Stantec Consulting Ltd.

Stantec has provided full architecture, interior design, and mechanical engineering services for Vancouver Airport’s International Terminal Building, and each of its two major additions—the East and West Chevron expansions.

The terminal has been praised for being highly efficient and functional, creating a serene and poetic environment that has propelled the airport to the top of worldwide surveys of passenger friendliness and customer satisfaction. The design has been cited as one of the finest worldwide examples of an airport that, through creative architecture and interior design, is a celebration of the natural beauty and cultural heritage of the region.

The East expansion showcases BC by creating grand panoramic vistas, and includes the first fully glass motorized passenger bridges in North America, which immediately open to view the natural landscape. The West expansion has provided Stantec with the opportunity to introduce new planning concepts—particularly for the A380—as well as create a dramatic central retail and thematic entry to the new wing.

The result consistently propels the Vancouver International Airport to the top of passenger satisfaction surveys, year after year.

Stantec led the design and facility programming team responsible for creating the multi award-winning T-Rex Discovery Center.

Built into the wall of the Frenchman River Valley, this facility houses many secrets of the life lived in North America millions of years ago - secrets that were, until recently, trapped beneath the earth. The center celebrates the discovery of "Scotty" the T-rex, one of only 12 such finds in the world. Excavated in 1994-1995, the T-rex dinosaur skeleton and other fossils of the region have once again found a home in a world-class research and exhibit facility that emerges from the prairie landscape.

This project was completed by a predecessor firm to Stantec Architecture.

The project team for this NASA-developed, world-class center included Stantec Architecture as Design Architects, Morris Architects as Architects of Record and BRC Imagination Arts as Show Producers.

The center presents the story of the Apollo space program. The primary objectives in designing this exciting project were to create a worthy setting for the 365 foot Saturn V rocket and to organize a series of shows and exhibits to tell the Apollo story. A story-telling approach ordered and arranged each of the individual exhibition elements into an interpretive drama of the extraordinary times and accomplishments of the Apollo and Saturn V programs.

This project was completed by a predecessor firm to Stantec Architecture.

Stantec is providing a fully integrated design team of architects, programmers, interior designers, structural, mechanical and electrical engineers, security, and audio visual/information technology engineers, as well as strategic management professionals, landscape architects, and a LEED® coordinating consultant for the new Westjet Campus. Phase 1 is a six storey building consisting of office and training space, a conference center, full service cafeteria, retail store, and fitness facility. In addition, there will be a full basement that will provide for one level of underground parking for approximately 55 stalls and storage areas.

An atrium component will act as a hub for the Campus and incorporate a physical link to connect Phase 1 to the existing hangar building, as well as provide future connectivity to Phase 2. The Campus site will be extensively landscaped, with hard paving alternating with soft grassy areas. This will provide for outdoor amenity spaces and establish a visually and environmentally balanced Campus.

The Phase 1 Office Facility is targeted for LEED® Silver certification. Innovative sustainable design features which will be incorporated in this project include geothermal heating; collection of rainwater from the roof to be used for landscape irrigation and a very high efficient building envelope will assist in minimizing the effect of weather on the building interior.

Stantec provided full architectural, interior design, and mechanical and electrical engineering services for the Student Center, a 50,700 square foot multi-purpose, flexible facility.

Two intersecting volumes organize the program elements and define exterior public spaces. A long rectangular bar building contains student affairs offices, health services, prayer rooms, club and meeting rooms, and a bookstore. A sculptural projecting volume houses media production, a pub/restaurant, a multi-use seating area, and lounges. The building is a showcase for sustainable design strategies and is a candiate for Certification by the CaGBC. A key sustainable design strategy was the reuse of structural steel from the Royal Ontario Museum redevelopment.

This project has been recognized with several awards for design excellence and sustainability including a 2006 Best of Canada Award, 2005 Honourable Mention from the Ontario Association of Architects Awards of Excellence, a 2005 Green Design Award from the Green Toronto Awards of Excellence, and a 2004 Award of Merit from the National Post/Design Exchange Awards.

This project was completed by a predecessor firm to Stantec Architecture.

Stantec provided full architectural and interior design as well as electrical engineering services for this landmark building, which was designed, constructed, and occupied in 12 months.

