Winnipeg Construction

[Biff]

Newsworthy.....the Hydro Building is having it's LEED Certification ceremony today at 11 am. It attained LEED Platinum, the highest level possible (without attaining LEED Living Building - which is extremely hard to get and are very specialized, smaller buildings. I have been told that the Hydro building far exceeded the threshold for LEED Platinum but not sure if i believe that.

......anyways another recent national success story for Winnipeg.

[WJG]

Two articles in the paper today:

Winnipeg Free Press - PRINT EDITION
New facility opens for female ex-convicts

By: Staff Writer

A new 15-bed facility in Winnipeg's West End will provide transitional housing for aboriginal women who have completed their jail sentences.

Kihiw Iskewock (Eagle Women) Lodge, located at 667 Ellice Ave., was officially opened Wednesday by Premier Greg Selinger and St. Boniface MP Shelly Glover. The two levels of government are contributing $4.4 million in funding toward the project.

The facility features five one-bedroom units, five two-bedroom units, two three-bedroom units and three four-bedroom units. It will be used by aboriginal women at risk of homelessness and who may be reuniting with their children after leaving a correctional facility.

http://www.winnipegfreepress.com/local/new-facility-opens-for-female-ex-convicts-153492925.html

Winnipeg Free Press - PRINT EDITION
Residents renew rundown Madison
From notorious flophouse to cherished home

By: Carol Sanders

In just over a year, it's gone from a sad, neglected flophouse to a pet renovation project.

The notorious Madison building on Evanson Street in Wolseley was purchased by Siloam Mission to make it look better -- and feel better -- for the people living there, many of whom have mental-health issues.

The four-storey former nurses' residence is undergoing a $1.5-million renovation, with a new roof, windows, plumbing, ceiling, flooring and drywall -- the works.

http://www.winnipegfreepress.com/local/residents-renew-rundown-madison-153492405.html

[headhorse]

http://62m.ca/

[drew]

Originally Posted by headhorse

so by your estimations, how big would these supports need to be? judging by the posts in the foreground, they look to be about a 8 inch column... how much bigger do you think they are?

i don't really see what's unrealistic about it. considering the actual living spaces are what? 4 storeys above the ground? and guessing even 10 inch columns, everything seems fairly reasonably scaled to me...

It's impossible to know the correct size at this point. It depends on a number of things, most importantly column spacing which you can't infer from that render.

I guess my point remains that it will likely look much different in reality versus render.

[trueviking]

Originally Posted by headhorse

Yeah, I umderstand all of that.. I was just wondering why people would be questioning its ability to stay warm in the winter... I doubt that's a detail that didn't come up..

I haven't seen any mention of them trying to make it a super sustainable design either. I was just mentioning that some of the heat loss through the exposed floor might be made up for by the circular design.

we'll see...baseboard heaters eh?....

the sustainable thing was in the first FP report on the project:

And it'll be round, rather than square or rectangular, because it's a more energy-efficient design, said Johanna Hurme, a partner in 5468796 Architecture.

http://www.winnipegfreepress.com/business/133792378.html

[roccerfeller]

Originally Posted by Biff

Women's hospital will be getting a tower crane soon. It should be cool because they will have to work together as their boom's will intersect each others. It sure is turning out to be a good year for tower cranes in the Peg, that will be 4 active tower cranes right now.

with hopefully a few more going up later this summer

[headhorse]

Originally Posted by trueviking

we'll see...baseboard heaters eh?....

the sustainable thing was in the first FP report on the project:

And it'll be round, rather than square or rectangular, because it's a more energy-efficient design, said Johanna Hurme, a partner in 5468796 Architecture.

http://www.winnipegfreepress.com/business/133792378.html

that must be where I read about the circular design..

in other news, there are cars parking on the albert st business block now.

[Biff]

Originally Posted by roccerfeller

with hopefully a few more going up later this summer

I would bet that by spring time we might have half a dozen or more in the downtown area.

[chrisallard5454]

The website confirms that it will be constructed from wood.

Suites are heated using electric baseboard heaters located along the exterior walls, controlled by low voltage thermostats.

The walls between the suites are constructed of 2 separate wood stud walls with insulation, resilient channel and layers of drywall on each side. The floors are constructed of wood trusses with insulation and resilient channel. All hard surface flooring will be installed on sound absorbing underlay.


Construction will commence this Fall and first occupancies are slated for Spring 2013.

I also found that Youcube turned out less than stellar with their final design.

[Bdog]

Originally Posted by headhorse

http://62m.ca/

Loving the cowboy just posing in the window...

[flatlander]

Originally Posted by Bdog

Loving the cowboy just posing in the window...

Giddyup. And nice vw.

[Andy6]

Could that meet the fire code? Can you have all means of escape concentrated in one little shaft like that?

[kenny]

Johanna was mis-quoted by the free press. They added the word 'energy'. She had said 'efficient design' not 'energy-efficient'.

The building is not weird for weird sake either.
Have you been to this property? It's buried behind industrial sheds, the back of youcube and the Disraeli. This is the only logical way to put housing here, short of building a skinny tower with 3 floors of non-residential occupancies. These units will have the best views you can buy for under $200k.

There is plenty of cross bracing in the core.
There are 40 units. The building is 140' in diameter.
Going to change your morning drive across the Disraeli.

Originally Posted by trueviking

we'll see...baseboard heaters eh?....

the sustainable thing was in the first FP report on the project:

And it'll be round, rather than square or rectangular, because it's a more energy-efficient design, said Johanna Hurme, a partner in 5468796 Architecture.

http://www.winnipegfreepress.com/business/133792378.html

[trueviking]

^ cool...thanks for the info....that makes sense about the mis-quote....im not really sure how efficient round is either when its made out of square pieces of wood, but i realize that isnt important....maybe i dont know what she means by efficient.

not sure i'd put my $200k in it...the details are a bit unproven for a long term investment like that...especially in wood.....i would rent there for sure...will be really fun to watch go up....90210 will certainly get the publicity machine cranked up for that one....if they can win a GG for the building with the ringette sticks stuck on the side, what will they do with this cool project....its awesome that its that big....going to be really dramatic.

andy...a central core is possible in residential because the travel distance in the units doesn't count.....you couldn't do that if it were office or some other function.

[drew]

Originally Posted by chrisallard5454

The walls between the suites are constructed of 2 separate wood stud walls with insulation, resilient channel and layers of drywall on each side. The floors are constructed of wood trusses with insulation and resilient channel. All hard surface flooring will be installed on sound absorbing underlay.

Pretty typical wood-framed residential construction methods.

I would still be concerned about the cold floors though.

You can insulate the snot out of a joist space, but the floor will always be cold. Just like a floor above an unheated garage or a floor space over an unheated crawlspace. Seems like a great place to use in-floor heat, not baseboards, at least on the lower level.

[armorand93]

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Holy...

[1ajs]

anyone know what these are for on waterfront drive across from the baseball stadium

[h0twired]

As soon as I noticed that it was wood construction and baseboard heat I knew the project would be half-assed.

I know infloor heat isn't cheap, but it will sell condos easier than baseboard electric heat.

[Biff]

^^^ It kind of looks like supports for some kind of art or statue installation.

[Biff]

Originally Posted by armorand93

[QUOTE: Kenny]Join Date: Jun 2003
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Posts: 142

Holy...[/QUOTE]

Kenny likes to pick his spots very carefully. He is a man of few words.