Canada Post Publications Agreement Number: 40609661 WESTERN EXTERIORSThe voice of the building envelope industry in British Columbia, Alberta, Saskatchewan and Manitoba Spring 2020 Open-air Atrium Breathes Life into Residential BuildingWESTERN EXTERIORS Spring 2020 3 WESTERN EXTERIORS The voice of the building envelope industry in British Columbia, Alberta, Saskatchewan and Manitoba OPENING REMARKS 07 British Columbia: Green Building Policies Set to Catalyze Construction Innovation and Create Billions in Business Opportunities 11 Alberta: The Tough Road Ahead: Rising to the Challenge 13 Saskatchewan: Saskatchewan’s Growth Plan 15 Manitoba: Quality in Construction: If We Can do it for Hamburgers, Can’t We do it for Buildings? 16 BRITISH COLUMBIA OPEN-AIR ATRIUM BREATHES LIFE INTO RESIDENTIAL BUILDING With 14-storeys of brilliant building typology, The Duke is changing the standards of rental properties and dazzling tenants in the Mount Pleasant neighbourhood of Vancouver, British Columbia. PROJECT SPOTLIGHTS 20 ALBERTA WELLNESS AT WELLSPRING So that no one faces cancer alone, the new Wellspring building, the Randy O’Dell House in Calgary, Alberta, has been designed with community-based support in mind. 26 SASKATCHEWAN A WIN-WIN-WIN RENOVATION The former Police Service headquarters are undergoing a massive renovation to transform the space into a state-of-the-art, modern, and sustainable office building in Saskatoon, Saskatchewan. 30 MANITOBA SOCIAL, AFFORDABLE, AND BEAUTIFUL The West Broadway Commons project is on its way up; once complete it will be a stunning housing complex. The mixed-use, mixed-income development aims to unlock the value of downtown Winnipeg and offer a community-oriented lifestyle. COVER DETAILS Developed by EDGAR and designed by Acton Ostry Architects, The Duke aims to change what people think of when they envision a traditional rental property. Learn more starting on page 16. Photo by Michael Elkan. FEATURES 33 What’s Up With Wood? 35 Apprenticeship: Canada’s Solution to Future Workforce Development 37 Spray Foam (SPF) Insulation is Ready for 2020 39 Green Building Rating Systems: Perspective From a Sustainability Consultant and Assessor 41 West Edmonton Mall Wins the Battle Against Glass Atrium Leaks 42 INDEX TO ADVERTISERS ALL PROJECT SPOTLIGHTS WRITTEN BY STAFF WRITER PAUL ADAIR.4 www.westernexteriorsmagazine.ca Published by Matrix Group Publishing Inc. 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All rights reserved. Contents may not be reproduced by any means, in whole or in part, without the prior written permission of the publisher. The opinions expressed in this publication are not necessarily those of Matrix Group Publishing Inc. FOR INDUSTRY, BY INDUSTRY BUILDEX Vancouver February 13-14, 2020 Vancouver, British Columbia www.buildexvancouver.com The Canadian Construction Association’s Annual Conference March 15-18, 2020 San Diego, California https://conference.cca-acc.com FenCon2020 May 12-13, 2020 Winnipeg, Manitoba https://fencon20.com The CAF-FCA National Apprenticeship Conference May 24-26, 2020 Calgary, Alberta https://caf-fca.org Kevin McKinley Kevin McKinley is the President and CEO of the Canadian Wood Council, a national federation of associations representing the interests of the Canadian wood products industry; with a mission of expanding market access and increasing the demand for wood products through excellence in codes, standards, regulations and education. Ryan Ardiel Ryan Ardiel, CTR, LEED GA, is a Tremco Sealants Senior Technical Sales Representative that specializes in finding solutions for the construction industry related to Building Envelope. Ardiel has been with Tremco for 13 years with a focus on sealants, waterproofing, glazing, and vehicular and pedestrian coatings. Susan Kapetanovic-Marr Susan Kapetanovic-Marr, M.A.Sc., P.Eng., LEED AP BD+C & O+M, WELL AP, is Principal, Sustainability Specialist at Morrison Hershfield in Calgary, Alberta. She is recognized by the industry as an expert in green building best practices and certification systems. Doug Kramer Doug Kramer is the President and CEO of Icynene-Lapolla, two long-standing spray foam insulation brands that merged to provide a strong, unified approach to delivering superior products, technical knowledge, customer service, and sales support to customers and consumers. Doug has been a leading figure in the SPF and roofing products industry for almost 30 years, with manufacturing, operations, sales, and marketing experience in a broad variety of elastomeric coatings and ployeurethane foam for construction. CONNECT WITH WESTERN EXTERIORS! HERE, THERE, EVERYWHERE! LOOK FOR WESTERN EXTERIORS AT THESE EVENTS. WESTERN EXTERIORS’ EXPERTS Partner with Western Exteriors! Contact Shannon Savory for details.WESTERN EXTERIORS Spring 2020 7 OPENING REMARKS GREEN BUILDING POLICIES SET TO CATALYZE CONSTRUCTION INNOVATION AND CREATE BILLIONS IN BUSINESS OPPORTUNITIES With a rich history dating back to 1929, the Van- couver Regional Construction Association (VRCA) is the largest of four regional construction associations in British Columbia and the fifth largest in Canada. It serves the general and trade