Site Plan

The project falls under Part 3 Group C of the National Building code. The major challenge of the project was owner's requirement to fit 200 rental units in order to meet their revenue expectation, along with Underground Parkade for each building to meet city's parking area requirement. Failing to achieve that would have resulted in cancellation of design approval. But we were able to accommodate 202 units following appropriatr building codes and by-laws through mindful arrangement of corridor/common space and personal living space ratio.

Site Plan from Different Level

Each unit has a private amenity space of 5 sq.m. the building required one firewall for each standing structure as total length of the building was exceeding building code requirement. As per Local building code, firewall was deisgned to be constructed of concrete block masonry with double passage door in the corridor.

Elevation

The buildings are designed with a flat roof in order to achieve maximum units under building height restriction. The roof joist was kept flat and the roof was sloped using roofing insulation package.

Construction Phase

During construction the biggest task was to coordinate Architectural drawings with other disciplines such as Structural, Mechanical, Electrical, Civil, Security, and Landscape. I was able to successfully manage the coordination between construction RFIs and dealing with workability of efficient construction with design requirements. Reviewing all Site instructions and shop drawings in a timely manner was a critical task because the construction schedule was tight and the need to align with city requirements was essential to ensure the inspections were scheduled without any revisits.

3D Views

The Project was completed before schedule and slightly over budget, majorly due to weather conditions, for which I was recognized for my prompr response and my attention to the construction detail was appreciated.