so i read it and here is some answer for whats going on
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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.
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by the way they describe the main building i think its gonna look amazing
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