Service: Mechanical Engineering
RBC/CBRE
180 Wellington West Refresh
Built almost 40 years ago, the office tower at 180 Wellington Street West is situated in the downtown Toronto core. To accommodate increased occupancy, the 12-storey building needed a refresh and new office space. Tenant retrofits were performed on 11 floors of office space to increase floor space and to improve tenant comfort. The first floor was fitted for amenities.
HH Angus provided mechanical and electrical design for the base building and interior upgrades to primary air handling systems, electrical distributions, and to washrooms throughout the floors.
Our project scope included 150,000 ft2 of tenant fitout, building recladding and base building upgrades, fire alarm replacement, perimeter fan coil system replacement, emergency power system and normal power system upgrades, as well as humidification system upgrades.
The key design challenge was how to answer the client’s expressed desire for increased visual transparency of the building’s exterior without creating a major penalty in energy efficiency. The design team recommended a solution, and we worked with the Architect to determine appropriate curtain wall components to achieve the client’s goal.
The building has been certified LEED EB Platinum.
SERVICES
Mechanical Engineering | Electrical Engineering | Lighting Design
PROJECT FEATURES
Size: 150,000 ft2 | Status: Completed 2013
LOCATION
Toronto, Ontario
KEY SCOPE ELEMENTS
M&E for base building | Interior upgrades to primary air handling systems, electrical distributions, and washrooms | New perimeter glazing | Reduced energy consumption | LEED EB Platinum certified
Benefiting the client
Our design included more perimeter glazing and daylighting without an energy penalty, and decreased lighting density by 7 watts/ft2.
Reducing energy costs
We designed a whole new lighting layout for the entire building, complete with photometrics, LED technology, daylight harvesting and occupancy controls help reduce lighting density.
University of Waterloo | Wilfrid Laurier University
Centre for International Governance Innovation (CIGI) Campus
“We asked for a design that sets us apart and fosters collaboration and intellectual creativity. We are very satisfied with the marvellous building that emerged.”
- Fred Kuntz, VP Public Affairs, CIGI
This new construction 100,000 ft2building is located within the CIGI campus in Waterloo, Ontario, and consists of tiered classrooms, offices and a two-storey auditorium. The Campus was honoured with the International Award for Architecture by The Royal Institution for British Architecture along with 12 other buildings globally.
HH Angus provided complete electrical, communication and vertical transportation consulting services for the new Balsillie School of International Affairs. This educational facility is in partnership with Wilfrid Laurier University, the University of Waterloo and the Centre for International Governance Innovation. It offers Masters and PhD programs.
Our Electrical scope included designing the building’s power distribution, fire alarm, emergency lighting, communications, audio visual and security systems.
A UPS system backs up the building server room to ensure critical research data was not lost during a utility power interruption. An emergency diesel generator was installed to support the essential loads throughout the building. Low voltage lighting controls and occupancy sensors were implemented as an energy savings measure.
The architect designed a large percentage of the ceiling spaces as exposed concrete. This presented an interesting challenge to our engineering design team, who delivered a solution incorporating all the electrical, audiovisual and communication services without affecting the architectural design intent.
SERVICES
Electrical Engineering | Vertical Transportation Design
PROJECT FEATURES
Size:100,000 ft2 | Status: Completed 2012
LOCATION
Waterloo, Ontario
KEY SCOPE ELEMENTS
UPS System | Emergency diesel generator | Power distribution, fire alarm, emergency lighting communications, AV and security systems | Governor General’s Medal winner for Architecture | Exceeds LEED standards, but is not LEED certified
St. Michael’s Hospital
Li Ka Shing Knowledge Institute
The Li Ka Shing Knowledge Institute is home to some 200 researchers, working in sophisticated laboratories and front-line clinical settings to explore both the basic dynamics of disease and the best ways to improve patient outcomes. Research is carried out in such diverse areas as multiple sclerosis, pregnancy, pediatrics and musculoskeletal disease.
A 9-storey 335,000 ft2 facility, the Li Ka Shing Knowledge Institute comprises the Keenan Research Centre and the Li Ka Shing Centre in Healthcare Education. This concrete structure is enveloped in a double-layer glass curtain wall, with a profile that reflects the academic excellence and leading-edge technology of the research and education programs within.
The research component is housed on the 209 Victoria Street site and the education component is on the 38 Shuter Street site. Linking the two sites over the Victoria Laneway is a connection housing elevators, a feature stairway, double-height lounges, conference rooms and kitchenette spaces, all designed as collision points in the building to promote information interactions and exchanges of knowledge and ideas.
