Renovations, Restorations and Heritage Reproductions
We specialize in training estimators, project managers and field supervisors to service our client's needs in special areas such as renovations, restorations and heritage reproductions.
We service a full spectrum of projects, such as retail and commercial tenant improvements and renovations to single family dwellings, schools, hospitals, condominiums and hotels.
Personal service and attention to detail are of paramount importance to us.
This outdoors sporting retailer occupies 15,000 sf of ground floor commercial space in The Vogue condominium on Government Street in Victoria.
A
20 unit condominium in Oak Bay has main floor retail.
Located
at 1450 Government Street, we converted a "century old" timber
frame warehouse and office building into loft condominiums and ground floor
commercial space for Mountain Equipment Coop. Seismic upgrades included
large concrete transfer beams in the basement in order to remove the center
row of timber columns to allow a drive aisle for underground parking.
In order to structurally retrofit an existing parking garage in Kisilano, we designed and implemented a process to "glue" concrete beams to the underside of the existing suspended slab. This process won us our 2nd "Award of Excellence" for construction innovation.
The left two-thirds of this photo is a new six-story reinforced concrete hotel clad using fibreglass reproductions of the terracotta cornice and window surrounds. The use of fibreglass material reduced the dead load of the building and reduced the foundation costs.
This 1913 building was originally constructed as a mental institution. It was later converted to a correctional facility. In 1986 we were contracted by B.C. Building Corporation to demolish the complete internal structure while retaining the exterior façade, and build a new reinforced concrete structure within the existing walls. As well we restored the exterior masonry and sandstone facade.
This is one of five tressle restorations which we have constructed along the Galloping Goose Trail on southern Vancouver island. This linear trail is a restored rail right of way which runs from Sooke to Sidney.
This college building was originally constructed in 1913. The $8 m project involved removal of the complete brick and sandstone exterior, reinforced concrete shear wall and fibreglass wrap seismic upgrading, and reinstallation of the complete masonry cladding. The original sandstone is replaced with replicated manufactured cast stone, a more durable product than the original.
This is a fine example of a heritage renovation and restoration project taking many years to evolve. As funds become available, the owner has us perform restoration work both to the interior and exterior of the facility. A new roof and seismic upgrading has been completed, as well as a complete restoration to the main lodge room.
Seismic
Structural Work - We construct seismic upgrades and restoration work on
many buildings throughout the province, such as the Food Services Building
at the Royal Jubilee Hospital site in Victoria.
This
interdenominational chapel at the Royal Jubliee Hospital site, was originally
constructed in 1909. After construction of the Diagnostic and Treatment
Facility, the chapel became "landlocked" and could no longer be
accessed. All funding for this $500,000 "Link" building and chapel
restoration was to be raised by the Nurses Alumni Association. We agreed
to manage the construction and solicit funds from all subcontractors &
suppliers who had worked for us on the many projects at the Hospital Site
from 1999 to 2003. We and our trades contributed more than half of the cost,
the remaining $310,000
Located
on Victoria's Inner Harbour, the Tourist Visitor information building was
originally an Esso Gas Station and the terminal building for the Coho Ferry.
