TELUS head office in Ottawa will aim for LEED Silver level

TELUS broke ground last week at 215 Slater Street in Ottawa for a state-of-the-art ‘green’ building that will bring together some 300 TELUS employees currently located in various locations across the city.

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The TELUS Building, on the northeast corner of Bank and Slater, with about 105,000 square feet of office space in the eight-storey office tower, will have two floors of underground parking, an exercise area, a conference facility, second floor and roof top terraces, and an Innovation Centre. The ground floor will feature retail space fronting onto both Bank and Slater streets.

TELUS is anchoring down deep roots in the national capital region and the new building is the latest step in that process. With the launch last fall of the TELUS Ottawa Community Board, a new philanthropic program through which TELUS donates $500,000 each year to local charitable organizations for initiatives that help to build a stronger community, TELUS has already taken on a leadership role in community investment.

Designed as a ‘green building’, the new TELUS Ottawa location will be LEED certified at the Silver level.

“It is TELUS’ innovative commitment to social and environmental imperatives that will truly set this workplace apart,” said Andrea Goertz, TELUS vice president, Enterprise Services. “It will be a healthy place to work. It will harness new technologies to better meet our environmental responsibilities. Materials will be reduced and re-used. Its operation will be fuelled with energy-efficient systems — such as the very latest in heating, ventilation and cooling techniques. This building will soon be a very visible sign of TELUS’ focus on its people and our deep commitment to our brand.”

Broccolini Construction Inc. is leading the construction project.

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