Sector: Sports/Recreation
Toronto Metropolitan University (formerly Ryerson)
Mattamy Athletic Centre
This redevelopment project included a 225,632 ft2 athletic facility incorporating an NHL-sized ice rink with seating for 2,796, a multi-purpose court with 1,000+ seats, a fitness centre, studios and a high performance gym.
Elevating devices in this facility are readily available for public use and consist of two passenger elevators and three escalators. One large freight elevator (suitable for moving the ice-resurfacer) and a single Type B Material Lift were provided to manage the material handling requirements of the facility.
HH Angus provided Vertical Transportation Design Consulting to assist the architect in the design and selection of elevating devices for the Toronto Metropolitan University portion of this facility.
Photo credit: Toronto Metropolitan University
SERVICES
Vertical Transportation Design
PROJECT FEATURES
Size: 225,632 ft2 | Status: Completed 2012
LOCATION
Toronto, Ontario
KEY SCOPE ELEMENTS
2 passenger elevators | 3 escalators | l large freight elevator | Type B Material Lift
The Town of Jasper
Jasper Activity & Aquatic Centre
A key part of the heart of the community, the Jasper Activity and Aquatic Centre is used extensively year round. Originally just an outdoor pool with a small stone change room built in the 1920s, it has been transformed into a major facility with ice rinks, curling rinks, meeting rooms, daycare and a senior centre.
HH Angus was responsible for the engineering and design for approximately 25,000 ft2 of renovations to the main entrance lobby, daycare, administration offices, as well as a new 5,000 ft2 open concept space for the fitness centre relocation.
Sustainability, health, wellness and community were key goals, supported by use of natural materials, daylighting and special features such as a green roof, photovoltaic cells and storm water collection and reuse.
SERVICES
Mechanical Engineering | Electrical Engineering | Lighting Design
PROJECT FEATURES
Size: 25,000 ft2 | Status: Completed 2011
LOCATION
Jasper, Alberta
KEY SCOPE ELEMENTS
Mechanical and electrical engineering & design for ~25,000 ft2 of renovations | New 5,000 ft2 open concept space for fitness centre | LEED Silver Certified
Queen’s University
Tindall Playing Field Relocation & Parking Structure
“The opening of Tindall Field is the first step for Queen's Athletics in moving towards our vision of becoming the best in Canada.”
– Leslie Dal Cin, Director of Athletics and Recreation, Queen’s News Centre Sept. 2008
Kingston, Ontario’s first outdoor artificial playing surface, Tindall Field at Queen’s University, was developed as a two-level underground parking structure and a running track and Soccer/Football Playing Field. The roof of the parking structure forms the base of the playing field, and includes a playing field storm drainage system that directs the storm water to a large cistern for flow control into the municipality’s storm drainage system. The field is surrounded by a 3-lane rubberized track.
Resolving light pollution issues was critical, given the proximity of the field to a student residence and the campus observatory. Lighting consisted of pole-mounted luminaires on each side of the playing field. The light distribution was controlled by designing shields for the upward lighting component and reflectors with cut-offs to reduce light distribution at the edge of the playing field.
SERVICES
Mechanical Engineering | Electrical Engineering | Lighting
PROJECT FEATURES
Status: Completed 2008
LOCATION
Kingston, Ontario
KEY SCOPE ELEMENTS
Playing field over underground parking | Rubberized running track | Storm drainage system with large cistern for flow control |Specialized light distribution control
The Granite Club
Aquatics Complex
The fourth Granite Club opened in 1972 on a beautiful twenty-two acre site on Bayview Avenue, bordering Toronto’s Don Valley. HH Angus was an integral part of the design and construction team for this premier facility, which provides members with one of the most complete and well-equipped athletic facilities in Canada.
HH Angus is privileged to enjoy a 40-plus-year relationship with the Granite Club and has been involved with many upgrades to the 80,000 ft2 structure since it opened.
The mechanical, electrical and lighting design for the Aquatic Complex renovation included features such as a competition-scale swimming pool, training pool, whirlpool, and children’s pool with water features. Design of the addition also addressed the retractable roof and retractable perimeter walls.
The retractable roof posed a challenge for our lighting design team, who had to identify the location of the fixed structural members and incorporate the appropriate lighting design to address the sloped roof. The solution was the selection of luminaires and supporting details on the fixed structural members of the roof construction, accommodating the retractable roof elements.
HH Angus has also designed upgrades to seven squash courts, four badminton courts, eight curling rinks and separate skating rink, bowling alley, outdoor lawn bowling area, six tennis courts, and a fitness centre.
SERVICES
Mechanical Engineering | Electrical Engineering | Lighting Design
PROJECT FEATURES
Size: 80,000 ft2 | Status: Completed 2008
LOCATION
Toronto, Ontario
KEY SCOPE ELEMENTS
Electrical, mechanical, & lighting design for expansion including competition-scale swimming pool, training pool, whirlpool, and children's pool | Retractable roof and retractable perimeter walls
Upgrading sports and fitness facilities
HH Angus has also designed upgrades to seven squash courts, four badminton courts, eight curling rinks and separate skating rink, bowling alley, outdoor lawn bowling area, six tennis courts, and a fitness centre.
— Photos Courtesy Granite Club
City of Waterloo
Waterloo Recreational Complex
The Waterloo Recreation Complex consists of a 3,500 seat multipurpose arena, an eight lane, 35 metre swimming pool with a 400 seat gallery, a rolling bulkhead, a moveable floor, a leisure pool with slide, a whirlpool, tots pool, meeting and fitness facilities and a banquet bar area with a view of both the pool and the arena. Extra seating for an additional 2,000 people can be accommodated by temporary bleachers surrounding the rubberized running track which encircles the arena.
HH Angus provided design services for mechanical, electrical, and lighting, as well as contract administration for the construction of the sports complex.
A fully integrated ammonia/brine refrigeration system was installed for ice making and air conditioning, utilizing ice storage. Ice rink compressors were used to charge ice storage tanks for air conditioning, compressor heat recovery for building and pool heating, and airside heat recovery.
The ice making plant is comprised of four 50hp ammonia compressors and a single chiller. Ethylene glycol is distributed to make the ice surface, and the temperature of the ice can be customized to suit ice hockey, figure skating or curling. The ice rink is used 18 hours per day, seven days week, for 46 weeks of the year, and the facility is fully air conditioned.
In addition to maintaining the ice surface, any excess cooling capacity in the ice making plant is used to make ice, which is stored for reducing peak consumption of electricity of the air conditioning cooling plant. The rink also features a vacuum sand filter system,
The Complex was among only ten such facilities in Canada, the United States, Europe, and Australia to be honoured with the 1995 Award of Merit from Athletic Business Magazine.
SERVICES
Mechanical Engineering | Electrical Engineering
PROJECT FEATURES
Status: Completed 1993
LOCATION
Waterloo, Ontario
KEY SCOPE ELEMENTS
Installation of fully integrated Ammonia/Brine refrigeration system | Ice rink compressors used to charge ice storage tanks for air conditioning | Compressor added for heat recovery for building and pool heating