverted trench for steam and condensate systems. A steam-to-hot water conversion station was included.
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> | DND Modular Quarters Fire Modeling and Remediation We were retained to apply advanced computational fire models to assess the life safety performance of 26 of DND’s existing modular living quarters at bases across Canada.
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> | DualPole™ Tower Reinforcing Solution DualPole™ addresses many challenges facing today's tower industry. Morrison Hershfield developed the DualPole™ to provide a cost effective, structurally efficient and aesthetically pleasing reinforcement solution to address the growing demand and concerns facing monopole collocations.
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> | Due Diligence Assessment for Condominium Morrison Hershfield’s broad range of expertise allowed us to provide an all-inclusive image of the existing physical condition of the property. The information provided was essential to our client in their buy/pricing decision.
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> | Due Diligence Assessment for Grand Historical Hotel In preparation for the purchase of the Delta Bessborough Hotel in Saskatoon SK, under a Real Estate Investment Trust (REIT) program, CP Hotels required a Due Diligence Assessment in order to consider risks and options prior to purchase. This hotel consists of a grand historical 10-storey castle, bu
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> | Due Diligence Assessment of 11 Buildings Morrison Hershfield conducted a Due Diligence Assessment of a portfolio of 11 buildings, known as “Slough Park St-Laurent,” in Montreal, Quebec. Morrison Hershfield prepared the comprehensive capital financial recommendations needed to assist CIBC in their risk assessment before proceeding to purch
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> | Due Diligence Assessments of Seven Luxury Hotels In preparing for the purchase of the seven luxury Princess Hotel resorts from Lonrho PLC of London, CP Hotels required a Due Diligence Assessment of each resort to consider risks and options prior to the purchase offering. All seven hotels were full service resorts, located on over 700 acres of lan
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> | Durable Low Risk Building Envelope Systems, Revenue Canada
The Revenue Canada Tax Centre located in Surrey, BC is a five-storey cast-in-place concrete framed structure containing 144,000 sq ft of office space. The building was primarily clad in a curtain wall glazing system with some brick cladding and metal panels located on the ground floor. The buil
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> | Eagle Ridge Residential Community At Cougar Rock Eagle Ridge at Cougar Rock is located near the eastern gate of Jasper National Park in Alberta. The project includes two 18-hole golf courses, two hotel and spas sites, 1700 residential units ranging from acreage lots to low rise condominiums, highway commercial property and an RV Park. The projec
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> | Edmonton Transit System Centennial Garage The Edmonton Transit System Centennial Garage is a new state-of-the-art facility that houses all necessary activities for the operation and maintenance of a fleet of 250 transit buses. It is a massive single storey industrial occupancy with a total area of approximately 29 400 m2 (over 7 acres) des
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> | Emergency Operations/Joint Communications Center Morrison Hershfield was retained as prime consultant to provide a conceptual design for a new proposed Joint Communications Center and Regional Emergency Operations Center for the Region of York, ON. The purpose of this 53,000 sf facility was to amalgamate the Region’s many small emergency operatio
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> | Emergency Plans and Procedures As a federally regulated employer subject to the Canada Labour Code Regulations Respecting Occupational Safety and Health, Canada Post is required to provide emergency plans and procedures at their work sites, and as a building owner, Canada Post is required to meet the emergency planning provisions
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> | Emergency Services Master Plan, Sturgeon Morrison Hershfield was retained to develop an action plan to aid the fire and ambulance services in providing an efficient, cost-effective, high level of service to its citizens, for the future. The Emergency Services Master Plan will be an integral part of the budget planning process for the Stur
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> | EMME/2 Sub-Area Model Morrison Hershfield developed an EMME/2 sub-area model for the southern part of Calgary AB. The study area encompasses approximately 100 square kilometers in the City of Calgary as well as land outside the city limits in the Municipal District of Foothills.
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> | Employer Based Transportation Demand Management Toolkit The "Task Force on the Atmosphere" in the City of Ottawa ON identified a number of transportation-related initiatives to achieve its carbon dioxide emission reduction targets. The initiation of an employer-based Transportation Demand Management (TDM) program was one of the key identified
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> | EMS Headquarters Electrical Infrastructure Upgrade This EMS Headquarters houses the operations of City of Toronto’s Emergency Medical Services and Toronto Fire Services Control Centers, as well as a backup Control Center for the Toronto Police Services. The facility is considered to be mission-critical and the reliability of its electrical systems
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> | Energy Audit of a Die Casting Plant Richmond Die Casting is a subsidiary of Meridian Technologies, manufacturers of aluminum automobile parts. The worker environment and comfort were negatively affected by the heat from melting furnaces and holding vessels at their Long Sault ON plant.
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> | Energy Audit of a Glass Plant The manufacturing of vehicle windshields involves a large energy intensive process. A planned 35% production line expansion was the catalyst for assessing current energy use to determine opportunities for optimizing future energy utilization. Morrison Hershfield was retained to conduct a detailed
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> | Energy Audit, Building Condition Assessment and Capital Plan for Residential Cooperative Combining an energy audit with the capital planning aspects of a building condition assessment provides a much better picture of economically feasible energy savings implementations. Potential energy savings projects are evaluated not just in isolation, but also in the context of other necessary re
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> | Energy Audits and Condition Surveys at 37 Schools Morrison Hershfield carried out energy audits and building condition assessments of 37 school buildings (including 3 high schools) to assist the Brant Haldimand Norfolk Catholic District School Board in reducing overall utility consumption by identifying energy saving opportunities and incentives an
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> | Energy Efficient System Upgrades at Assumption College High School Morrison Hershfield has been working with the Brant Haldimand Norfolk Catholic District School Board’s Facility Management group for several years, performing various building condition assessments and energy audits, and implementing recommendations made in those studies.
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> | Energy from Municipal Solid Waste We assisted a proponent of a 500,000 tonne per year municipal solid waste to energy project to be sited in the Metro Vancouver region of British Columbia. The project would receive its fuel supply (municipal solid waste) from the 22 municipalities within a region with a population base of over 2 mi
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> | Engineered Reserve Fund Studies for Townhouse Condominiums The completion of the Engineered Reserve Fund Study assists Owners in determining annual contributions that should be made to the Reserve Fund in order to meet significant future repair and replacement expenditures. It also provides a valuable planning tool for managing facility maintenance.
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> | Envelope Assessment for Historical University Building The University of Alberta is very proud of the history of its campus and the role that the Old Arts Building has played in its development and continues to play in its current multi-functional role. Constructed in 1915, it was the first permanent academic and administration facility, hence the buil
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> | Envelope Repairs, Pressure Reduction and HVAC System Balancing for Art Gallery The Robert McLaughlin Gallery consists of a three-storey art gallery with office and restaurant space. This concrete structure includes exterior synthetic limestone masonry cladding, major rooftop skylight and multiple exterior soffits. The gallery’s interior includes a highly controlled environm
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> | Environmental Assessment and Preliminary Design for a Railway Overhead Structure A preliminary design and environmental assessment was necessary to address the poor condition of the existing overhead bridge on a section of old Highway 6 south of Highway 401 in Puslinch ON. Complicated structural issues were addressed. Close discussion by Morrison Hershfield with CPR, Ministry
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> | Environmental Monitoring and Building Envelope Performance The Library of Parliament, constructed between 1860 and 1873, is one of the most historically significant structures in Canada, housing archival artifacts. Still operational as the main Parliamentary Library, the structure was slated for a major renovation and restoration to meet the changing opera
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> | Environmental Monitoring During Construction In order to ensure that the environmental terms, conditions and commitments of construction contracts are achieved and complied with, Morrison Hershfield’s environmental specialists perform on-site monitoring. This process is a key component in demonstrating compliance with contracts for environmen
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> | Estimating the Welfare Costs of Reducing Greenhouse Gas Emissions This study was initiated by Transport Canada to examine the various welfare effects associated with measures to reduce greenhouse gas (GHG) emissions in the transportation sector. The work builds on previous research undertaken for Canada’s National Climate Change Process, which resulted in the ide
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> | Exterior Wall Repairs for University Residence The Pitman Hall Residence, located in Toronto, ON, is an occupied 14-storey residence for Ryerson University. The building was experiencing deteriorated masonry units and mortar joints, poor condition of exterior sealants, and movement, cracking, staining, corrosion, spalling and water leakage in s
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> | Extreme Interior Environmental Separations for Gypsum Plant A gypsum wallboard manufacturing plant was experiencing severe corrosion, staining and damage to product due to the large quantities of moisture generated as part of the manufacturing processes. Plant staff were also experiencing high humidity, uncontrolled air movement, and mold exposure. Morriso
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> | Facilities Renewals In an effort to expand their facilities and property management capabilities, the City of Mississauga required a building condition assessment of the building envelope and structural components of some of the City’s buildings. Morrison Hershfield successfully delivered the Facility Renewals Plannin
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> | Facility Assessment for Three Hotels O’Neill Hotels and Resorts Management Ltd., under the Canadian Hotels Income Properties, Real Estate Investment Trust Program, required due diligence assessments of three properties in order to consider risks and options prior to purchase.