The marine/industrial tradition is the principle legacy of the existing building. The "solid" landside enclosure, reminiscent of rail cars, lends itself to the arrival, parking, and quick entry sequence while the "open" waterside lends itself to long stays, amenity support, and relationship to the public promenade. The tower, a key signage element, transforms in light and texture as night falls. The entrance lobby, defined by the translucent gaming room wall and the curving wood pavilion wall, provides access to the coat room, logo shop, players club, and bus station. Security design was critical; the rooms housing high security areas for money handling and surveillance had to be finished several months before the rest of the building.

The project won a Gold Award in 2000 from the Association of Registered Interior Designers of Ontario.

This project was completed by a predecessor firm to Stantec Architecture.

Toronto's new 51 Division building projects a community friendly image while recycling a heritage building and brownfield site.

Stantec provided programming, architecture, and interior design services for this new police facility which restores a historic building and rejuvenates a brownfield site to present a strong new image for the Toronto Police Service.

The design embraces the historical building as an archaeological presence. A delineating wall, running south and then east through the site, defines the boundary between public and secure zones. Space captured on the public side within the historic walls and the modern intervention creates a civic lobby and exhibition gallery. A generous plaza along Parliament Street is punctuated by the light-filled window of the community room.

The program includes secure administration, primary and community response units, criminal investigation, forensic investigation, detention facilities, staff support, community room, and exhibition space.

This project received a 2001 Award of Merit from Canadian Architect, a 2003 Brownie Award for Adaptive Reuse from the Canadian Urban Institute, and a Certificate of Merit from the 2005 AIA Justice Facilities Review.

This project was completed by a predecessor firm to Stantec Architecture.

Stantec provided architecture, electrical engineering, civil engineering, and landscape architecture services for this prominent municipal.

The building is pre-cast concrete on a steel frame and includes a three-story lobby, six courthouses with ancillary facilities, and administrative and legal offices. Electrical engineering work included design of interior and exterior lighting, a power distribution system, a computer power system, an emergency power generator, a partition furniture power system, a parking access gate system, and a fire alarm system. Civil engineering work included design of a 500-space parking lot, site drainage, water and sewer services, curbs, and sidewalks. Landscape architectural design for the 10-acre site included landscaping for the building and parking lot, decorative paving accents, and irrigation design.

This project was completed by a predecessor firm to Stantec Architecture.

Stantec, in association with Ross Drulis Architects and Planners, designed the Emergency Operations and Communications Center (E-COMM) to withstand a post-disaster situation and allow for the coordination of a large number of emergency response agencies throughout the Lower Mainland.

The Center is a highly program-intensive facility with a strong emphasis on internal communication flow and state-of-the-art integrated computer, media, and communications support. The result is a two-part building expression that clearly represents its components while at the same time creating an interesting play of forms.

This project was completed by a predecessor firm to Stantec Architecture.

Stantec provided full-service master planning and construction documents for the Woodland Community Center.

The center consists of 52,000 square feet of community/senior center building and a 40 acre public park and sports complex. The main building includes a gymnasium for basketball, volleyball, and badminton; banquet and multi-purpose rooms with operable partitioning for optimum versatility; and dedicated spaces for arts, crafts, computer training, and aerobics.

Site development includes five soccer fields and four fast-pitch softball diamonds, both with synthetic turf surfacing and lighting; basketball and sand volleyball courts; an amphitheater with a capacity for 150 people; an interactive waterplay area; picnic areas; a disc golf area; a dog park; jogging paths; and parking for 400 vehicles.

Stantec Architecture provided conceptual design, design development, construction documents, and construction administration for multiple stores in the Minneapolis-St Paul International Airport.

The project began with the design and fabrication of a winning proposal book. Under a very tight time frame, Stantec Architecture developed multiple concept designs that balanced design guideline requirements for bold and exciting storefronts with our client's need for cost-effective solutions.

The resulting concepts, "Twin Cities Travel Mart" and "Heritage News and Booksellers", relate to the Minneapolis-St Paul area and support the merchandise categories.

This project was completed by a predecessor firm to Stantec Architecture.

Stantec was retained as the Prime Consultant for this expansion project to provide architecture, structural, mechanical, and electrical engineering services for the City of Kamloops. This project involves the design of both new and renovated sports facilities at two separate venues. Committed to green design, this project has set its sustainability targets on LEED® Silver.

