“When I first became involved in

this project, my thoughts were that

it was just a job, granted a big one,”

says Brad Robb, vice-president of

Metro-Can Construction Ltd. “But

eventually I came to realize that this

project is unique and outstanding.”

Robb is referring to his

company’s portion of the $1-billion

Millennium Water community

on the southeast corner of

photo: michael boland

Vancouver Olympic Village / Millennium Waterby Robin Brunet

Vancouver’s False Creek. But his

sentiments also reflect those of key

people involved with the project.

Millennium Water, more commonly

referred to as the Olympic Village

or Athletes’ Village due to its role

in the 2010 Olympic and Paralympic

Winter Games, is intended to

be a North American model for

sustainability that incorporates

advanced infrastructure, energy

reduction systems, high-

performance buildings and easy

transit access. y

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After the 2010 Winter Games, the Southeast False Creek neighbour-hood will eventually become home to 16,000 people, with Millennium Water as its focal point with 1,100 market and affordable housing units, a 45,000-square-foot community cen-tre, child care centres, an elementary school, community garden and public plaza. The village’s developer, the Mil-lennium Group, hopes that by 2020 the residential component in the village and surrounding sites could expand to 5,000 units. “Future developments will flank both sides of Millennium Water across from the parks as well as being on the south side of West 1st Avenue,” says Millennium director Shahram Malek. “So it was important that our work took into consideration the long-range plan for the Southeast False Creek neighbourhood.”

Merrick Architecture founding prin-cipal Roger Bayley believes Millennium Water lives up to everything the term sustainability implies. “There was no design precedent for what we set out to do,” he says. “Everything from the R16 building envelope to the water drains running along the centre of the narrow streets is special.”

“It’s true there was no architectural precedent that we are aware of for what was attempted,” says Malek. “Our ini-tial concept was to create high-quality

buildings with timeless design and a seamless integration of different uses worthy of the great waterfront site. We wanted the condominiums, the rental and non-market residences and the commercial core as well as community centre to be enriched by their neighbourliness, while being a brand new community that appears as if it were built over a period of decades as opposed to months.”

Stu Lyon, principal of GBL Architects Inc., adds, “Many people were skeptical about the viability of some of these

sustainable systems, and it was a challenge taking them from the design stage into the real world.”

Bayley became involved in Millennium Water in Decem-ber of 2005, when the City of Vancouver was mulling over the framework for a sustainable village in Southeast False Creek. Bayley wrote a 250-page document incorporating the City’s Official Development Plan and green strategy, and on the strength of this document, Merrick and GBL Architects were chosen by the Millennium Group as the key designers

Vancouver Olympic Village - Millennium Water.

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of the village and the companies that would facilitate an extensive re-zoning process.

Initially, Merrick and GBL presided over the design duties for the overall neighbourhood, and in November of 2006, having established eight separate sites for the village, Millennium invited Arthur Erickson with Nick Milkovich Architects to design one of the seven residential sites. An eighth site, for the community centre, was presided over by Walter Francl Architecture and Nick Milkovich. “We appointed Roger Bayley as the design manager and coor-dinator of the overall design process,” says Malek. “We divided the project into a series of smaller components each with their own design, construc-tion and project management teams in order to transform a major project into a series of smaller, less daunting proj-ects – a great advantage from a man-agement point of view.”

Despite the plethora of architects, each of whom has a distinct design style, they worked together to create a set of principles that could be applied across all parcels. “It was an exhilarat-ing exercise,” says Lyon. “We asked all sorts of questions. Was the communi-ty going to look modern or traditional? One designer even suggested it should resemble a fishing village, but that idea was quickly dropped.”

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Bayley says, “We sought input from sustainability experts and staged a workshop with the Canadian Mortgage and Housing Corporation to determine and fine-tune project priorities.”

The group arrived at a series of principles that pertained to building integrity. “That gave us the comfort level we needed, and from there we began designing the appearance of our designated portions of the village,” says Lyon. As

such, both an overall unity of environmental components and a pleasing variety of design was achieved. For exam-ple, the non-market housing on Parcel 2 (presided over by GBL) is distinctive because of its green enamelled glass clad-ding panels, exterior corridors and an extensive green roof. A building on Parcel 5 exhibits a striking palette of deep orange and dark greys, while in Parcel 9 a “net zero” building (which will produce as much energy as it uses thanks partly

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to capturing heat from a ground-level food store and solar energy systems) boasts a cantilevered array of rooftop solar tubes.