The three properties, constructed between 1967 and 1980, co
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> | Feasibility Study, North Warning System, Long Term Sustainment Plan This intent of this project was to identify the key issues and elements that affected overall delivery of effective and efficient operational performance such that a more focused evaluation of options and approaches could be conducted. A sample of NWS sites were chosen and assessed to determine the
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> | Fiber Optic Network Management Our client required a data management tool for their newly constructed fiber network. Morrison Hershfield produced a manual outlining the main design principles to be used in creating the software model for the network, and defined and assembled network components into a comprehensive software mode
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> | Fire and Emergency Services Master Plan Morrison Hershfield was hired to conduct a full review of the current fire and emergency services, providing a master plan for the future direction of the department.
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> | Fire Detection and Alarm System Replacement Upgrade The Ontario Science Centre is comprised of three main buildings with an approximate floor area of 554,000 sq ft. The existing fire alarm system was nearing the end of its normal life cycle, resulting in increased maintenance costs and reliability issues. We provided a Fire Alarm System Report iden
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> | Fire Protection Systems Upgrade for Armory The Department of National Defense had a need to upgrade the fixed fire protection systems within the Vimy Armory located in Lethbridge, AB. We were contracted to upgrade the fire alarm system and design a fire sprinkler system covering the two story building.
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> | Firenet Communication System Audit The Firenet network provides two-way communications for day-to-day forestry operations, as well as coordination between ground and air firefighting efforts during fire suppression activities.
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> | Firewater South Loop Upgrade at Chemical Plant The NOVA Chemicals’ firewater system was originally constructed in 1978. In 2005, a piping system condition assessment was completed and it identified significant corrosion in the existing carbon steel piping which comprises the majority of the fire protection system. This Morrison Hershfield projec
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> | Firewater Upgrade at a Chemical Facility The Nova Joffre site's original firewater system was reaching the end of its useful life. We were retained to evaluate the firewater system, design a replacement system capable of meeting the necessary fire flows and to provide construction services for the two summers during the replacement progra
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> | Footprints of Partnership Morrison Hershfield has completed linear and social infrastructure AFP/P3 projects across Canada. The projects include:
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> | Forensic Services Complex The Ontario Realty Corporation needed a new 62,000 sq m Forensic Services Complex to meet the needs of the Center for Forensic Sciences and the Office of the Chief Coroner. The testing of DNA, electronics and toxicology are just some of the uses of modular labs found in the complex. The complex al
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> | Forest Products Warehouse and Distribution Center Morrison Hershfield prepared a site development plan for a new Acheson warehouse and distribution centre for part of Vanderwell’s forest products operations handing shavings for animal bedding and wood pellets for fuel and wood stoves.
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> | Fort Benning LEED® Commissioning The Tactical Equipment Maintenance Facility (TEMF) at the Fort Benning U.S. Army Base provides for the repair, maintenance, and redeployment of vehicles and tactical equipment that have been in service around the world. Much of the equipment has seen severe war conditions and extreme environments i
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> | Fourteen Mile Creek Fisheries Act Monitoring Our environmental scientists routinely monitor conditions of regulatory approvals pertaining to aquatic and terrestrial ecosystems that have been approved by authorities including the Canadian Department of Fisheries and Oceans and local conservation authorities to assess and document the effectiven
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> | Gary W. Morden Fire Training Center Morrison Hershfield is the LEED consultant and sustainable design facilitator for the main building on the Garry W. Morden Center site. Our primary responsibilities include facilitation of sustainable design charrettes and championing sustainable design thinking into the overall design and construc
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> | General Forest Management Plan and Waterworks Park Module At the request of the City of Brantford ON, we developed the General Forest Management Plan suitable for application to all City owned forests. The Plan addressed the management of urban forests within the well-established residential community. It contained a module for the specific application o
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> | Generator Deployment A large national wireless carrier wanted to provide their customers with greater reliability for wireless communications during times of natural disasters. Due to the fact that there are few firms that could efficiently handle such a project, this carrier turned to Morrison Hershfield.
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> | Goodkey, Weedmark & Associates (GWAL) To house a growing staff, this consulting engineering firm of 52 employees decided to move operations to a bigger location, including pursuing LEED-CI certification for their new office retrofit.
While the client had several LEED APs on their own staff, they selected us as the LEED consultant bas
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> | Greater Toronto Airports Authority 27.6 kV Distribution System
Morrison Hershfield was retained by the Greater Toronto Airports Authority to develop and implement a new 27.6 kV underground distribution system at Pearson International Airport to service all airport facilities. We were able to achieve the transition of services (integration of existing systems
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> | Greenfield Data Center for a Fortune 100™ Company Morrison Hershfield's expertise and ingenuity in data center construction, design and space planning led to this greenfield project being completed on time and within budget. Architectural design and construction administration services were provided for a 200,000 sf data center.
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> | Groundwater and Soil Remediation for Industrial Lagoon A full peer review of the design and remediation plan for this 14 hectare industrial lagoon containing massive amounts of highly contaminated pulp and paper sludge was undertaken.
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> | Groundwater and Soil Sampling for Commercial Property A Phase II Environmental Site Assessment (Phase II ESA) was conducted for a commercial property in the City of Ottawa’s west end. The principal objective of the study was to ascertain the presence or absence of site contamination.
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> | Grouse Mountain Eye of the Wind Turbine The Eye of the Wind is an iconic structure located at the peak of Grouse Mountain in North Vancouver BC. This unique renewable energy source can provide up to 25% of Grouse Mountain Resort’s electricity needs. It offers the visiting public the opportunity to experience an operational 1.5 MW wind t
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> | GTAA Terminal 3 Fire Alarm System Upgrade Public buildings, especially air terminals that stay continuously operational over an extended period of time, inevitably experience physical deterioration due to extended overuse. Changing technology, demands for constant expansion, modifications, and change of occupancy, coupled with building cod
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> | Guyana Water Supply and Water Treatment Plant Rehabilitation
To serve the needs of 160,000 people, the Guyana Water Authority needed to rehabilitate several pumping stations and water treatment plants. Morrison Hershfield was commissioned to prepare preliminary rehabilitation designs for 35 water pumping stations and detailed designs for 10 pumping stations
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> | Hagerman Rail-to-Rail Grade Separation To improve rail service in Ontario on the Stouffville corridor, the GO Transit Uxbridge Subdivision track crossing the CN York Subdivision at the Hagerman Diamond in Markham required a grade separation. The existing level crossing restricted GO Transit’s ability to improve service levels. In orde
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> | Hamlet Infrastructure Upgrades With the anticipated expansion of the existing potable water distribution system, under the same contract the Hamlet of Monitor AB retained Morrison Hershfield to provide the design, tender and construction management services required to upgrade their wastewater collection and wastewater treatment
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> | Hardisty Integrated Community Sustainability Plan The Town of Hardisty AB retained us to prepare an Integrated Sustainable Community Plan (ISCP). The ISCP is essentially a high level, strategic document for a community. It informs of sustainability principles and guides the community into the future. The ICSP addresses scarcity and manages the c
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> | Harris Broadcast Tower After a large number of tornadoes hit Kentucky in April 1974, one of the biggest challenges emergency and public safety officials faced was the capability to communicate with each other. As a result, the State of Kentucky created the Kentucky Emergency Warning System (KEWS) that provides an “always
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> | Hawthorne Road Railway Overpass To improve the flow of traffic in the area of Russell Road, Hawthorne Road and Walkley Road, and to provide ready access to Walkley Road and Highway 417 for the newly-developing communities along Hunt Club Road, it was deemed necessary by the Regional Municipality of Ottawa-Carleton (RMOC) to upgra
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> | Hazeldean Road Widening Environmental Assessment The Stittsville and Kanata areas of Ontario have experienced rapid growth over the past several years. The growth is expected to continue, especially with the approval for the Kanata West Lands development. The City of Ottawa determined that the roadway network required increased capacity in order
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> | Heavy Equipment Dealer Carbon Footprint Corporate carbon emissions from fuel, electricity and transportation (air and vehicle travel) were calculated for Toromont CAT and subsidiary firms covering over 100 North American branches and over 2,000,000 flight kilometers.