contractors, manufacturers, suppliers, and professional services providers that operate in the industrial, commercial, institutional, and high-rise residential construction industry in the Lower Mainland. VRCA’s member companies are part of a provin- cial construction industry that generates just over $21 billion of economic activity on an annual basis (a con- tribution of almost nine per cent towards B.C.’s gross domestic product) and employs close to 250,000 men and women. While opportunity abounds, our industry also faces a skilled labour shortage that is forecast to result in 25,000 unfilled jobs by 2028. While the industry is large and contributes in myriad ways to our commu- nities and economy, it also has some challenges ahead. At VRCA’s 2019 Construction Leadership Forum in Whistler, Monte Paulsen, Passive House Specialist with RDH Building Science Inc., made the statement that, “By 2032, every B.C. builder will face a simple choice: build like Passive House, or build somewhere else.” His statement caught my attention. We know that the construction industry in British Columbia and, in particular, the Lower Mainland, has some key milestones ahead, whether it be navigating the skilled labour shortage through 2021 and beyond when demand for construction services is at an unprec- edented level or building to support Metro Vancouver’s projected population growth of one million newcom- ers by 2041. However, Monte’s statement wasn’t directed at the supply of labour or population forecast. He was referencing the process of construction and, specifi- cally, the need for all new residential and commercial buildings in Vancouver to be built to zero-emission standards by 2030, and for all new buildings in B.C. to be net-zero energy ready by 2032. Such milestones require the construction industry to build faster, greener, and more produc- tively than ever before. Building “greener” includes the need to adapt to new, high-performance build- ing standards. What I hadn’t fully acknowledged until that moment in Whistler is the risk of not adapting to those standards; the risk that a company might find itself out of business if it doesn’t change. While the pace and scale of B.C.’s construction market Fiona Famulak President Vancouver Regional Construction Association transformation are daunting, it has several positive qualities. First, the provincial government’s Energy Step Code and the City of Vancouver’s Greenest City Action Plan provide a clear road map of code changes and their timing. The former is a voluntary provincial standard enacted in April 2017 that provides an incremental and consistent approach to achieving more energy- efficient buildings that go beyond the requirements of the base B.C. Building Code. The latter is a strategy for staying on the leading edge of city sustainability. Both policies remove the guesswork around what’s required and when. What’s more, they will help to catalyze construction innovation in an industry that is ripe for change. Second, the City of Vancouver, recognizing that the industry needs help to meet its 2030 milestone (and 2025 stretch milestone), seed-funded our Zero Emissions Building Exchange (ZEBx), the first and only in Canada, to expedite the understanding of, and capacity to build to zero-emission standards. ZEBx will celebrate its second year of operation in March 2020, having cemented its place in the industry as the go-to resource for zero-emission building advice. Third, the market transformation that will disrupt B.C.’s construction industry unlike anything seen in generations, brings with it significant business oppor- tunities. A recent research study – the Green Buildings Market Forecast, Demand for Building Products, Metro Vancouver, 2019-2032 – published by the Vancouver Economic Commission reports that local and provin- cial zero-emission and net-zero energy ready building policies are creating a $3.3-billion market for high- performance building products and technologies in Metro Vancouver alone. Our Board of Directors anticipated significant and fast-paced industry changes when it set the strate- gic direction for our association in 2017. It identified that excellence, underpinned by a culture of learning and innovation, is a critical factor for the survival and prosperity of VRCA’s members and B.C.’s construction industry as a whole. Our vision is clear. Our foundation is strong. And our commitment to serving members is unwavering. In 12 years, what we build today will be obsolete. Our industry, therefore, needs to change. In collaboration with its many industry partners, VRCA is actively working to help ensure the development, design and construc- tion communities are ready for what lies ahead. BRITISH COLUMBIA Fiona Famulak is president of the Vancouver Regional Construction Association. VRCA is the largest construction association in British Columbia, and fifth-largest in Canada, representing union and non-union general contractors, trade contractors, manufacturers, suppliers and professionals working in the industrial, commercial, institutional and high-rise residential construction industry. 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