The animal facility (vivarium) for larger animals includes environmentally-controlled holding areas. The animal waste disposal system cage contains washing and operating facilities, as well as an isolation area for animals entering the facility.
- Total Wet Lab Area - 3 floors at 15,000 ft2 each = 45,000 ft2
- Approximately 30% of the Research building is Wet Lab
- Vivarium on 8th floor - approximately 20,000 ft2
- Approximately 12% of research building is vivarium.
Rather than constructing small individual labs, the laboratory spaces are open concept in design, with high ceilings, to improve user comfort and access to daylight. We met the engineering challenge of designing for installation of ductwork in greatly reduced ceiling space, while still ensuring adequate air volume changes. Centrally located alcoves for dry bench work included fume hoods and lab space, designed with flexibility in mind for future uses. Likewise, the cooling system allows for spot cooling to accommodate varying equipment loads, depending on use of the space.
The vertical transportation work at Li Ka Shing featured eight passenger elevators (two being future cars and one a parking shuttle), as well as one service elevator.
SERVICES
Mechanical Engineering | Electrical Engineering | Vertical Transportation | Communications | Security | Lighting Design | Vertical Transportation Design
PROJECT FEATURES
Size: 335,000 ft2 | Status: Completed 2011
LOCATION
Toronto, Ontario
KEY SCOPE ELEMENTS
9 storey facility | Double-layer glass curtain wall | 20,000 ft2 animal vivarium for large animals |45,000 ft2 of wet lab space | Special lighting design incorporated for grand staircase and bridge connecting Li Ka Shing to St. Michael's Hospital | Vertical transportation featured 8 passenger elevators and one service elevator
Lighting to maximize common spaces
Special lighting design features for the building included the grand staircase and the bridge connecting Li Ka Shing to St. Michael’s Hospital. The lighting is controlled by a building-wide automation system.
Toronto Transit Commission
Yonge North Subway ExtensionIn a joint venture with IBI Architects and Lea Consulting, HH Angus was engaged to produce preliminary systems design for the Richmond Hill terminal station for the proposed extension to Richmond Hill Centre for Toronto’s Line 1 subway.
Funding and plans for Toronto transit relief lines are under review.
SERVICES
Mechanical Engineering | Electrical Engineering | Vertical Transportation
PROJECT FEATURES
Status: Ongoing
LOCATION
Toronto, Ontario
KEY SCOPE ELEMENTS
Preliminary Design
Penticton Regional Hospital
David E. Kampe Patient Care Tower
This project involved the design, construction, financing and maintenance of a new patient care tower at Penticton Regional Hospital.
The HH Angus team designed all new mechanical facilities – such as boiler plants and chiller plants – to post disaster requirements, in order to comply with provincial regulations. Also, BC’s Wood First Act required that sustainable materials be used throughout the building. The winning design included widespread use of wood elements to create a warm, tranquil environment for patients and visitors.
As part of Interior Health’s commitment to sustainability and green buildings, the new patient care tower was designed and constructed to achieve LEED® Gold and was certified in 2021.
In 2022, the patient care tower project and contractor EllisDon were honoured with a Silver Excellence Award from the Vancouver Regional Construction Association, in the category of ‘General Contractors - Tenant Improvement - Over $15 Million.’
SERVICES
Mechanical Engineering | Electrical Engineering | Vertical Transportation | Energy Modeling | ICAT Consulting
PROJECT FEATURES
Size: 287,500 ft2 | Status: Completed 2019
LOCATION
Penticton, British Columbia
PROJECT FEATURES
Boiler plants and chiller plants | New ambulatory care centre | 480-stall parkade | Renovations to expand ER | LEED Gold Certified
Design for comprehensive services
The Tower features an ambulatory care centre, surgical services centre, 84 medical/surgical inpatient beds in single patient rooms, a new medical device reprocessing unit, and program space for the University of British Columbia’s Faculty of Medicine.
Enabling consolidation
The Tower enhances access to services and improves patient care through consolidation of programs that were previously dispersed throughout the hospital.
New and renovated spaces
The project included two phases, Phase 1 being the design and construction of the new tower and 480-stall parkade. Phase 2 comprises renovations to the existing hospital to create an expanded ER almost four times the size of the original ER, as well as renovations to the pharmacy stores and support areas.