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> | Heritage Bridge Restoration Arglye Street bridge is the longest of three bridges of similar structure built in Ontario in the mid to late 1920’s. The 200 m long bridge is comprised of nine reinforced concrete bowstring arches with eight concrete piers located in the Grand River, with north and south abutments located on the r
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> | High Performance Design for College Library
This project mandated a heavy green philosophy, with key sustainable features being wind-driven natural ventilation, an optimized building envelope, thermal mass, building shape, and orientation to create an aerodynamic building equipped with wind towers. The combination of design elements and L
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> | High School Energy Efficient System Upgrades This project at Assumption College stemmed from recommendations in a detailed energy audit and conceptual design study. The scope of work included replacement of conventional boilers and the Building Automation System, reconfiguration of the heating system piping, retrofit of the Makeup Air units, t
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> | High Voltage Distribution System Upgrade for Pharmaceutical Company Sanofi Pasteur (SPL) operates pharmaceutical research and production facilities on a large campus in Toronto. Recent and future development of the campus requires upgrading of the major utilities, including the high voltage distribution system throughout the site. We have developed an electrical M
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> | Highway 33 Roundabout Ministry of Transportation Ontario retained Morrison Hershfield to undertake the detail design for the realignment and reconfiguration of the existing intersection at Highway 33 and Country Road 1 into a single lane roundabout with a central island and truck apron. The intersection is located 1.6 k
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> | Highway 407 Electronic Toll Road Highway 407 Express Toll Route (ETR) is the world’s first fully electronic, open-access toll highway. It traverses the Greater Toronto Area, Canada’s largest urban area. The highway is generally situated north of, and parallel to, Highway 401, North America’s second busiest highway. Highway 401 a
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> | Highway 8 Reconstruction and Widening This highway project was undertaken within the City of Kitchener and the Regional Municipality of Waterloo ON. It involved 3 km of widening and reconstruction of Highway 8 south of Kitchener, from 1.0 km north of the Grand River, southerly to the Sportsworld Drive Interchange.
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> | Highway 8 Widening at Conestoga Parkway Interchange This project demonstrates Morrison Hershfield’s experience and ability to take on major projects as this was the largest single transportation project recently in the Kitchener ON region. The project involved the widening of Highway 8 from four to six lanes by appropriating a significant amount of
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> | Highway Element Investment Review (HEIR) Guidelines The Highway Element Investment Review (HEIR) guidelines were developed by Morrison Hershfield on behalf of Ministry of Transportation Ontario (MTO). The Guidelines are intended to help highway engineers and designers determine which project elements to include in a given construction contract on the
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> | Highway Traffic Simulation Study This project, undertaken for the Ministry of Transportation Ontario, involved the expansion of an existing traffic simulation model for the Highway 401 corridor in Toronto ON. The model was used to investigate staging and detour alternatives as part of a larger assignment.
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> | Hogg's Hollow Highway Bridge Rehabilitation Highway 401 across the Greater Toronto Area is one of the busiest urban freeway sections in the world, on average carrying traffic in excess of 400,000 AADT on weekdays. A key segment in the Quebec-Windsor Trade Corridor and the National Highway System, it is a vital artery supporting provincial an
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> | Hospital Link Transit Corridor An Environmental Assessment (EA) study was completed for the City of Ottawa ON, for the proposed Hospital Link Transit Corridor that runs between the Hurdman and Blair Bus Stations.
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> | Hotel Indigo Building Envelope Design The Hotel Indigo in Athens, GA sets a new standard for hotel construction. The boutique hotel, which opened in the fall of 2009, is only the tenth hotel in the world and the first in the entire Intercontinental Hotel Group (4,500 hotels worldwide) property family to receive Gold Certification from
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> | HVAC Replacement at a Community Center Library Built in 1975 and renovated in 1989, the Thornhill Community Center Library in Ontario forms part of a community center complex, along with an arena and community facilities. It has approximately 23,000 sq. ft. of collection and auditorium space. The Town of Markham had expressed concerns related t
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> | Hydro Transmission Tower Ice Risk Reduction Program Many power companies have their towers evaluated frequently because the accumulation of ice that can comprise any transmission tower. We were retained to analyze BC Hydro's H-frame type transmission tower. A total of 156 towers were inspected, and six were variations of the H-frame designs that ne
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> | IDX Tower As part of the construction of the forty story IDX Tower, we provided review of the architects design and trade submittals, witnessed laboratory testing of the envelope assemblies, observed the field mock-up assemblies as well as the course of construction and witnessed air barrier testing of repres
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> | Implications of Adopting Greenhouse Gas Reduction Measures This study was initiated in response to the findings and recommendations arising from the National Climate Change Transportation Table. Undertaken for Ministry of Transportation Ontario, the objective of the study was to assess the environmental and socio-economic impacts of applying the recommende
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> | Industrial/Commercial Area Engineering Design Brief Morrison Hershfield undertook and completed a servicing plan for the 1,013 ha North of Yellowhead industrial/commercial area. Based on the North of Yellowhead Area Concept Plan, this study focused on identifying and planning for all the roadways and utilities necessary to service the area.
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> | Innovative Stormwater Management for Campus Expansion The innovative stormwater management system for the SAIT campus expansion is designed to adequately and cost effectively store, treat, and slowly release runoff. The design of this reliable storm system, consisting of underground storage with Vortechs treatment system and Hydrobrake flow control de
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> | Insulation Manufacturing Facilities Morrison Hershfield has provided ongoing engineering services for an extensive list of projects at the Owens Corning plant at Edmonton, Alberta. Owens Corning manufactures insulation from raw materials, then stores and distributes its products to a large clientele base. Usually projects are comple
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> | Insulation Plant Engineering Services During the past several years, Morrison Hershfield has provided ongoing engineering services for a variety of projects at the Owens Corning plant at Edmonton AB. Owens Corning manufactures insulation from raw materials, then stores and distributes its products to a large clientele base.
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> | Integral Boiler Project At the Edmonton Garrison, heat was supplied to the older buildings through a central steam plant. As the base modernized, and the buildings serviced by this plant became fewer, a decision was made to decommission the steam plant and convert the buildings serviced by the plant to stand-alone boiler
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> | Internap Data Center Renovation Design services were provided for the renovation of an existing 72, 000 sq ft data center in the Santa Clara San Francisco Bay area. A 25,000 sq ft area for RAF equipment was required in order to accommodate a new tenant’s necessary collocation web hosting. Our services included architectural, ele
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> | Internet Data Center for a Major Telco Morrison Hershfield was retained as prime consultant to convert an old warehouse to an 80,000 sf high tech facility. The facility was designed for uninterrupted, easy upgrading to an ultimate capacity of 10 MVA main power, five 1,500 kW standby generators and 1,400 tons of cooling.
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> | IPV (Inactivated Polio Vaccine) High Containment (CL3) Facility Building 53 This project was a fast track, $20M renovation project, upgrading 13,000 sq ft of large scale vaccine production space. The execution strategy was managed to comply with budget and timeline constraints that limited production downtime to six (6) months. Morrison Hershfield championed design soluti
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> | Jasper House Fire Code Upgrades
Jasper House is a 12 storey high rise apartment building located in downtown Edmonton, AB. The age of the building made it prudent for the owners to review all Life Safety and Building Code compliance issues.
