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Building Envelope Services, Greenwich

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 panels.  Morrison Hershfield was retained to provide building envelope consulting services during the design and construction phases.  Two existing heritage structures were renovated as part of the complex, utilizing minimum intervention building envelope improvements in order to preserve original materials and aesthetics.

Morrison Hershfield was able to assist the owner in ensuring appropriate systems and materials were used to provide a low-risk building envelope.  Morrison Hershfield’s field review assisted the owner and architect in ensuring that the installation of the building envelope assemblies was in general accordance with the drawings, specifications, and good construction practice.

The wood moisture content monitoring provided insight into the drying capabilities of the wood framing both during and post construction.

Morrison Hershfield’s maintenance manual assisted the owner in ensuring design service life of the building envelope systems.

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