After 100 years of  providing technical instruction for the trades industry, SAIT identified the need  to expand their campus to better service their growing student population.  A challenge of this expansion is that SAIT is bounded in its entirety by existing development, thereby requiring any expansion to be a redevelopment of the existing campus.  As such, three buildings have been identified for demolition, and reconstruction to larger facilities in which to offer expanded classroom and laboratory space.

Morrison Hershfield is the prime civil consultant for the demolition of existing buildings, and the design of the Development Site Servicing Plans for the four new buildings, plus construction management services.  We are providing engineering recommendations with respect to the demolition of the buildings, and preparing engineering drawings detailing stormwater, wastewater and water servicing.  Additional engineering consulting services will be provided with respect to shoring design for the new building foundation excavation.

The existing buildings continue to provide classroom and laboratory services.  When demolished, those staff and students displaced will be relocated to temporary buildings located elsewhere on the campus.  Morrison Hershfield is preparing engineering drawings detailing stormwater, wastewater and water servicing to the temporary buildings.

Materials salvaged from the demolished buildings will be evaluated for re-use applicability, in support of a LEED-Silver accreditation.  Morrison Hershfield is responsible for ensuring every aspect of the servicing design satisfies LEED-Silver requirements and for identifying the potential for securing additional credits.

Specific aspects of the work include:

• Building placement recommendations ensuring fire access pursuant to the applicable building code
• Evaluation of existing water system to ensure fire coverage during demolition process
• Evaluation of pedestrian/traffic movements to maintain continuity of flow during demolition operations and ensure safety to pedestrians and motorists within campus and on the adjacent 16th Avenue NW (the Trans-Canada highway)
• Provide structural engineering services for the design of deep excavation shoring for the new buildings, as well as for protection of existing infrastructure located on the adjacent 16th Avenue N.W.
• Prepare engineering designs and drawings pertaining to the servicing of the new buildings with respect to water, wastewater and stormwater servicing.  Review engineering design, and provide recommendations for applicable LEED credits for stormwater re-use.
• Circulate engineering drawings to the City of Calgary's various business units for approval, thereby releasing the required development permits (DP) necessary for demolition and reconstruction.