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> | Jefferson Salamander Breeding Habitat Assessment In response to a concern from Credit Valley Conservation that a highway interchange project may impact potential Jefferson Salamander (Ambystoma jeffersonianum) habitat in Meadowvale Station Woods, and also in response to Ministry of Transportation Ontario’s imposed condition of Environmental Assess
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> | Jet Fuel Storage Fire Protection
The Norman Manley International Airport in Jamaica underwent a major expansion to satisfy anticipated air traffic to this popular destination. As a result, the capacity of the jet fuel storage facility needed to be increased. Existing underground fuel storage tanks were decommissioned and a new
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> | Joint Use Analysis of Utility Poles Morrison Hershfield provides clients with structural analyses on pole infrastructures because weather, stress and strain all take a toll on utility poles. On this project for Progress Energy Florida, we performed analyses at the request of a client who wanted to plan a new aerial fiber route. Plan
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> | Joint-Use Water Treatment Facility Morrison Hershfield was commissioned by Wheatland County, in cooperation with developer Goodbrand International Inc., to resolve the water supply problem within the Hamlet of Carseland.
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> | Kahanoff Centre Expansion The existing Kahanoff Centre located within the Beltline district of Calgary AB proposed to develop the parcels of land to the south and east of their existing office tower complex, with a mixture of 30 plus storey residential towers, commercial sites and additional conference center venues. These
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> | Kicking Horse Canyon Project Phase 2 Kicking Horse Canyon Highway Phase 2 is a 5.8 km, $135 million road and bridge design-build project in the mountainous region of British Columbia. The project had significant construction, maintenance and operation challenges. It involved highway realignment and widening plus bridge construction a
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> | Lab Fit-Out for Leading Pharmaceutical Company Morrison Hershfield was asked to consolidate several research and analytical testing operations into a single location on the corporate campus. Several alternatives were examined and the preferred option was selected for execution as a cost-effective fit-out project within a recently constructed bui
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> | Lakewest Condominiums Lakewest is a three building condominium project located on prime property along the shores of Lake Union. The project was originally built in the early 1980’s and was experiencing a number of water intrusion issues due to the high wind driven rain exposure over the years.
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> | Landfill Cell Coverage and Drainage Improvements The BFI MSW Class II Landfill is located just south of the Calgary AB city limits. The existing facility manages non-volatile municipal waste from the Calgary area.
The design of the landfill included stormwater ditches, culverts and sediment ponds, together with erosion control measures to extend
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> | Leisure Center Energy Upgrade This salt water swimming pool facility is a popular destination in the City of Edmonton AB. Upgrades were undertaken to reduce energy consumption, resulting in cost savings and reduced greenhouse gas emissions.
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> | Light Rail Pilot Project Design Build OC Transpo has introduced Light Rail Transit (LRT) to the Ottawa ON area through this exciting pilot project. Using the existing CP Rail right of way, the service involves five new LRT stations located along the 8 km of track (from Greenboro Station in the south to Bayview Station in the north). B
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> | Lincoln Square Design Review, Window Wall System Morrison Hershfield provided building envelope expertise to carry out design review of the window wall system for this 1.4 million sq ft hotel/residential tower in downtown Bellevue, WA. It includes retail, residential, hotel and entertainment components, as well as 27 floors of office space. The
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> | Liquid Gas Distribution Center Rapid expansion of the oil industry within the Edmonton area resulted in the existing Air Liquide Distribution Center not having the capacity to accommodate current and potential business activity. Morrison Hershfield was retained to act as their engineering consultant for the design and project ma
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> | Long Range Renewals Planning for Multiple Building Portfolios Morrison Hershfield has become one of the leaders in the Facilities Management Consulting field by providing owners with guidance on how to best provide the link between good technical information regarding the condition of facilities and the financial planning tools to manage and present this infor
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> | Lynda Lane/Smyth Road Environmental Assessment Study Through their Traffic Control Signal Program, The City of Ottawa ON identified that the Lynda Lane and Smyth Road intersection met the warrant for traffic signalization. Subsequent to completion of a conceptual design for realignment, the Lynda Lane/Smyth Road Environmental Assessment Study was ini
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> | Lynx Ridge Golf Course Morrison Hershfield provided project management to the construction of a 180-stall parking lot for the Lynx Ridge Golf Course Clubhouse in Calgary AB.
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> | Magna Arts and Education Building Morrison Hershfield is providing specialized expertise to the design and construction team with respect to LEED, the building envelope, and building code consulting for the Magna Arts and Education Building. Our LEED facilitation services include energy modeling and commissioning (Fundamental and Be
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> | Management of Data Center Migration Computer equipment from two existing data centers were moved into a newly constructed 5,000 sf data center for a hospital. Morrison Hershfield provided project management and ICT services to the hospital’s information management and information systems staff.
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> | Masonry Review for High School Morrison Hershfield was contacted to review the masonry after a concrete window sill block fell from the wall of Western Canada High School in Alberta. The initial visit was followed up with the complete review of the exterior masonry on this historic building. The resulting report provided recomm
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> | Milk Silo Foundation Due to increased demand, Saputo needed to install an additional milk silo at their Burnaby BC plant, which was originally known as Dairyland Foods. We took the project proposal through the City of Burnaby’s Board of Variance and secured the approval to proceed.
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> | Mill Site Development Morrison Hershfield was commissioned to assist Tolko Industries Ltd. in the selection of a site for a new oriented strand board (OSB) facility in Slave Lake Alberta. Tolko provided the critical parameters required for the site location and Morrison Hershfield identified potential locations. The lo
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> | Moisture Load Assessment and Repairs Morrison Hershfield was able to focus quickly and directly on the primary causes of moisture problems in this landmark structure. Options to address these problems using good building science principles were developed and an inexpensive and aesthetic repair strategy to assist with its long-term pre
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> | Montere Condominiums Montere is a 61-unit community on a hillside overlooking serene Lake Sammamish. Morrison Hershfield worked with homeowners to resolve structural deficiencies while also improving other exterior aspects of the residences.
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> | Mountaintop Tower Morrison Hershfield was engaged to provide structural, civil, and electrical engineering services for a 1.35 MW wind turbine located in British Columbia.
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> | Multi-Modal Traveller Information and Pre-Trip Planning Tool This project involved the development of a web-enabled travel time comparison tool to provide travellers within the Greater Toronto Area with the ability to compare in-vehicle travel times on the commuter train network and freeway network. The tool is considered to be an important first step in de
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> | Multiple Ice Pads Arena Facilities These three year-round operated, multiple ice pad arena facilities all suffered from water accumulation in the roof system above the rink surfaces. Condensation had been accumulating within the ceiling space since construction, and water drops from the ceiling space had been affecting the ice surfa
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> | Municipal Emergency Plan The approach taken on the Municipal Emergency Plan included an upgraded format so that the document was user-friendly and flowed, as would the actions required to manage an emergency event.
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> | Municipal Solid Waste Reclamation - Sports Facility and Stormwater Management Design On behalf of BFI Canada, Morrison Hershfield was responsible for converting flooded land into land suitable for habitation by a community sports facility in Calgary, AB. By accommodating natural and physical materials from the land in the project’s construction design methods, we were able to creat
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> | Muskoka Aquatic Habitat Peer Review Morrison Hershfield was retained by the District of Muskoka ON to manage and conduct a peer review of aquatic ecosystems studies prepared in support of shoreline development on a key District lake system.
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> | National Network Expansion This major network build by Morrison Hershfield involved a main 13,000 sf central office and data switch and 2,000 sf remote switches in a further twenty markets.
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> | Nevis Power Station Redevelopment Morrison Hershfield, with Magna IV Engineering Limited acting as an electrical engineering sub-consultant, provided consulting engineering services for the design of an $8.0 M redevelopment of the power station in Nevis.
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> | New Outside Plant Infrastructure Morrison Hershfield was responsible for implementing the design, approvals and construction for the three carriers involved in this joint build infrastructure project.
