Queen Richmond Centre West Phase I

Queen Richmond Centre West, developed by Allied Properties REIT and built by Eastern Construction, offers a brilliant example of adaptive reuse through its integration of two existing heritage buildings into the construction of a new 17-storey office building. The new office tower springs from a tabletop that spans above both buildings (70 feet above street level) and is perched atop three architecturally-exposed structural steel delta frames comprised of 40-inch diameter concrete-filled steel pipes and 35,000-pound cast steel nodes. The innovative delta frames create a soaring open air atrium that sets this development apart from any other, with the cast steel nodes, allowing each of the delta frame’s legs to effortlessly curve while subtly merging with its neighbouring legs at a point 35 feet in the air.

The project team utilized BIM LOD 400, three-dimensional solid modeling, numerical stress analysis, computational fluid dynamics, and casting solidification modeling, in addition to state-of-the-art rapid prototyping, CNC-tooling production, five-axis machining, and laser scanning technologies in the design, engineering, and production of the cast steel nodes and construction of the overall commercial development.

Highlights

• CCDC-5B Contract
• BIM Level of Detail 400
• Multi-phase construction
• Multi-tenant commercial office space
• Densely populated, urban location
• Adaptive reuse heritage elements
• Timber; post and beam elements
• Raised floor
• LEED Gold