Author: Ashani Piyaweera

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We are honoured to be named among Canada’s Best Managed Companies for 2022, our fourth consecutive year of being recognized. For 30 years, the award has highlighted overall business performance and the growth of best in-class, Canadian-owned companies with revenues of $15 million or more.

With over 250 staff operating from offices in Vancouver, Toronto, Ottawa, and Montreal and delivering projects across Canada, a commitment to foster innovation, talent development and technical expertise has enabled our company to thrive for over 102 years in business. For us, the award reinforces the importance of having a strategic focus on managing day-to-day operations, planning for the future and finding growth opportunities in uncertain times. We add to that the importance of a strong company culture, because achieving this honour wouldn’t be possible without the commitment and loyalty of our employees and the trust of our clients – we appreciate the important role you play in HH Angus’ success.

Click here for the full text of the announcement of Canada’s Best Managed Companies.

Exterior photo of CHUM hospital complex and Amphithéâtre Pierre-Péladeau in Montreal

The Ordre des architectes du Québec (OAQ) recently announced the winners of its 2022 OAQ Prix d’excellence en architecture, and we’re delighted that the final phase of the CHUM hospital complex and Amphithéâtre Pierre-Péladeau in Montreal was recognized in the Public Institutional Building and Prix du public (People’s Choice) categories. Working with CannonDesign and Neuf architect(e)s, HH Angus provided mechanical and electrical engineering design services during the project’s pursuit, main concept and schematic design stages. This followed the team’s multi-year work on Phase 1 of the mega-hospital, which opened in 2017. We continue to work with CHUM on its overall energy target and energy modeling.

To read more about the winning projects, click on the link below. We congratulate all the winners.
https://www.canadianarchitect.com/oaq-unveils-winners-of-the-2022-prix-dexcellence-en-architecture/

The Centre hospitalier de l'Université de Montréal (translated as University of Montreal Health Centre, or CHUM) is a mega-hospital complex that replaced three existing hospitals. One of the largest P3 hospitals in North America, it occupies more than 2.5 city blocks with more than 334,000 m2 (3.5+ million ft2) of floor space.

The hospital complex includes a main 20-storey acute care block, with five levels underground. The upper floors house 775 beds in single rooms, and the lower floors contain diagnostic and treatment functions, including a large emergency department, 39 operating rooms, 7 MRIs and a full cancer centre with 12 bunkers. Distinct blocks house ambulatory care clinics, office space and logistics. Our scope also included two large data centres.

The facility is targeting LEED® Silver certification. HH Angus responded to a number of restrictions and requirements in the RFP with alternative approaches that were subsequently implemented, benefitting the project in terms of better functional use of space, flexibility for the future, cost savings and significantly improved energy efficiency.

The CHUM project has been honoured with over 30 awards, including the 2018 ACEC Schreyer Award (Canada’s top engineering honour) for HH Angus, plus an ACEC Award of Excellence, as well as 3 Illumination Engineering Society 2018 Awards for HH Angus’ lighting designs: Passerelle Skybridge, Steeple, and Interior.

Rendering of Thunder Bay Correctional Complex

EllisDon Infrastructure Justice has been selected to design, build, finance and maintain the new Thunder Bay Correctional Complex, a contract value of approximately $1.2 billion. HH Angus is providing mechanical engineering and vertical transportation design services to the project, which is being delivered by Infrastructure Ontario and the Ministry of the Solicitor General of Ontario and replaces Thunder Bay’s existing jail and correctional centre. Onsite mobilization and pre-construction work will begin in summer 2022, with construction to begin in the fall. 

The new complex will feature a 345-bed, multi-purpose correctional facility with improved access to programming, living conditions and education, while updating automation and technology. It will be designed to meet LEED Silver certification, with a focus on energy efficiency, healthy indoor environments.