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> | New Parking Garage and Bookstore Complex The Ryerson University Campus, in downtown Toronto, needed additional staff and student parking and a new bookstore. The site available for development was an existing surface parking lot, which was underlaid by debris from demolished buildings and was bounded by streets on three sides and an alley
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> | New Terminal Construction, Macdonald-Cartier International Airport The Ottawa International Airport was substantially renovated and expanded in 2002 and 2003, including the construction of a new airport terminal building and new parking structure, with associated groundside and airside surface improvements. The complex and multi-layered exterior building envelope
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> | New Westminster Pedestrian/Bicycle Overpass This pedestrian/bicycle overpass is over one of the busier thoroughfares in New Westminster BC. It provides safe crossing for Glenbrook Middle School students and nearby residents to the open play field and Canada Games Pool. Morrison Hershfield was awarded the Canadian Institute of Steel Construc
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> | Niagara Tunnel Intake Works Morrison Hershfield received the 2008 Canadian Consulting Engineering Award of Excellence in the Water Resources and Energy Production Category for our work on the Niagara tunnel intake works project. A system of huge precast walls build deep under water were designed for the intake to a tunnel for
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> | Northridge Feedermain Feasibility Study The Northridge feedermain project is an extension of the existing water system to the northern limit of the City of Calgary AB to provide water for future development areas north of the Panorama Hills subdivision.
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> | Offshore Structures in Lake Ontario
Toronto Hydro is considering locating a 200 megawatt wind farm off the Scarborough Bluffs in Lake Ontario as an environmentally friendly way to help meet the growing electricity needs of the city. To determine if the site is a suitable location that provides appropriate wind speeds, a tower neede
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> | Oil Sands Plant Safety Consulting The expertise in industrial plant fire risk assessment and emergency fire operations that we provided at another major oilsands plant was a significant factor in Canadian Natural Resources Limited (CNRL) decision to retain our services for their Horizon plant.
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> | Oilsands Bitumen Extraction and Upgrader As part of an engineering team, Morrison Hershfield was retained by PCOSI to prepare a Design Brief Memorandum (DBM) for the Infrastructure and Facilities portion of the proposed development of the Fort Hills Oil Sands Project. The project involves two sites, the bitumen extraction plant at the mine
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> | Ontario Emergency Management Centre The new facility accommodates Emergency Management Ontario, the Provincial Emergency Operation Centre and Public Safety Canada and was designed as a post disaster facility with regular capacity for 80 staff, but the ability to hold up to 170 people during an emergency.
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> | Ontario Fire Code Part 4 Audit Flammable and Combustible Liquids
The client was provided with a timely and detailed report outlining existing conditions at each facility as it pertained to Part 4. The report identified any existing deficiencies and outlined remedial work and upgrades necessary to comply with the requirements of the Ontario Fire Code.
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> | OPP Facilities Modernization Project This Innovative AFP project is the Province of Ontario’s first multi-site Design-Build Finance and Maintain project in social infrastructure. This delivery model was utilized for new police facilities in sixteen communities across the province by the Ontario Ministry of Community Safety and Correct
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> | Oriented Strand Board Mill Morrison Hershfield was commissioned to assist Tolko Industries Ltd. in the selection of a site for a new oriented strand board (OSB) facility in Athabasca. Tolko provided the critical parameters required for the site location and Morrison Hershfield identified potential locations. The locations w
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> | OSB Mill Site Development At the request of Canfor-LP OSB Limited Partnership, proposed site layout and site development concepts for an OSB mill in British Columbia were reviewed. Based on the review, a site visit and meetings with the project team, two alternative layout concepts were prepared along with capital cost estim
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> | OSB Mill Water Supply System Ongoing water supply and quality concerns at the Ainsworth Lumber Grand Prairie, Alberta OSB Mill were resolved through the construction of a new water supply system from a lake three kilometres away.
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> | Oswego Village Townhomes
The Oswego Village Townhomes consists of 39 3-story residential units housed within seven multiplex wood-framed buildings in Lake Oswego, OR. The buildings have a variety of lapped cedar siding, lapped cedar shingles, cedar panels, stack bonded brick and wood trims. After reaching a construction
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> | P3 School Site Investigations Site investigations were performed for six proposed public schools and three proposed catholic schools in the Edmonton area for Alberta Infrastructure. We provided key background information in a consolidated format for each school site, and distributed reports to shortlisted proponent teams as bac
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> | Park Square Condominiums Park Square Condominiums is a 1970's vintage building in the heart of Kirkland, WA. Morrison Hershfield began with a building envelope assessment and was then retained to complete the design and construction documentation for the project.
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> | Parkade Restoration and Post-Tensioned Cable Repairs Riverside Tower I parkade is a six-level, post-tensioned concrete structure with three levels at or above grade and three levels below grade. A review of the parkade identified areas of delaminated concrete and several tension deficient post-tensioned cables. We performed a review, identifying the
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> | Parking Structure Slab Replacement
Morrison Hershfield’s condition survey provided a rational analysis of the probability for future deterioration (based on chloride content and corrosion potentials) and enabled the condominium to make an informed decision regarding the most cost-effective long-term repair strategy. The $1.3 mill
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> | Parkway Cost Benefit Assessment This Morrison Hershfield project involved undertaking a cost/benefit analysis to assess the “merit” and “relative attractiveness” of a number of alternatives associated with the implementation of a ten kilometer long, 4-lane parkway in the City of Peterborough ON. The economic analysis framework co
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> | Pedestrian and Cyclist Activity Monitoring Study It is important to monitor walking and cycling activity to gauge progress and assess the effectiveness of programs aimed at encouraging non-motorized travel. The Official Plan for the City of Ottawa ON endorses sustainable development principles in support of walking and cycling. While origin-dest
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> | Phase I Environmental Site Assessment for Police College Phase I Environmental Site Assessment was conducted for the Ontario Police College (Aylmer, Ontario). The goal was to ascertain the potential of contamination at the site (i.e., recognize the environmental conditions). This included the presence or likely presence of any hazardous substances or petr
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> | Plywood Plant Firewater Pump Station The West Fraser Mills Alberta Plywood Plant in Edmonton was not getting sufficient water pressure from the City’s distribution system to properly operate their sprinkler and deluge fire suppression systems. This was becoming critical to the safe operation of the plant particularly in the areas arou
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> | Police Headquarters Fire Alarm System Replacement This fire alarm system replacement project was for a large building with high security requirements and procedures. Additionally, this General Headquarters Building operates on a 24 hour, seven-day a week basis. All stakeholders (including the building owner, the tenant, the building managerand the
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> | Pool Renovations The main mechanical components at this facility had outlived their life expectancy and required replacement.
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> | Primary Lift Stations Morrison Hershfield was engaged by the Municipal District of Rocky View in Alberta to provide the pre-design, detailed design and construction management of four major underground concrete lift stations.
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> | Primer on Transportation and Air Quality Decisions made by all levels of government in relation to the transportation system have the effect of shaping the social, economic and environmental fabric of our cities. Morrison Hershfield was retained by the Air Health Effects Division of Health Canada to develop a background report on transpor
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> | Pro Bono Participation at LEED® Gold Bertschi School The Bertschi School is an independent school in the Capitol Hill area of Seattle, WA. In 2007, the school completed construction on its main building, The Bertschi Center. It is the first school in Washington State to have an elementary classroom building awarded LEED Gold certification. Morrison H
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> | Process Water Feasibility Study for Industrial Land Strathcona County and Sturgeon County are home to the Alberta Industrial Heartland, an area encompassing approximately 200 square kilometres of prime heavy industrial zoned land. The area has the potential to contain upwards of 19 heavy upgrader plants, petrochemical, and chemical facilities. The
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> | Public Library Environmental Impact Statement An Environmental Impact Study on a preferred site selected for the construction of a new library to replace the present Oak Ridges Moraine Library was conducted for the Town of Richmond Hill ON. The current library’s location and size made it unable to respond to the needs of the Town’s growing pop
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> | Public Utility Building Facilities Over a ten year period Morrison Hershfield provided AltaGas Utilities Inc. with a variety of engineering services for the design and construction of several new and renovated facilities. The services provided encompassed structural, mechanical and electrical engineering. The scope included conceptu
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> | Pulp Warehouse Project Weyerhaeuser Canada commissioned Morrison Hershfield to develop an effective solution for providing additional storage at their Grande Prairie plant.