The facilities include: McArthur Island-Soccer Center-seven new pitches and a new 500 seat tournament centre; Baseball Center-twelve new diamonds and the expansion and renovation of a 1500 seat stadium; Sports Center-new olympic ice arena with 1000 seats and the renovation of an existing ice hockey and curling venue; Fieldhouse-new six lane 200 metre indoor competition track, multifunction triple gymnasium with 2000 seats, gymnastics facility, sports medicine clinic, and associated lease space; and a Stadium-new 400 metre outdoor track, artificial turf surface with multi-sport capability, two natural grass pitches, and a new 1000 seat stadium.

This complex addition and renovation provides enhanced health care services while reclaiming a beautiful riverfront site for patient and community use.

Stantec Architecture provided full architectural and interior design services for this redevelopment which co-locates the Public General Hospital and St. Joseph's Hospital into a single full-service healthcare campus.

The new St. Joseph's Wing connects to the community and site by reclaiming a riverfront as a patient and community accessible park. Strong interior/exterior relationships are developed through massing, spatial organization, and detailing. A new entrance and lobby provides identity for the alliance and connects the two facilities. The lobby orients visitors and connects to the primary circulation, a curved public street along the riverside.

In-patient rooms feature low window sills, enabling bedridden patients to visually connect to their surroundings. Oncology, Dialysis, and Rehabilitation are located on the riverside to offer outpatients with frequent and longer visits access to positive distraction.

This project was completed by a predecessor firm to Stantec Architecture.

Stantec tested the limits of flexible, barrier-free design while completing this project.

Stantec Architecture, in collaboration with the Colborne Architectural Group, provided design services for TechBC, which was conceived to increase access to post-secondary education in British Columbia and specifically mandated to explore the possibilities of a continually transforming university.

As TechBC was in the process of developing both temporary and permanent facilities concurrently, Stantec was able to explore the 'incubator' possibilities of this process, while reflecting the innovative nature of the university and allowing for flexibility and constant change. BetaSpace was the temporary facility located in a local mall and formerly occupied by a Zellers store. The team met the challenge of providing an exciting facility within a very limited budget (under $30/square foot).

This project was awarded a 2002 Interior Designers Institute of British Columbia Award of Excellence.

This project was completed by a predecessor firm to Stantec Architecture.

Stantec provided interior design services to develop new office space that reflects the client's corporate image, while functionally supporting the employees of a very rapidly growing and technologically advanced company. Stantec's scope included the design of elevator lobbies and reception areas, workstations and offices, meeting and seminar rooms, high-density filing systems, executive offices, a staffroom, and redevelopment of public washrooms on the executive floor.

All workstations and private offices were constructed to the same size and design, and to further enhance the democratic philosophy, the fronts of all offices were constructed with full height clear glass to create a less enclosed environment. The result was a very modern, yet classical design consisting of strong architectural elements.

This project was completed by a predecessor firm to Stantec Architecture.

Stantec helped WestJet make the decision to consolidate their facilities into a new corporate campus; a solution that will realize significant operational savings.

Stantec provided Facilities Planning & Operations (FP&O) services for a new WestJet Corporate Campus; an exciting and high-profile project for our FP&O team. Our working relationship with WestJet exemplifies how Stantec's suite of services and unique corporate values enable our clients to develop a facility strategy that intrinsically supports their business goals. Fred Ring, WestJet's executive vice president of corporate projects, says they chose Stantec because “they understood us.”

Beginning with a snapshot of the current physical and functional status of land and facility assets, we identified opportunities to realize significant operational savings through benchmarking with current industry best practices. WestJet's corporate culture and strategic objectives for workforce recruitment and retention were kept at the forefront in the planning process. We provided a continuum of services, including master planning, condition assessment, facilities programming, and space optimization, that enabled WestJet to identify and evaluate the best option to support its long-range business goals. The decision to consolidate WestJet's currently detached facilities was the springboard for our Architectural and Engineering design team to create a new corporate campus.

Using a highly interactive approach, we structured a solution that is flexible, scalable, and sustainable. The result is a facility development and management plan that optimizes capital resources, creates highly effective workplaces for staff, and ensures the design and development of new facilities that enable WestJet to maintain its status as employer of choice in the highly competitive airline industry.

