Structural Engineering
Structural SteelReinforced ConcreteEngineered MasonryWood and TimberSeismic ReinforcementBlast ResistanceHeritage RetrofitVibration Control
GARRY J. ARMSTRONG LONG TERM CARE CENTRE
OTTAWA, ONTARIO
  • $26 M, 8 storey home for the aged
  • reinforced concrete flat slab and shear walls
  • foundations on bedrock below river level
  • 80 m2 balcony at each floor level
ÉCOLE CATHOLIQUE NOUVEAU REGARD
COCHRANE, ONTARIO
  • $12.6 M, 6,500 m² elementary/secondary school
  • oversize gymnasium and indoor track
  • wood frame, heavy timber and structural steel
  • fast-track design and construction management
NORTEL NETWORKS OPTICAL COMPONENTS FACILITY
KANATA, ONTARIO
  • $149 M, 34,000 m² office and manufacturing facility
  • piled foundations and structural slab on grade
  • structural steel superstructure
  • 250 psf floor loading with vibration control/isolation
  • hyper-fast-track design/construction
JUSTICE CANADA HEADQUARTERS
OTTAWA, ONTARIO
  • 7 storey, 30,000 m² heritage retrofit
  • friction damping seismic reinforcing
  • strategic floor removals
  • new skylight covered atria and “floating” boardrooms
  • custom window washing monorail
CANADIAN CHANCERY
NAIROBI, KENYA
  • 8,000 m² embassy
  • reinforced concrete frame and flat slab
  • curtainwall and rendered masonry envelope
  • design adapted to local materials and techniques

It is a given that a structural design must comprehensively address and accommodate all prescribed loads - this is a basic and inviolable requirement. Beyond this, we seek to formulate cost effective, carefully detailed and inherently constructable designs which frame and support the architectural vision.

CANADIAN CHANCERY
DAR-ES-SALAAM, TANZANIA
  • 2 storey, 2,000 m² embassy
  • reinforced concrete and structural steel
  • local hardwood roof deck
  • 1,000 m³ of hand batched concrete
  • entire structure erected without a crane
INCO SUPER STACK REINFORCEMENT
SUDBURY, ONTARIO
  • 1,250 ft. flue stack at Copper Cliff Smelter
  • $7.5 M investigation/reinforcement program
  • phased shoring/repair of steel flue liner and breeching
  • continuous deflection monitoring and alarm protocol
RAVENSVIEW WASTEWATER TREATMENT PLANT
KINGSTON, ONTARIO
  • $85 M expansion of wastewater treatment plant
  • reinforced concrete clarifier tanks
  • reinforced concrete effluent channels
  • reinforced concrete digesters with brick cladding
  • reinforced concrete Sludge Storage Building with precast T’s