Ministry of the Attorney General/Infrastructure Ontario

Thunder Bay Consolidated Courthouse

This multi-storey building features 15 courtrooms, 4 conference/settlement suites, and Ontario’s first aboriginal conference settlement suite. It is LEED^® Silver-certified, with barrier-free design, infrared hearing assistance and barrier-free witness stands and jury boxes.

HH Angus provided electrical engineering design, vertical transportation engineering and lighting design for the 8-storey building (seven above grade and one below grade for parking and holding cells). The electrical design features 100% emergency generator backup, UPS (uninterrupted power supply) and inverter lighting systems.

Lighting design included interior lighting, exterior building perimeter and parking. Exterior lighting was designed to be ‘dark sky compliant’, and all lighting design and luminaires targeted LEED^® Silver. Custom lighting was designed for the aboriginal conference settlement suite, and featured low energy metal halide T5 fluorescent uplighting for the domed ceiling surfaces and LED downlights for general lighting.

Vertical transportation systems were designed to provide dedicated service for each of the primary forms of facility traffic: public, private (judicial), prisoner and building services. There are twelve elevators in total, the majority of which are Machine-Room-Less (MRL) gearless traction type. This elevator type represented the latest technological advance for energy efficiency and operational performance for low-to-medium rise buildings. Custom cab finishes for the public and private elevators complement the building’s interior design, while the prisoner elevators include an interior partition for the safe movement of accused by security staff.

SERVICES
Electrical Engineering | Lighting Design | Vertical Transportation Design

PROJECT FEATURES
Status: Completed 2014

LOCATION
Thunder Bay, Ontario

KEY SCOPE ELEMENTS
Designed transportation system to provide dedicated service for each form of facility traffic | Custom lighting design for specific conference suite featured low metal halide T5 fluorescent uplighting| MRL gearless traction type was used for - the majority of the elvators| LEED Silver

Built to last

The Courthouse was a design-build-finance-maintain project, with life-cycle repair and renewal responsibilities that ensure the courthouse (including heating and cooling systems, windows, floors, roofing structures and hard landscaping) is kept in excellent working condition over the 30-year period.

Town of Innisfil

Innisfil Public Library

The Town of Innisfil lies on the western shore of Lake Simcoe, some 80 kilometres north of Toronto. From its beginnings as a lumber region, it evolved into a cottage community and then into a rural residential centre, as more and more cottagers turned their properties into year-round homes.

Today, permanent residents account for over 90% of the population, supported by expanded municipal services such as the community library.

HH Angus’ scope for this library renewal and expansion project included upgrading existing and adding new HVAC, plumbing, electrical and lighting systems in both the renovated and new spaces.

The site consisted of 11,500 ft2 (1,068m2) of existing space and an adjoining new construction of 11,000 ft2 (1,022m2).

SERVICES
Mechanical Engineering | Electrical Engineering | Lighting Design

PROJECT FEATURES
Size: 11,500 ft2 renovation and 11,000 ft2 of new construction | Status: Completed 2015

LOCATION
Innisfil, Ontario

KEY SCOPE ELEMENTS
Innovative-mechanical, electrical and lighting design for the library | Upgraded and added new HVAC, plumbing, electrical and lighting in both renovated and new spaces

Government of Canada Public Works

Millhaven Penitentiary, New Maximum Housing Unit

Millhaven Penitentiary is a maximum institution serving 400+ male offenders. It opened in 1971 and was built to replace Kingston Penitentiary, another maximum security prison (now closed). A riot at the Kingston Penitentiary forced Millhaven to open prematurely.

The Millhaven facility is in Bath Ontario, near Kingston and, together with a lower security prison, occupies 640 acres. Millhaven also comprises the federal intake assessment unit, and is one of two identically-designed institutions; the other is in Sainte-Anne-des-Plaines, Quebec.

This project represents the fourth of four residential-style living units on site. It created 96 new cells at the facility. HH Angus and Associates reviewed the federally-approved standard plans for prison housing and designed adaptations unique to this site, in order to permit construction of the new facility within the existing compound.

HH Angus conducted a review of the electrical infrastructure, and reworked mechanical loads to suit new climatic conditions. As well, we updated documents to ensure compatibility with current ASHRAE standards.

