RED DEER PROJECTS
RED DEER COLLEGE RESIDENCE
City: Red Deer, AB.
Branch: Allmar Red Deer
The $19 million latest addition to Red Deer College’s campus is a LEED ceritified heavy timber-framed student residence with 145 units, reception, communal kitchen, laundry facilities and lounges. The studio suite design combines the privacy of independent living with the socializing and collaboration of a Residence environment. The addition includes 145 studio suites, including 10 barrier-free suites, each with a self-contained kitchen and bathroom complete with a shower. The bright, five-story central atrium is at the heart of the building, and there are spaces throughout that will allow students to connect, socialize and study as they live and learn together. The first to stay in the new residence were the athletes for the Red Deer 2019 Canada Winter Games. The Red Deer College Student Residence is part of RDC’s integrated Alternatives Energy Program. Manasc Isaac Architects was awarded the Canadian Wood Council Award (2019) for this project.
General Contractor: Turner Construction
Architect: Manasc Isaac Architects
*Photo Credit: Cooper & O’Hara
KOMATSU MINING FACILITY
City: Sparwood, BC.
Branch: Allmar Red Deer
Scope: Pressed Steel Frames, Hollow Metal Doors, Wood Doors, Finishing hardware, Toilet Partitions, Washroom Accessories.
This $40 million project is an 85,000 square feet sales and service facility for Komatsu Mining Corporation in downtown Sparwood, aimed at supporting the growth of their mining business across Western Canada where the company has been operating for more than 30 years. With the building opening projected for 2021, the new facility will include state-of-the-art machining tools, personal safety equipment, and many building management systems, designed with employee wellbeing and environment sustainability in mind.
General Contractor: Scott Builders
G.H. DAWE
City: Red Deer, AB.
Branch: Allmar Red Deer
Scope: Supplied the Hadrian Lockers and Toilet Partitions, Pressed Steel Frames, Hollow Metal Doors, IR Hardware, and the Bobrick Washroom Accessorie.
The G.H. Dawe Community Centre is a 94,000 square foot facility that is shared by a number of partner organizations including St. Patrick’s School, G.H. Dawe Elementary School, Red Deer Public Library, and the G.H. Dawe Centre recreation facility. The twenty-nine year old building got a recent renovation, complete with interior and exterior upgrades to the building, to include a family aquatics area, two water slides, a spray park, family change rooms, a sauna and steam room, as well as an exercise area.
Builder: Timcon Construction Group
Architect: Group2 Architecture Engineering Ltd.
*Photo Credit: Cooper & O’Hara