[Surrey] RCMP E-Division Headquarters | U/C

[hollywoodnorth]

Figured I should start a thread for this sucker. At 740,000+ square feet to start thats a pretty major project. Also its going to help feed the new skytrain extension.

Seeing it will be LEED Gold it should prove to be a nice looking building. Grass on the roof anyone?



August 5, 2008

Surrey, BC

Public Works Canada issues Request for Qualifications for RCMP E-Division headquarters

Sam Van Aert

RCD Research Reporter

The City of Surrey will one day be home to an $80-million, 68,800-square-metre RCMP E-Division headquarters compound.

The facility will be designed to consolidate and accommodate over 1,800 RCMP employees.

An Request for Qualifications has been issued by Public Works Canada for the Design/Build/Finance/Maintain contract for the proposed LEED Gold facility.

The new compound will include the following features and facilities:

• Office and support space:

• A “post-disaster” building (2,365 square metres);

• A forensic laboratory (6, 314 square metres);

• A high-bay garage and workshop;

• Public space available for rent (4,730 square metres); and

• 1,810 parking spaces.

The RFQ closes August 11, 2008 and construction is tentatively scheduled to start in October 2009.

– RCD Digital Media

The information above was current at time of publication. To provide an update on this particular project, please send an email to [email protected].

[hollywoodnorth]

RCMP gets green light for E-division move
Last Updated: Thursday, February 7, 2008 | 9:59 AM ET
CBC News

The RCMP has been given the green light to move its E Division headquarters in Vancouver to the suburbs in Surrey.

The move from Heather Street is one that has been talked about for years.

But now the Federal Treasury Board has given Public Works Canada and the RCMP the green light to qualify developers interested in taking on the project.

The new location is a 14-hectare site on 96th Avenue near Green Timbers Urban Park in Surrey.

The advance notice to vendors calls for the design and construction of more than 68,000 square metres of office and support space.

Getting approval to move is the first step for a project that is expected to take at least five years to complete.

Surrey Mayor Dianne Watts said the relocation makes sense.

"A lot of the members actually do come from Surrey and Langley and Abbotsford and the outlying communities,'' she said.

"Surrey is the largest RCMP detachment in the country so it really fits well," she said.

Watts hopes many of the 2,300 people who work at the new site will relocate to Surrey.

By shifting to the suburbs, the RCMP will leave behind 8.5 hectares of prime real estate on the west side of Vancouver.

According to a community plan drafted two years ago, if the federal government doesn't find another use for the site, it will be offered up for sale at market value.

The plan says the community would like to see non-market and affordable housing mixed in with any new development.

Residents would also like to see the old Tudor-style Fairmont Academy building preserved for cultural or recreational uses.

[whalley13]

any updates on this project or progress? the city still talks about this one coming in near future but wondering if anything has actually happened

[WaxItYourself]

The last thing I heard was that the RCMP headquarters was to be relocated to Central City. However the newest and updated map of Central Cities future does not include an RCMP headquarters.

[tybuilding]

Originally Posted by WaxItYourself

The last thing I heard was that the RCMP headquarters was to be relocated to Central City. However the newest and updated map of Central Cities future does not include an RCMP headquarters.

IF the train is extended down Fraser Hwy there will be a need for a station at 140th and Fraser Hwy, you wouldn't put it at 96th and Fraser Hwy which is towards the middle of the park.

The E division should take over the building on 104th by 142 st.

[Whalleyboy]

http://surrey.fileprosite.com/FileStorage/ABD73DD84D1546B385567E98BA9D8985-7910-0031-00.pdf

this is from the recent council meeting
(havent read it yet)

[Whalleyboy]

so i read it and here is some answer for whats going on

It is anticipated that site preparation work will commence in late April, 2010, with full building construction beginning in July, 2010. The estimated date of completion of the project is December 2012.

It is estimated that approximately 2,700 people will be working at the facility when it opens in early 2013.

The project consists of 4 buildings; the main Operations Administration Building (Building A), a Post-Disaster and Mechanical Plant Building (Building B), a High Bay/Exhibits Building (Building C) and a Forensic Lab Building (Building D), as well as parking for visitors, staff and operational vehicles.

