VICTORIA, B.C. — The Canadian Design-Build Institute (CDBI) announced the winners of its 2014 Design-Build Awards of Excellence on Oct. 17 with the Glacier Skywalk, in Jasper, Alta., being recognized as this year’s outstanding design-build project.
In second place was the Durham College Centre for Food, while the Quinte Consolidated Courthouse received an honourable mention.
"The Canadian design-build industry continues to demonstrate an incredible level of innovation and creativity with the quality of project submissions we see each year," said Roy Timms, Chair of the Canadian Design-Build Institute.
"Each year we receive a number of outstanding submissions that showcase the distinct advantages the design-build project delivery method can provide owners and clients. This year was no exception, and our winners are excellent examples of the resourceful solutions that design-build can provide."
This year’s winner, the Glacier Skywalk in Jasper National Park, consists of a 400-metre walkway overlooking the Sunwapta Valley. The glass-floored viewing platform provides visitors with incredible gravity-defying views of the mountain valley below, as the design integrates seamlessly with the wilderness around it. Also included in the project is a walkway along the cliffs, and a receiving area with a visitor kiosk.
The project team was led by PCL Construction Management Inc., prime structural consultant Read Jones Christofferson, and architects Sturgess Architecture. The project owner, Brewster Inc., indicated the need for a dynamic and beautiful solution, and was very pleased with the project, its timely delivery, and controlled cost, completed for slightly more than $18 million.
The second place winner for this year’s awards, led by Garritano Brothers Ltd. and Gow Hastings Architects, was the Durham College Centre for Food, a 34,000 square-foot facility to house the school’s culinary, hospitality and horticulture programs in one facility.
Located in Whitby, Ont., the facility includes a 70-seat restaurant, a lecture theatre, classrooms, offices, as well as surrounding cropland for the school’s horticultural program.
Completed for a final project value of $18 million, the client requirements nearly doubled between the completion of the selection process and the signing of a contract in the form of CCDC14.
The completed project features a variety of materials, as well as sustainable technologies, including a green living wall, green roof, and photovoltaic panels to harvest energy.
Receiving an honourable mention was the Quinte Consolidated Courthouse in Belleville, Ont.
Led by PCL Constructors Canada Inc. and Halsall Inc. this design-build team helped the project achieve LEED Gold, surpassing its original requirement for LEED Silver classification.
The $96 million design-build, finance and maintain project features 11 courtrooms, six conference rooms, as well as office space, secure prisoner areas and accessible public spaces.
"Once again, we were extremely pleased with the excellence, quality, and innovation contained within this year’s project submissions," added Timms.
"Design-build has demonstrated again and again that it can provide a tremendous amount of efficiency and innovation on projects, while ensure ongoing collaboration from all parties involved. Our winners this year are prime examples of those traits inherent in design-build projects."
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