Stantec was engaged to develop a detailed functional program for all major diagnostic treatment and inpatient components of this 500-bed hospital upgrade project.

Our team worked closely with the hospital architect to plan a development strategy that addressed health services priorities, created improved flexibility to respond to emerging health issues, and provided the Calgary Health Region with maximum value for its capital investment.

The project scope included the development of a detailed functional program as well as an update of the most recent master plan for medical surgical inpatient units, ICU/CCU, diagnostic imaging, surgery, day surgery, and surgical suite. An assessment of the proposed hospital expansion of clinical and building support services was also conducted. As well, regional space guidelines were developed for critical care areas for all Calgary Health Region acute care sites.

Working with the project architect, The Miller Hull Partnership, Stantec provided mechanical engineering services for the design of Merrill Hall, an ASHRAE award-winning, LEED® Silver teaching, outreach, and applied research facility for the Center for Urban Horticulture. Destroyed by arson in 2001, the new 20,000-square-foot facility incorporates natural ventilation with passive cooling in the perimeter spaces, high efficiency condensing boilers, air-cooled chillers, and room pressure compensated fume hood control.

Thermal analysis was used during design to ensure the natural ventilation design would result in comfortable indoor conditions. It was predicted that indoor temperatures for the perimeter zones would remain at acceptable levels year round with the proposed building design, based on the LEED® comfort criteria for naturally ventilated/passively cooled spaces. In interior lab spaces, where natural ventilation is not appropriate, mechanical cooling and heating are provided. Perimeter heating is provided during the winter months.

In association with William McDonough & Partners, Stantec provided architecture; and structural, mechanical, and electrical engineering services for the design of a 40,900 square foot, LEED® 2.1 Gold certified food distribution warehouse and office facility.

The facility incorporates various sustainable strategies to achieve material, resource, and energy conservation. The design process also addressed the client's existing facility standards with assessment of cost/benefit and system paybacks.

The center is Frito-Lay's first exclusively green environmentally friendly building and serves as a model of resource conservation through innovations in renewable energy, alternate lighting, energy efficiency standards, and environmentally intelligent choices.

This project was completed by a predecessor firm to Stantec Architecture.

Working with the project architect, Group 2 Architects, Stantec provided mechanical and electrical engineering services for this school facility. This project was completed ahead of schedule and under the estimated construction budget.

The client wanted a school with improved indoor air quality, lower energy consumption, and minimal environmental impact. As part of an integrated design team, we helped deliver a facility that will cost approximately C$30,000 less to operate annually, using 48 percent less energy when compared to the same building designed to meet Model National Energy Code for Buildings standards.

Detailed energy simulations were performed using EE4 software, resulting in funding from Natural Resources Canada's Commercial Building Incentive Program (CBIP). We incorporated a number of strategies that assisted in CBIP compliancy, including extensive use of daylighting, high efficiency light fixtures, high efficiency mechanical equipment, heat recovery of relief air, and optimized ventilation.

This new facility will accommodate an initial occupancy of 465 students and will feature shared break-out areas, teacher work centers, and common wet labs between classroom pods.

As project manager, Stantec obtained all necessary deliverables, approvals, consents, and authorizations necessary for the development of a new Trade and Convention Center for the Province of British Columbia.

Stantec acted on behalf of the province in discussions with project proponents, represented the province with respect to its obligations as a partner on the project, and reported regularly on the project status to the provincial representatives. Over the course of the discussions, it became apparent that the most appropriate form of delivery for this project was the traditional approach. With our full understanding of the details and history of the project, we continue to support the province on the project, now in the role of project manager.

Stantec's surveys/geomatics crews were responsible for construction stakeout for the Air Force One Pavilion in Simi Valley. The exhibition area, on four acres of the library site, showcases and accommodates various modes of past presidential transportation. The pavilion adds 88,000 square feet to the existing library.

In addition to survey services, Stantec provided professional services for grading, water, sewer, drainage, parking, hydrology and hydraulics. Stantec also conducted necessary specifications and estimates, and delivered an erosion control plan.