SERVICES
Mechanical Engineering | Electrical Engineering

PROJECT FEATURES
Size: 38,500 ft2 | Status: Completed 2013

LOCATION
Kingston, Ontario

KEY SCOPE ELEMENTS
Provided federally-approved standard designs for prison housing | Reviewed & reworked electrical and mechanical infrastructure to suit new climate conditions | ASHRAE standards

Alberta Infrastructure

Calgary Courts Centre

Calgary Courts Centre is a major courthouse complex designed to accommodate both the Court of Queen’s Bench and Provincial Court. The complex consists of a 24-storey tower and a 20-storey tower, totalling 1 million ft2 in downtown Calgary.

The two towers are connected by a 26-storey glass atrium with catwalk bridges. The complex hosts 73 courtrooms, judicial chambers, and facilities for security, government, library and external agencies staff.

Rising approximately 125 metres, the structure was designed to be one of Calgary’s premier office buildings. The vertical transportation system includes 25 elevators and 8 escalators. From the public’s perspective, there are a total of 12 gearless traction elevators split into two banks of six elevators, in a low rise and high rise configuration. In addition to the Atrium elevators, the public uses eight atrium escalators to facilitate movement through the first five building levels which have high traffic flows.

Judiciary transportation
For the judiciary, a total of four gearless traction elevators (two per tower) serve all building levels (except the mechanical floor), including sub-basement levels. Given the secure nature of these units, provisions were incorporated to accommodate CCTV cameras, security card readers and remote monitoring and control.

Prisoner transportation
For prisoner movement, six elevators are provided, two of which are large capacity (4300 kg), special purpose units, sized to accommodate up to 15 prisoners plus associated guards. These oversized units serve between the sally-port and holding cell level.

For the prisoner elevators, special features included “Touch Screen” operation allowing the elevators to be sent to various floors from a remote location, without involvement from the guard.

General elevator transportation
For material handling functions, both towers are provided with a single 2270 kg capacity, gearless traction, “hospital” style elevator. A single staff parking shuttle is also provided to access the secure parking on the two lowest sub-grade levels.

SERVICES
Vertical Transportation Consultants

PROJECT FEATURES
Status: Completed 2008

LOCATION
Calgary, Alberta

KEY SCOPE ELEMENTS
25 elevators and 8 escalators along with 4 gearless traction elevators | Incorporated special features such as CCTV cameras, card readers and remote monitoring and control | Prisoner-level cars including touch screen operation allowing them to be sent remotely without guard involvement

Government of Bermuda

Bermuda Magistrate’s Courthouse & Hamilton Police Station

This 128,000 ft2 facility for the island nation of Bermuda includes five courtrooms, police facilities, an underground parking garage, detention cells suitable for overnight and weekend accommodations, a sally port, staff change and locker facilities, offices for court and police staff, and interview facilities.

HH Angus’ scope included mechanical and electrical engineering, IMIT, and AV design. The building is equipped with air conditioning and water retention tanks and is fully sprinklered. Water tanks collect rain water for both potable and fire protection requirements. Cooling equipment consists of air-cooled condensers and indoor compressors to minimize the exposure of equipment to the corrosive effects of salt-laden sea air.

The electrical scope included a high voltage power service, emergency power generator and corresponding dual distribution systems. Selected lighting, equipment and duplex receptacles were connected to emergency power.

The fire alarm system has dual annunciators. Smoke detectors were provided for each individual cell and located to avoid potential vandalism. Detectors were individually addressable in order to rapidly locate individual detectors triggering an alarm.

Fully-integrated closed circuit television, card access and door security monitoring systems were designed. The structured cabling system was a single mixed-media network to all information traffic - voice, video and data.

The latest audio visual technology was installed in the courtrooms: active sound reinforcement system, video system for the presentation of evidence, paging system for the judges, videoconferencing system for remote testimony and deposition, and digital recording system for proceedings recording. In addition there are dedicated elevators for prisoner transfer and additional retention cells adjacent to courtrooms.

SERVICES
Mechanical Engineering | Electrical Engineering | IMIT Design | Security and Communications Design

PROJECT FEATURES
Size: 128,000 ft2 | Status: Completed 2008

LOCATION
Hamilton, Bermuda

KEY SCOPE ELEMENTS
5 courtrooms, police facilities, underground parking, detention cells | Incorporated IMIT and AV design | High voltage power service | Emergency power generator and corresponding dual distribution systems | Structured cabling system as single mixed-media network for all information traffic - voice, video and data | Dedicated elevators for prisoner transfer