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November 20, 2018 Project of the Week

Project Name: Stantec Tower

Company Name: ICE District Properties Joint Venture

Project Location: Toronto, Canada

Project Information/Details: ICE District Properties Joint Venture is pleased to announce one of its most monumental milestones to date as it officially topped-off Stantec Tower today, just over two years since its official ground breaking. Today’s event gives the 69-storey (66 usable) Stantec Tower the official title of the tallest tower outside of Toronto as the much-anticipated high-rise now stands at 251 metres tall. The commercial level of Stantec Tower was topped off one year ago and will house 29 floors of commercial workspace for Stantec, Dentons Canada LLP, DLA Piper, PwC Canada, and more. Stantec has completed consolidating 1,500 of its Edmonton-based employees into its new global headquarters, floors 3-20, in Stantec Tower. Stantec Tower’s fourth-floor balcony, overlooking the future ICE District Plaza, will be open to the public during various times of the year. Stantec Tower will also offer 483 premium condominium suites as well as 20,000 square feet of indoor and outdoor premium amenity space. Expected to be completed in fall 2019, SKY Residences at ICE District offers 14 unique floor plans, investment opportunities, and unsurpassed condo views from the tallest points in the City. SKY Residences at ICE District is now open to the public for viewing at the ICE District Presentation Centre. “Since inception, ICE District has been a vision that will put Edmonton on the world stage, and today’s topping off is symbolic of our city continuing to push the boundaries of progress,” said Glen Scott, president of Katz Group Real Estate. “To not only be the tallest tower outside of Toronto, but to also be a structure that emanates such grandeur and prestige, gives our city a source of pride, and puts us on the map in the architectural world.” Stantec provided full architecture and engineering services for Stantec Tower, which is targeting LEED® Gold certification (exterior) and LEED® Silver certification (interior), and FitWel certification. “Today’s milestone is nothing short of extraordinary for our team as the extensive work and meticulous planning that has gone into Stantec Tower has officially come to fruition,” said Gord Johnston, president and CEO, Stantec. “For our employees who worked on this project, as well as for our teams working in the tallest tower outside of Toronto, our iconic head office represents the energy and creativity of our Company. We are so proud to be part of what is truly the transformation of the City of Edmonton.”

November 13, 2018 Project of the Week

Project Name: River of Life Christian Church

Company Name: Stantec

Project Location: Santa Clara, California United States

Project Information/Details: On October 20, 2018, River of Life Christian Church (ROLCC) welcomed a new sanctuary and lobby addition to its current church facility located at 1177 Laurelwood Road in Santa Clara, Calif., with a grand opening event attended by local officials and dignitaries from around the world. The newly opened Shekinah Glory Temple includes a new lobby and a 2,000-seat sanctuary designed to accommodate the facility’s steady growth. Global design firm Stantec designed the 30,000-square-foot facility, which brings ROLCC’s total worship attendance to 3,500 at any given time. The facility expansion is critical as ROLCC Santa Clara has been growing at a steady rate of 5% per year. To comfortably accommodate the growing congregation, the project includes: A total facility expansion of nearly 25% The 30,000 square-foot addition supplements the existing 133,000 square-foot church Stepped mezzanine seating and flat floor seating with a total capacity of 2,000 seats State-of-the-art LED lighting and high-definition plasma screens to ensure the comfortable viewing of services A courtyard that serves as a focal gathering space and promotes further fellowship of the congregation before, during and after services An exterior “River Plaza” which enables both the existing and new lobbies to open to the central courtyard area. “It was a privilege to team with one of the leading ministries around the globe on this meaningful and impactful project,” said Patrick M. McKelvey, Stantec’s architect of record for the project. “We were thrilled to partner with ROLCC to expand its presence in Santa Clara and help accommodate its continued growth. We are committed to designing with community in mind, and the new sanctuary and lobby addition to the Santa Clara River of Life Christian Church is a project that truly belongs to the people it serves.” Stantec provided architecture, interior design and lighting design to the project. Key subconsultants include HMH for civil engineering and landscape architecture; Structural Engineers, Inc. for structural engineering; AlfaTech for mechanical, plumbing and electrical engineering; Hines, Inc. for water feature mechanical design; and Idibri for audio visual, theatrical lighting and acoustical consulting and design. Stantec’s Los Angeles office led the project design in collaboration with expertise from the firm’s Phoenix and Denver offices. About Stantec Communities are fundamental. Whether around the corner or across the globe, they provide a foundation, a sense of place and of belonging. That’s why at Stantec, we always design with community in mind. We care about the communities we serve—because they’re our communities too. This allows us to assess what’s needed and connect our expertise, to appreciate nuances and envision what’s never been considered, to bring together diverse perspectives so we can collaborate toward a shared success. We’re designers, engineers, scientists, and project managers, innovating together at the intersection of community, creativity, and client relationships. Balancing these priorities results in projects that advance the quality of life in communities across the globe.

November 06, 2018 Project of the Week

Project Name: Inuvik Tuktoyaktuk Highway

Company Name: Tetra Tech

Project Location: Inuvik, Northwest Territories, Canada

Project Information/Details: Tetra Tech was part of a team that planned and designed the award-winning Inuvik Tuktoyaktuk Highway (ITH) to connect communities along Canada’s Arctic Coast. The Association of Consulting Engineering Companies-Canada (ACEC) and Canadian Consulting Engineer (CCE) magazine selected the Tetra Tech-Stantec team for an Award of Excellence for innovation in planning, designing, and constructing the highway. Collectively, Kiggiak-EBA (Tetra Tech), Kavik Stantec, and the client—EGT Northwind Ltd.—were working for the project owner, the Government of the Northwest Territories. ACEC and CCE presented the award at their awards gala on October 23, 2018, in Ottawa, Ontario. The all-weather ITH connects the remote communities of Inuvik and Tuktoyaktuk in the Northwest Territories. The project fulfills a federal and territorial government commitment to connect Canada’s Arctic Coast to the rest of the country. Our team provided a safe, economical, and resilient design that could be constructed on particularly challenging, ice-rich, thaw-sensitive permafrost terrain. The team placed more than 3 million cubic meters of embankment material, constructed 8 bridges, and installed more than 300 culverts for the two-lane gravel highway project. Because the permafrost’s top layer thaws during summer and cannot support construction equipment, the team undertook construction in winter, in darkness, with temperatures often below –30°C. Due to the remoteness of the site and difficult construction conditions, the team designed all bridge elements to be prefabricated and assembled on-site. All above-ground structural elements were made from welded steel or precast concrete to accommodate the winter construction schedule. The project also was designed to meet the Government of the Northwest Territories’ objective to use local labor, resources, and equipment for construction.