To read more about the Thunder Bay Correctional Complex, click on the link below:

https://www.infrastructureontario.ca/Thunder-Bay-Correctional-Complex/

The Correctional Complex is the latest addition to our portfolio of institutional infrastructure projects in Canada. These include current active projects such as Grandview Children’s Hospital, Kingston General Hospital Redevelopment (PDC), Royal Inland Hospital Patient Care Tower, Bayer’s Lake QEII Health Sciences Centre, Michael Garron Hospital (PDC) in Toronto, and previous projects in the Thunder Bay area, including the Thunder Bay Courthouse and Thunder Bay Regional Health Sciences Centre. The latter also comprised facilities for mental health services and a cancer care centre, as well as a later project providing an outdoor cogeneration installation.

Our portfolio of work in the corrections/justice sector also includes some notable secure facility projects:

  • Thunder Bay Correctional Complex
  • Millhaven Penitentiary, Maximum Housing Unit
  • Fenbrook Medium Security Institution
  • Bermuda Magistrate’s Courthouse and Hamilton Police Station
  • Thunder Bay Consolidated Courthouse
  • G20 Summit RCMP Installation
  • Forensic Services and Coroner’s Complex
  • Saskatchewan Hospital, Integrated Correctional Facility and Mental Health Hospital
  • North Fraser Pretrial Centre, Port Coquitlam, BC
  • Adult Infrastructure Program – Lindsay, Milton & Penetanguishene facilities
  • Nova Scotia Correctional Facility, Dartmouth, Nova Scotia
  • Trinidad & Tobago, Golden Grove Prison
  • Toronto West Detention Centre
  • Metro Toronto East Detention Centre
  • GTA Youth Detention Centre
  • Cook County Juvenile Detention Centre, Chicago

Image credit: Infrastructure Ontario

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Congratulations to Megan Angus, Principal and Director - Angus Connect Division, whose hard work and dedication has been recognized with a nomination for the RBC Canadian Women Entrepreneur Awards.

Now in their 30th year, the awards celebrate the achievements of successful women in Canada. Finalists will be announced later this year. We’re very proud of Megan’s accomplishments on a day-to-day basis, and so pleased that she is being honoured with this nomination.

Parliament Hill atop a dramatic hill overlooking the Ottawa River in Ottawa, Ontario in autumn. Parliament Hill is home to Canada's federal government and is the centrepiece of Ottawa’s downtown landscape. Ottawa is known for is high-tech business sector, vast array of museums and high standard of living.

We’re delighted to announce our expansion into Ottawa and the National Capital Region (NCR).

HH Angus has been successfully delivering projects in the Ottawa region for many years, and we’re excited to have now opened a permanent office there. Our current work in the NCR includes mission critical work for a major national bank and a telecom company, as well as commercial tenant work for a large financial institution. We have many completed projects for clients such as Tunney’s Pasture, Ottawa General Hospital, Algonquin College, National War Museum, National Art Gallery, Canadian Food Inspection Agency, Carleton University, Government of Canada’s John A. Macdonald Building, University of Ottawa, TD Bank, Delta Hotel, Public Services and Procurement Canada, and Bank of Montreal, among others.

Expanding our presence in Ottawa allows us to collaborate even more closely with our existing clients who have projects in the area, while creating new relationships. With 100+ years in business, we bring deep expertise across a range of sectors, including healthcare, commercial, education, hospitality, mission critical and lab/research facilities, energy/utilities, industrial, sports and recreation, and transportation.

Our core services include mechanical and electrical engineering, sustainability consulting (LEED, WELL, Net-Zero, Living Building Challenge, low carbon energy, energy modeling and CFD analysis), lighting design, ICAT (Information and Communications Technology) design, vertical transportation, tenant improvements, commissioning, digital services (BIM, 3D reality capture, digital twin), and digital strategy and planning consulting.

“We have seen significant growth in new work in the Ottawa area in both the private and public sectors”, noted Paul Keenan, HH Angus’ President, “and our clients appreciate having our attention to client service and expertise available locally to help support them at all stages of their projects.”

Our Ottawa office is part of an overall team of 250 engineers, designers, technologists, consultants, and support staff seamlessly connected and collaborating across the country.

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Click here to view our Ottawa brochure.

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HH Angus Ottawa
135 Laurier Avenue West, Suite 526
Ottawa, ON
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Phone: 613 714 6970