Site Layout and Landscaping
 The principal building on the site will be the Operations Administration Building which will be 205 metres (673 ft.) in length, 7 storeys in height, and contain a floor area of 65,017 square metres (700,000 sq. ft.)
 Although the Operations Administration Building will face Green Timbers Way, it is sited on an angle from southwest to northeast, away from Green Timbers Way.
 As part of the current project and the Fraser Health Authority Outpatient Facility (OPF) currently under construction to the west of the subject site, Green Timbers Way will be constructed to full City standards and will be dedicated as a public road from 140 Street to 96 Avenue.
 A surface parking lot, for visitors to the facility, will be located on the southeast corner of the site, adjacent to Green Timbers Way, separating the Operations Administration Building from Green Timbers Way.
 This parking lot will contain 171 parking spaces for visitors and 45 parking spaces for facilities management personnel. The parking lot will be screened from Green Timbers Way by a grassed berm and the planting of trees that will reflect or complement the tree species found in the adjoining Green Timbers Forest.
 A small plaza containing a monument commemorating the RCMP will be located along the north side of the parking lot. During ceremonies at this monument, a portion of the parking lot will be closed to vehicles and will be transformed into a parade square.
 As the Operations Administration Building must be separated from areas accessible by the public, a large landscaped security area will be developed between the face of the building and Green Timbers Way and the visitor parking spaces.
 This landscaped area will be split in two by the main entry into the building.
 The landscaped area to the west of the entry will consist of a shallow, normally dry, storm water detention pond that will be landscaped and, on the south, trees will be planted that complement the trees species planted in the Green Timbers Arboretum across from the facility on the south side of Green Timbers Way.
 The landscaped area to the east of the entry will consist of grassed berms.
The security barrier along the edges of the landscaped security area will consist of a combination of "metal bull rushes" and "fallen concrete logs" and boulders to reflect the forest location of the facility.
 The entry to the building from Green Timbers Way will be a highly developed ceremonial entry that, through its design and landscaping, is intended to reflect the adjoining Green Timbers Urban Forest and other natural elements in the area.
 The line of existing mature trees that runs north from Green Timbers Way will be retained and incorporated into the entry sequence to the building and is the primary design element around which entry landscaping has been designed.
 The entry will consist of a wide sidewalk with linear granite panels, inset with planting, edged with aggregate concrete, and lined with elements reflecting the historical nature of the site and the RCMP.
 The main vehicle access for staff will be located along the east side of the site, adjacent to the existing Provincial Emergency Program (PEP) Centre. Due to the volume of traffic anticipated to use this access to the site, a traffic signal will be installed by the applicant as part of the reconstruction of Green Timbers Way.
 All staff and delivery vehicles accessing the facility beyond that portion of the site open to the public, must pass through a security check-point and security gates upon entering and exiting the site.
 A smaller secondary and alternate emergency vehicle access will be located on the west side of the site connecting to Green Timbers Way.
 Three accessory buildings, as well as parking for 1,639 vehicles, are located behind the Operations Administration Building and security check points.
 One of these accessory buildings, the Post-Disaster and Mechanical Plant Building (Building B), with a floor area of 4,207 square metres (45,000 sq. ft.), will act as an operations centre in the event of a natural or man-made disaster. This building will also contain a mechanical plant that will provide services to the entire facility.
 Another of the accessory buildings, the High Bay/Exhibits Building (Building C), with a floor area of 6,904 square metres (74,000 sq. ft.), will contain facilities for the maintenance of fleet vehicles and space in which to store and examine criminal case exhibits.
 The third accessory building, the Forensic Lab Building (Building D), with a floor area of 7,760 square metres (83,500 sq. ft.) is intended to house forensic crime laboratories.

Building Design
 The Operations Administration Building (Building A) is a large rectangular building 45 metres (148 ft.) wide and 205 metres (673 ft.) long. The building will be 7 storeys (30 metres/100 ft.) in height.

To break up the mass of the building and to provide some articulation to the long façade, the central portion of the building has been rotated.
 The entire building will sit on a base comprised of concrete columns, formed in random angles, that are intended to mirror the tree trunks in the surrounding Green Timbers Urban Forest. The concrete tree trunks are intended to be clad in medium-brown coloured brick veneer. The spaces between these "concrete tree trunks" will be filled with clear and green-coloured glass to give the impression that the building is "floating" in a forest.
 To help differentiate the rotated portion of the building and to highlight the entry to the building, the "concrete tree trunks" and glass will be extended up from the ground to the roof of the building, where the rotated portion of the building meets the more rectangular face of the building, at the point where the main public entry is located.
 The entry will be further highlighted by a large canopy that extends out from the building. The underside of the entry canopy will be clad in wood panels to reflect the forest location of the site.
 The balance of the rotated portion of the building will be clad in grey-coloured glass curtain wall.
 To add additional interest to the building, green and bronze-coloured vision glass panels will be installed randomly throughout the façade.
 The west and east portions of the building will be clad in grey-coloured glass curtain wall, framed by light-coloured metal clad fins that extend past the face of the building.
 The three accessory buildings are each two storeys in height and are clad in a combination of smooth metal panels and corrugated metal panels. Entries for all the buildings are highlighted by increased glazing and architectural elements that reflect the design vocabulary of the main Operations Administration Building.
 A 67-metre (220 ft.) high metal lattice communication tower will be located at the north side of the High Bay/Exhibits Building (Building C).
 This communication tower is 18 metres (59 ft.) lower than the maximum 85-metre (280 ft.) height permitted for communication towers on the site in CD By-law No. 16554.
 As the communication tower is located behind the Operations Administration Building and accessory buildings, it will be screened from views along Green Timbers Way. Further, as the balance of the lands around the subject site are heavily forested with mature, 70-year old trees, the tower should not be noticeable from the arterial roads that form the boundary of Green Timbers Urban Forest, even though the tower extends above the 35-metre (115 ft.) to 40-metre (130 ft.) high surrounding forest canopy.