Stantec supervised removal of four underground storage tanks (USTs) including ex-situ remediation of hydrocarbon impacted soil. Ex-situ remediation was accomplished through the development and execution of a site specific remedial action plan based on Saskatchewan Environment's Risk Based Corrective Actions for Petroleum Contaminated Sites Interim Criteria for Benzene, Toluene, Ethylbenzene and Xylene (BTEX) and Petroleum Hydrocarbons (PHC) Fractions for Soils for commercial/industrial sites land use. Four USTs were removed from the site. The tanks were rendered unusable and hauled to a scrap metal recycling facility. Approximately 860 cubic meters of contaminated soil was removed.

Impacted soil was spread out in the area designated for landfarming hydrocarbon contaminated soil at the Town of Bengough Landfill in accordance with Saskatchewan Environment Guidelines for Treatment and Disposal of Petroleum Contaminated Soils at Municipal Waste Disposal Grounds.

Stantec completed a combined Phase I/II Environmental Site Assessment (ESA) of a former manufacturing facility in support of a property transaction. A detailed sampling program involving the analysis of soil and groundwater was completed, which confirmed the presence of petroleum naphtha contamination in the subsurface. A supplemental Phase II ESA was completed to delineate the extent of the naphtha impacted subsoils, which extended beneath both the Raw Materials Building and Production Building.

Monitoring wells were completed with screen across the entire depth of contamination to allow for dual use as extraction wells. Stantec assisted the client with selection of a remedial approach to address the contaminated soil and groundwater beneath the buildings. A dual phase vapour extraction (DPVE) system was recommended and installed at the site.

Stantec designed this conventional mixed-media upflow filter system which included a pre-treatment sedimentation basin, packaged filter units, vertical turbine pumps, ultraviolet (UV) disinfection, chlorination and dechlorination, valves, metering, and various flow piping.

The water treatment facility was provided with a logic integrated control system that would be monitored by remote location, and controlled by telemetry from the elevated water storage tank. The UV disinfection system was a closed pressurized system, designed to have a backup system utilizing liquid chlorine in the event of failure from the UV system. This design allows the owner flexibility to utilize the system that best suits the needs at various times during the operation year.

In addition, raw water delivery and diversion were included in the project scope. The raw water delivery systems needed to address the climatic conditions of extreme runoff potential, substantial snow depth, and subsequent snow melt runoff. Due to the location at the entrance to the development area, the facility was designed as a traditional style mountain rustic cabin.

Stantec provided environmental management services including environmental site assessments, remediation, and field sampling. Devon's Turner Valley Unit #6 (TVU#6), located about 65 kilometers southwest of Calgary, is a popular area for country residential homes.

Devon operates wellsites and production facilities within TVU#6 that date back to the 1920s. The environmental setting, number, age, and variety of production facilities in the field required an effective management plan.

Stantec managed this $50 million environmental liability and, as part of the environmental liability management, Stantec documented the remediation activities and conducted field sampling to verify remediation objectives were met for soils, groundwater, and air related issues. Activities included Phase I, II, & III Environmental Site Assessments.

Contaminants ranged from fuel oil to weathered crude to heavy metals found in soil and groundwater. Stakeholder consultation was key to the success of the program; the stakeholders include AEUB, AENV, AB Transportation, DFO, MD of Foothills, U of C, landowners, & others.

Stantec embarked on a program to develop, standardize, and validate a battery of soil toxicity tests to assess the toxicity of soil contaminants to terrestrial organisms, along with Environment Canada and the Canadian Association of Petroleum Producers.

The test organisms and methods were earthworms (chronic survival, growth, reproduction, acute lethality, and avoidance tests), springtails (acute lethality, chronic survival, and reproduction tests), and plants (seedling emergence and growth tests). The test methods were developed using negative control soils (formulated and field-collected) and site soils contaminated with metal mixtures and petroleum hydrocarbon products.

Reports summarizing the research results are available from Environment Canada and draft biological test methods for three earthworm, two springtail, and nine terrestrial plant species are being finalized.

Stantec identified a preferred location for a potential nuclear power plant. Five potential sites were identified using constraint mapping, then each site was rigorously analyzed using social, environmental, and financial criteria.

Stantec provided a final recommendation for a preferred site that best met the client's requirements and allowed the client to move forward with their analysis.