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> | Pyramid Lake Resort An integrity inspection of the water, storm and sanitary services on the Pyramid Lake property was undertaken by Morrison Hershfield as part of a due diligence investigation, preliminary to the transfer of ownership of the resort.
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> | Queen Elizabeth Way Widening The Queen Elizabeth Way (QEW) is a major highway in Southwestern Ontario. This high-profile $153 million project will widen the QEW to a 6-lane freeway through St. Catharines. Construction will occur from spring 2007 through to completion in summer 2011. This is the largest design assignment eve
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> | Rail Corridor Service Expansion Morrison Hershfield conducted a rail service expansion environmental assessment and developed the preliminary design for GO Transit’s Milton corridor service in Ontario.
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> | Rainforest Exhibit, Ontario Science Centre The Rainforest Exhibit at the Ontario Science Centre houses South American plants and animals in an 100% relative humidity environment. The walls of the exhibit are pre-cast concrete panels secured to the main structure and the roof consists of a greenhouse-type skylight structure.
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> | Recycled Water Plan, Design and Development Morrison Hershfield was retained to develop a concept plan and complete the preliminary engineering for establishing a recycled water distribution system to service industrial customers in the Strathcona Industrial Area in Alberta. The project was undertaken for Strathcona County, the City of Edmon
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> | Refinery Firewater System Evaluation The 130,000 barrel-per-day Petro-Canada refinery east of Edmonton AB is an integral part of the long-term oil sands development. It will ultimately refine 170,000 barrels per day of bitumen. A change of risk is centered on the increase in exposure by adding additional infrastructure within the cur
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> | Regional Co-Composting Facility Morrison Hershfield as part of a team of engineers provided engineering services for the design and construction of a new state-of-the-art $100 million regional co-composting facility that was the largest of its kind in North America. The Edmonton AB region facility has the capacity to process appr
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> | Regional Offices for a Wireless Service Provider This renovation of a 15,200 sf, single storey industrial office building required the complete demolition of all existing facilities within the building. The project involved a 2,800 sf switch, a 12,000 sf interior second story addition, the network operations center and office space.
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> | Rehabilitation of 20 Story Concrete Framed Building The Sandpiper is a 20-storey, concrete framed building located in the heart of downtown Vancouver. Constructed in 1977, the building required extensive rehabilitation. Morrison Hershfield provided investigation, building science, architectural, structural and construction review services and prepa
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> | Rehabilitation of Three Wood Frame Residential Buildings The Boardwalk, constructed in the early 1990s, consists of three 5-story wood frame residential buildings supported by a 1-story, below grade, concrete parking garage. The rehabilitation, based on a condition assessment of the building, is valued at over $3.5 million.
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> | Renewal of Operating Permit Morrison Hershfield was commissioned to conduct a series of compliance, amendment, renewal and expansion applications for Ainsworth Lumber Co. Ltd. for their Grande Prairie Oriented Strand board (OSB) wood processing plant.
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> | Reserve Fund Study for Early 1900s Office Building The Hudson Condominium is an early 1900s office building that was converted to loft style condominiums in 1994. At the time of the conversion, a two-level concrete parkade was added to the complex. The revised Alberta Condominium Property Act required that all condominium corporations complete a R
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> | Reserve Fund Study for High Rise Condominium Morrison Hershfield's experienced multidisciplinary team reviewed the varied components of this high rise condominium complex. Based on the review, life expectancies were estimated based on the condition of the component, not just the industry-recognized life span. This provided Westmount Place w
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> | Reserve Fund Study for Homeowners Association The Rocky Ridge Ranch Homeowners Association is responsible for the maintenance and repair of the Rocky Ridge Ranch community facilities. These facilities include a Community Hall, wading pool/skating rink, tennis courts, playground equipment, pathways, and other landscaping items. The completed
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> | Residential Building Water Penetration Investigation This 19 storey condominium, The Liberties, has suffered a number of isolated individual water leaks, each one being unique in its cause and cure. The remedial work to the walls and roof was at an estimated cost of $50,000. Mid-height terraces were diagnosed with two distinct leakage sources and bo
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> | Residential Subdivision Environmental Impact Statement An Environmental Impact Statement (EIS) was completed for a residential development located on Snively Street in the North Urban Development Area of the Town of Richmond Hill ON. The area is fully encompassed by Official Plan Amendment No. 129 for the Town, fully situated within the Oak Ridges Mora
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> | Rideau Valley Conservation Authority Head Office The Rideau Valley Conservation Authority (RVCA) is a local environmental agency established to provide protection and water resource management on a watershed basis. The owner wished to pursue robust sustainable design goals for the building and the project site.
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> | Risk and Operational Readiness Assessment Fire is recognized as major risk to nuclear power plants and has the potential to directly affect nuclear safety. The occurrence of fires in a number of nuclear facilities in recent years has raised the awareness of this risk.
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> | Road Access at Lester B. Pearson International Airport The Greater Toronto Airport Authority (GTAA) required new road access to meet the needs of travellers and workers at Canada's busiest airport. By the year 2020, the number of travellers expected to pass through the Lester B. Pearson International Airport's gates is 50 million annually.
This assign
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> | Road Corridor Assessment of Opportunities and Operations The section of Walkley Road between Russell Road and Highway 417 in Ottawa ON regularly experiences traffic congestion. In the long-term, infrastructure expansion in the adjacent network is expected to reduce travel demand along the corridor, improving traffic flow. However, in the interim, locali
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> | Robinson Place Office Building Robinson Place is a large Ontario Realty Corporation landmark office building excelling in environmentally responsible operations and maintenance activities. Platinum level certification is being applied for under the LEED EB:O&M (Leadership in Energy and Environmental Design-Existing Buildings
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> | Rouge River Thermal Trench We actively engage in the development of experimental mitigation measures to continually offer our clients innovative and cost-effective measures to comply with regulatory requirements. Experimental measures are routinely subject to a monitoring program to assess the effectiveness of the measures a
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> | SAIT Trades and Technology Complex Morrison Hershfield is known for our multi-disciplinary approach to complex, comprehensive site development projects. The Southern Alberta Institute of Technology (SAIT) hired us to provide engineering consulting services for their $300M expansion of their Trades and Technology Complex.
For this a
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> | Sammamish Waterway Condominiums Sammamish Waterway is a six building condominium project located next to a municipal park and nature trail in Redmond, WA. The project was originally built in the early 1980’s and was experiencing a number of water intrusion issues.
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> | School Zone Traffic Safety Policy Development The City of Ottawa ON initiated a study to assist in developing a detailed policy document for the successful implementation of an Adult School Crossing Guard Program and a School Zone Traffic Safety Program. This Morrison Hershfield project included consideration of a number of topics relevant to
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> | Scugog River Bridge The Ministry of Transportation Ontario retained us to undertake the detail design for the rehabilitation and widening the Scugog River Bridge. This bridge is located in the City of Kawartha Lakes along Highway 7.
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> | Selective Wall Rehabilitation on Seven Schools Morrison Hershfield’s multi-faceted team approach allowed this project to proceed with full participation of the school board and minimum disruption to school activities. Morrison Hershfield’s construction management team completed this project while some of the schools were in session, with little
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> | Sensitive Upgrade of Historic Roof and Wall Assemblies In 1949, the Supreme Court of Canada became Canada’s highest court of appeal. Located in Ottawa, ON, it is a designated Heritage Building erected during World War II. It houses three courts that are open to the public. A project was undertaken to correct the cause and consequence of water damage
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> | Shaganappi Point Golf Course On-Site Disposal of Mercury Contaminated Greens Morrison Hershfield oversaw the excavation, transport and on-site entombment of high mercury content soils from the greens and the parking lot storm sewer system at Shaganappi Point Golf Course in southwest Calgary AB.
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> | Shaganappi Point Golf Course Phase III Supervision Morrison Hershfield was retained to supervise the third phase of a multi-million dollar renovation program at the Shaganappi Point Golf Course in southwest Calgary AB.