It should also be noted that the site plan has been arranged to permit a 30% expansion of all buildings to accommodate future growth of the RCMP operations at the facility.

by the way they describe the main building i think its gonna look amazing

[Spork]

1700 vehicles! Massive! This is going to be great for the area. All of this civic development is what is really needed to spur some commercial and rapid residential development in the area.

[theQ]

That's really great. 2,700 jobs (well paid I'm sure) here in Central City, that'll be great for the area. I heard a speech from Diane Watts last year and she I think the figure she used for city hall jobs was 650 "well paid jobs" coming to Central City. I'm not sure how many jobs the expanded hospital and Outpatient hospital will bring - but they all add up, that's for sure.

When Berezen proposed building a new shopping centre and towers I was wondering where the customers would come from, but with all these jobs being added within a 10 block radius, that'll help for sure.

I'm still hoping that Telus will build it's proposed data centre here in Central City as well. Last year they released a statement saying they were building a 700 million facility somewhere in the BC and were in talks with a number of municipalities. I'm hoping that they're at least considering Surrey.

[LeftCoaster]

Contract award was just announced:

Bird Construction signs deal to build new RCMP E Division headquarters
By The Canadian Press

TORONTO - Bird Construction Income Fund (TSX:BDT.UN) said Friday it has signed a design and construction contract for the new RCMP E Division headquarters in Surrey, B.C.

Bird will design and build the facility in a joint venture with Bouygues Building Canada Inc.

Bird said the value of its share of the design and construction contract was approximately $100 million.

Construction is expected to start shortly and be finished by late-2012.

http://www.canadianbusiness.com/markets/headline_news/article.jsp?content=b234577928

[hollywoodnorth]

Originally Posted by theQ

I'm still hoping that Telus will build it's proposed data centre here in Central City as well. Last year they released a statement saying they were building a 700 million facility somewhere in the BC and were in talks with a number of municipalities. I'm hoping that they're at least considering Surrey.

http://www.itworldcanada.com/news/telus-to-add-another-data-centre-this-year/109286

TELUS has been very quiet on the whole situation for a while now.....odd.....?

[androo_k]

How Many floors is this going to be and have we seen render yet?

[Whalleyboy]

read my post the biggest building is 7 floors

[WaxItYourself]

Construction of the new B.C. headquarters for the RCMP officially began Friday morning in Surrey with a groundbreaking ceremony at the Green Timbers site in the 14200 block of 96 Avenue.

Architectural drawings of the 76,162 square-metre facility were released the same day.

Once its completed in 2013, the new HQ will house over 2,700 RCMP E Division Headquarters personnel.

Currently, those people are scattered between the provincial headquarters, which is housed in an aging and overcrowded facility in Vancouver, and 25 other leased and crown-owned sites throughout in the Lower Mainland.

“Our hard working police personnel deserve to have the tools they need to do their job,” Vic Toews, the federal Minister of Public Safety said Friday.

“This new facility will enhance the RCMP’s ability to provide integrated and intelligence-based policing, allowing them to be even more effective in enforcing the law, preventing crime and protecting Canadians.”

The $966 million project will create an estimated 900 new jobs.

It is a public-private partnership (P3) between the federal government and Green Timbers Accommodation Partners.



http://www.bclocalnews.com/surrey_area/surreyleader/news/93162854.html

[Spork]

Holy surface parking lots batman! That looks miserable. Very disappointing. Good for future expansion, but uggggly and a waste of space.

[SpongeG]

why there too in the park? why not in the "downtown"

[mr.x]

Holy....$1-billion? Looks a bit like the CSIS configuration.

[SpongeG]

must be lots of secret underground lairs

[mr.x]

CSIS HQ in Ottawa

http://www.canada.com/nationalpost/news/story.html?id=ea390b98-f69d-4c02-9ec1-079e7c8e02da&k=63117





FBI Headquarters in Quantico, Virginia :p

http://fhf1.com/Aerial_Photography.html

[BCPhil]

E division will probably be gone in less than 10 years anyway, replaced with metro police or more city police forces. Why Surrey, Burnaby, Richmond and others all still use RCMP is beyond me. The region needs to grow up and take care of itself.

If the RCMP is lucky they might still have E-division forces in the rest of the province if we don't go with a provincial police force.