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> | Simcoe Street Extension The south end of Simcoe Street in downtown Toronto ON ended on the north side of the rail corridor adjacent to the Convention Centre. This project involved extending Simcoe Street to the waterfront development by a new 60m structure underneath the existing rail corridor. The new structure would c
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> | Sludge Forcemain Twinning from a Wastewater Treatment Plant to Lagoons Morrison Hershfield provided conceptual design services to investigate the possible routes between Bonnybrook and Shepard lagoons for a new sludge forcemain from the Bonnybrook wastewater treatment plant to the existing sludge lagoons at Shepard AB.
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> | Sludge Line Twinning and In Plant Piping and River Crossing for a Wastewater Treatment Plant Morrison Hershfield Limited was retained by the City of Edmonton to determine, construct, and implement an optimum sludge line route from the Gold Bar Wastewater Treatment Plant to the Clover Bar Sewage Lagoons.
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> | Social Sciences Building and Vanier Wing The Social Sciences Building and Vanier Wing is part of the University of Ottawa. Phase 1 of this project features the renovation of a 1950s-era L-block of classrooms and offices. Phase 2 features the construction of a new 16-storey tower.
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> | South Facade Restoration, Centre Block, Parliament Hill The restoration work on this significant heritage building involved work to the windows and copper roofing. Careful attention to detail and good record keeping were essential to maintaining the aesthetic of this building. Through highly intensive building envelope design, Morrison Hershfield was a
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> | Southeast Transitway Stage II The Southeast Transitway is part of the initial 30 kilometer busway system built in Ottawa-Carleton ON. This particular section of transitway (between the Riverside Hospital and Bank Street) was built within an existing railway corridor and involved rail and major utility relocations, significant s
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> | Southern Ontario Airport Assessment Study This study was initiated by Transport Canada in an effort to develop air travel demand forecasts, identify capacity deficiencies in the regional network of airports serving Southern Ontario, and assess the relative attractiveness of air transportation against competing modes, including road and rail
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> | Speargrass Golf Course Morrison Hershfield was retained by Goodbrand International Inc. as Project Manager and Planning and Engineering Consultant for the development of the Speargrass site - a championship golf course and residential community just outside of Calgary AB. Morrison Hershfield’s role was to provide plannin
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> | Speed Skating Oval Envelope Consulting Morrison Hershfield was the envelope consultant with Cannon Design for the innovative speed skating oval in Richmond, BC. It was the third largest building of its type in the world at the time of completion.
The $155 million facility uses innovative cladding materials such as polycarbonate cladd
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> | Spring Lake Ranch Estates Spring Lake Ranch Estates is a prestigious residential development West of Edmonton AB. This community is built around an array of tranquil lakes. It is a 61-acre low-density residential development. A major component is stormwater management as the development is located nearby existing water po
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> | Standby Diesel Generator Installation for Data Center The Ministry of Government Services, through its iSERV Ontario branch, provides the infrastructure on which IT services are delivered to the Ontario Provincial Government. Morrison Hershfield produced detailed design of a 2 MW generator at this facility which provided iSERV with complete redundancy
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> | Strategic Plan for Fire and Life Safety Upgrades
Morrison Hershfield personnel have an in-depth of knowledge in safety codes and standards and the ability to interpret the requirements for non-traditional structures to provide sound and innovative solutions. Morrison Hershfield developed a strategic plan for fire and life safety upgrades specif
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> | Structural Engineering for Television News Studio We provided structural engineering services to Global Television on several projects, taking on the full structural engineering design responsibility and design coordination with specialty consultants. During construction, we carried out construction administration activities for Global including s
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> | Structural Feasibility and Design for Transit Control Center A primary goal of the Toronto Transit Commission (TTC) is to maintain high levels of service, quality and safety for the users of their subway and surface rail transit lines. To achieve this, TTC identified the need for a new facility in which they could employ the best modern technology to promote
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> | Structural Repair of Snow-Pack Damaged Transmission Towers British Columbia received a record snowfall during 1999 and dozens of transmission towers were badly damaged jeopardizing service. Morrison Hershfield was contracted by the client to design permanent repairs to several towers with fractured tower legs and other critical members.
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> | Sturgeon Emergency Services Master Plan Morrison Hershfield developed an action plan to aid the municipalities of Sturgeon, Bon Accord, Gibbons, Legal, Morinville & Redwater AB provide an efficient, cost-effective, high level of fire and ambulance service to its citizens.
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> | Sturgeon Upgrader Buildings The Infrastructure Buildings South portion of the Fort Hills oilsands project involved the design and construction of the "non-process" buildings and the associated site work at the Sturgeon Upgrader site. These buildings included those facilities that will house the administration offic
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> | Switching Center for a Fortune 100™ Company Morrison Hershfield provided a Fortune 100™ company with engineering services and construction management for a switching center project in Sunnyvale, CA.
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> | Teamway Design Build Project at Historical Union Station Over 160,000 passengers pass through Union Station in Toronto ON each work day; more than 63 million passengers each year. This project was completed as GO Transit’s first-ever design build contract, under the review of GO Transit’s program management consultant. All work took place within a circa
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> | Technical Audits, Renewals Planning and Building Envelope Rehabilitation Completion of the detailed building audits allowed prioritization of remedial requirements, and a systematic planning of construction projects as budgets permitted.
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> | Telecommunications Infrastructure for an Industrial Site Development The key telecommunications components for this large-scale industrial site development project included a looped optical fiber plant, wireless connectivity, voice mobile radio network, structured cable plants and mission critical facilities (data centers).
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> | Telecommunications Infrastructure for Two Fort Hills Oil Sands Sites Morrison Hershfield was retained by Petro-Canada as an agency EPC contractor for the infrastructure telecommunications silo for both the Fort Hills mine and Sturgeon Upgrader. This is the first known instance of a stand-alone telecommunications silo with full project services including project cont
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> | Tenant Improvement Project for a Large National Wireless Carrier With the cost of office space increasing yearly, companies must create new and innovate ways to provide space for employees, equipment and products and remain profitable. Morrison Hershfield assisted a client with a total remodel of 18,000 sf of switch space, to change the space to office space.
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> | The Juniper Roof Replacement The Juniper, formerly known as the Timberline Inn, is a completely renovated hotel located in Banff National Park. The roofs on the buildings were experiencing widespread problems, including drainage problems and had exceeded their intended service life. Decore Hotels wished to undertake a roof rep
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> | Thin Film Solar Generation Plant In keeping with the City of Toronto’s green initiative, as part of the re-roofing project at F.J. Horgan Water Treatment Plant, Morrison Hershfield designed a 100 kW thin-film solar generation plant to be installed on the facility’s Filter Building.
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> | Total Facilities Management Program Morrison Hershfield assisted in the identification of a Total Facilities Management Program (TFMP) in an effort to re-focus recent organizational changes to Mount Allison University (MAU) Facilities Management and their Strategic Plan for Facilities Management. A TFMP is critical to:
Better mana
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> | Tower Co-Locates Being one of the main tower engineering firms in North America, Morrison Hershfield has information on a large number of broadcast, wireline and wireless towers, allowing quick turnaround time of analysis and mount design.
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> | Town Hall Relocation The historic Caledon Town Hall building had to be relocated to allow for the widening of Highway 10 in the Town of Caledon, ON. Unique challenges arose during construction that required creative solutions and close coordination with the contractor in order to allow the work to proceed without delay
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> | Town Storm Drainage System Morrison Hershfield was commissioned to study the existing stormwater drainage system, which serviced the centre and business section of the Town of Wainwright AB. The existing system was undersized, causing frequent flooding during the summer months. The study recommended a complete rehabilitatio
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> | Traffic Study and Official Plan Amendment The City of Brockville ON approved an Official Plan Amendment to permit the development of a commercial Power Centre fronting on Parkedale Avenue in the John G. Broome Business Park. To determine the implications of this amendment, a traffic impact assessment was commissioned to establish the amoun
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> | Training Center Kitchen Upgrade Located in the foothills of the Rocky Mountains, the Hinton Training Center has a key role in ensuring the sustainability of natural resources. The Center provides training to forest and land managers and fire supression personnel.
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> | Trans Canada Highway Rehabilitation This project included the pavement rehabilitation of the Trans Canada Highway (Highway 1:16 and 1:18) between Bassano and Brooks AB. The existing roadway surface exhibited significant distress with major transverse cracks. Significant pre-overlay repairs were required.
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> | Transit Priority Feasibility Study The City of Ottawa ON commissioned a study to investigate alternative concepts, high-level technical feasibility, potential impacts, and approximate costs of implementing transit priority measures on Carling Avenue between Richmond Road and the Lincoln Fields Transitway Station access east of the Ot
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> | Transit System Detailed Design/Build Environmental Management Planning
The new official plan for the City of Toronto ON recommends implementing transit services in exclusive rights-of-way in a number of “higher-order transit corridors”. The Toronto Transit Commission (TTC) and the City completed a detailed study to find the best way of providing a much faster connec
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> | Twenty Year University Master Plan for Mechanical/Electrical Systems As part of its Twenty Year Master Plan, Queen's University engaged the services of Morrison Hershfield to develop and implement a campus-wide program for full mechanical and electrical systems maintenance and capital renewals.
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> | Underground Pipe Fire Protection System Upgrades Morrison Hershfield provided Nova Chemicals with expertise in the replacement of the south loop of the fire water system at the Nova Chemicals Joffre Site. The existing firewater system was reviewed and an upgrade was developed for the south side of the facility to provide sufficient pressure and
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> | University Buildings Complex The Queen's Center at Queen's University incorporates four separate buildings into one complex: the Varsity Building, Arena Building, Natatorium Building and Student Union Building. These will be the first LEED-certified buildings on the Queen's campus. LEED Silver is being pursued as a minimum.
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> | University Campus Master Plan Morrison Hershfield was retained by the University of Calgary as part of the Sasaki Associates Inc. team to provide transportation planning and traffic engineering services related to the development of the West Campus Lands. The University planned to expand the student population by 7,000 people w
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> | University Renewals Planning Morrison Hershfield has extensive experience with major educational institution facilities management planning, and considerable extensive experience in management of data from multi-system building information audits.
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> | Upgrader Water and Wastewater Development Fort Hills is one of the largest remaining undeveloped oil sands leases in the Athabasca region north of Fort McMurray AB. Morrison Hershfield, along with another consulting firm, combined to prepare a Design Brief Memorandum (DBM) for PCOSI.
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> | Utikuma Lake Collector Road This project, undertaken for the Whitefish Lake Indian Band, involved two kilometres of gravel surface road and a 15m bridge across the Utikuma River. Due to adverse soil conditions, the road was constructed using tensar geotechnical grid reinforcement. For the bridge, Morrison Hershfield designed
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> | Utilities Level Fire Separation Study The Calgary Airport Authority required the identification of the fire separations in the Utilities Level of the Calgary International Airport. The Utilities Level is a consolidation of the basements of the five main buildings (the Terminal, the Airport Corporate Center, the Parkade, the Service Bui
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> | Vanderwell Sawmill Site Improvements For a number of years the operation at Vanderwell’s Mitsue Lake Sawmill was hindered by poor site conditions for storing logs and moving logs to the sawmill. Morrison Hershfield was commissioned to review alternatives and prepare a conceptual design for gantry crane trackage, overall log yard and g
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> | Veneer Plant Improvements As overall project coordinator, Morrison Hershfield provided project management and control for the West Fraser Mills Limited site improvements at the Alberta Plywood Slave Lake veneer plant.
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> | Veneer Plant Site Improvements Morrison Hershfield has provided engineering services to West Fraser Mills/Alberta Plywood for over ten years updating site facilities. These services include studying the log and lumber handling on site, civil site development of roads, log decks, lumber yards, fire protection systems, scaling fac
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> | Verification of a Bank’s Greenhouse Gas Inventory GHG verification was undertaken for the Bank of Montreal (BMO) world-wide corporate carbon footprint for reporting to the Carbon Disclosure Project for the previous two reporting years.
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> | Vertical Arrivals – Departures Passenger Transportation Upgrade In an airport, escalators and elevators provide for travelers with added convenience and allow for increased efficiency in airport operations. This project produced a detailed preliminary engineering design report for improving the central vertical transportation system at The Edmonton Internationa
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> | Victoria Memorial Museum Building We were hired by the design team and the Canadian Museum of Nature as Code consultants for the expansion and complete redevelopment of this national heritage building in Ottawa.
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> | Village at West Park The Village at West Park Condominiums consists of 49 three-story residential units housed within 11 multiplex wood frame buildings.
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> | Wagon Wheel Industrial Park Avenue Commercial retained Morrison Hershfield as prime consultant on the 320 acre Wagon Wheel Industrial Park development. The park is an industrial/commercial land development project located in East Balzac AB. Morrison Hershfield is responsible for delivering water and sewer services via a was
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> | Wall Rehabilitation for Secondary School and Community Centre The design package prepared by Morrison Hershsfield provided an appropriate, cost-effective scope of work with improved details to prevent future occurrences of water ingress, ensuring maximum life of the structure and safety for the occupants.
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> | Wasaga Beach Residential Development Environmental Impact Statement An Environmental Impact Statement (EIS) was completed for a residential subdivision development proposal in the Town of Wasaga Beach ON. The areas being developed by the proponent were subject to site planning approval and a requirement to assess impact of development on the natural and social envi
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> | Waste to Energy Technology Review and Pre-Feasibility Study Yukon Energy Corporation considered a waste to energy option to provide a consistent source of electricity. This energy supply would augment their current electricity supply and displace fossil fuel-derived electricity from diesel generators operated during high demand periods. The City of Whiteho
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> | Wastewater Treatment Plant Design Morrison Hershfield and its partner, Sim-Flo Systems have been retained by the Municipal District of Rocky View and Rocky View Water Utilities Corp. to provide detailed design, tendering and construction management services for the $15M expansion of the Langdon Wastewater Treatment Plant in Langdon,
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> | Wastewater Utilities Network Morrison Hershfield was retained to provide pre-design, detailed design, progressive tendering, and construction management for the $35M Phase One East Rocky View Regional Wastewater Utilities Network.
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> | Water and Wastewater Design/Build/Finance/Operate Morrison Hershfield teamed up with Terasen Utility Services Inc. and the Municipal District of Rocky View on a Public Private Partnership (P3) initiative to provide storm, sanitary and water services to a projected 25,000 lots over the next 20 years in the Springbank area west of Calgary AB.
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> | Water and Wastewater Master Plans The Municipal District of Rocky View No. 44 required master plans to research and identify infrastructure issues and technical options for the Springbank area, located west of the City of Calgary AB.
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> | Water Treatment Plant Chlorine System Recommendations were provided to the City of Edmonton, Alberta, on modifying the chlorine system at the 330 MLD Rossdale Plant.
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> | Water Treatment Plant Condensation Remediation It had been reported that severe condensation problems in the Toronto Island Water Treatment Plant had led to moisture damage and mold growth in areas of the facility, and retrofits were required. We provided peer review services to the City of Toronto to evaluate the proposed retrofit design so as
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> | Water Utilities Network Morrison Hershfield was retained to provide the pre-design for the $50M Phase One, East Rocky View Regional Water Utilities Network.
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> | West Nile Virus Monitoring Surveillance Program Morrison Hershfield has been retained by the Ontario Ministry of Transportation to design and conduct an annual work program for the surveillance and treatment of mosquitoes throughout the Ministry’s highway facilities. The annual program is divided into three phases; surveillance, larviciding and
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> | West Pointe Residential Community Development West Pointe is a residential community located within the Town of Cochrane AB, offering single family residences with incredible mountain views, and panoramic vistas of the scenic Bow River valley.
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> | Wintergreen Family Resort Subdivision Wintergreen Family Resort Residential Subdivision is a country residential development located within the Wintergreen Golf and Ski Resort near Bragg Creek (southwest of Calgary AB). Morrison Hershfield was retained by The Resorts of the Rockies to provide design and construction supervision services
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> | Wireless Site Deployment Whether you are an investment banker making million dollar deals or a construction manager on a job site, it is critically important for today’s professional to stay connected no matter where they are. With this need in mind, Morrison Hershfield completed a major network deployment project for a wi
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> | Wireless Voice and Data Roadmap The objective of the project was to develop a wireless technology road map for a metropolitan police service. The road map sets out and justifies the directions and costs to acquire and implement wireless services over a five-year framework.
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