Merrick and Borowski Lintott Sakumoto Fligg Ltd. designed Parcels 3, 6 and 10 that run through the cen-tre of the village and contain build-ings with deep balconies, woven glass facades and a labyrinth of pedestrian walkways to promote perambulation and interaction (a theme that is pro-moted heavily throughout the village). A typical design flourish can be found in Parcel 10: a 20-foot stone water wall that appears to bring water from a third-level exterior courtyard down to the ground floor main lobby below a glass atrium.

Parcel 11 on the northwest cor-ner of the village is special to all of Millennium’s architects in that Arthur Erickson gave conceptual input to this 45,000-square-foot community cen-tre before his death in May of 2009. “The centre reaches for a new vision of sustainable urban community,” says Walter Francl, of Walter Francl Architecture. “The ground floor plan links the street to a waterfront plaza, embraced by the curving form of the building. The completed centre will be

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the shared living room for a new neighbourhood.”Erickson also worked in collaboration with Nick Milk-

ovich to design the twin residential buildings on Parcel 4. The most striking feature of these buildings is that each floor is offset, giving the structures a dynamic form remi-niscent of a twisting deck of cards. The project was carried out in association with Lawrence Doyle Young & Wright Architects/IBI Group. Bayley smiles as he recalls, “I remem-ber seeing the model for Parcel 4 and thinking, ‘This isn’t going to make life easy for anyone.’”

But the true showcase of Millen-nium Water is its environmental sys-tems, and bringing them to fruition even on a budget as generous as that provided by the Millennium Group was a major challenge. Bayley was in con-stant close liaison with Vancouver city planners to ensure the viability of key initiatives. “The R16 skins we wanted meant that building walls would be 14 inches thick, but we convinced the City to take two inches off its FSR measure-ments, and this wound up saving the developer millions of dollars,” he says. “Similarly, the City agreed to exclude

Below: parcel 4 twin residential buildings. right: parcel 2 non-market building.

from its FSR measurements the external corridors that are in-tegral to many village buildings. These exterior access ways improve cross-ventilation through the individual suites and also promote human interaction and movement.”

As for other major environmental initiatives (specifically the radiant heating in the ceilings of 22 village buildings and water management systems that, amongst other things, use rainwater for non-potable needs), Bayley says, “There was a lot of grumbling about how these systems weren’t feasible, but once they became part of the construction process, skeptics began to see how they would contribute to our sustainability objectives.” Indeed, stormwater management, a wetland park, rainwater capture and storage, and advanced plumbing systems all contribute to Millennium Water being able to target a water consumption reduction of 40 per cent

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compared to traditional communities of this size.

Les Kowalski, principal of Crenz, a company specializing in advanced material finishes for polished con-crete flooring says, “In keeping with the high environmental standards, our contribution to the Community Centre was installation of a non-toxic polished concrete finish combining a sophisticated exposed aggregate esthetic. Levels 2 and 3 utilized the ex-isting structural slabs for installation, whereas on the main level we provid-ed a custom concrete design mix that had integrally mixed our line of white aggregates with local aggregates.”

Construction proved to be as in-tensive as the design process, with Metro-Can fulfilling about 66 per cent of the total construction duties and ITC Construction Group handling the rest. Robb, who had retired from Met-ro-Can prior to the inception of the village, was recruited by Metro-Can president Don Voth after excavation had commenced. “Remediation was a huge undertaking due to our proxim-ity to False Creek, and we worked with Matcon Excavation and Shoring Ltd. and Keystone Environmental to install extensive shoring and de-watering systems in early 2007,” he says.

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One of the consequences of building an entire commu-nity on a relatively tight timeline was that 12 tower cranes had to work in close proximity to each other without overlapping. This was achieved by using the TAC-3000 Tower Crane LMI Safety System. Millennium Water is the first project in the country to use this anti-collision guid-ance system, which works off the earth’s magnetic flux to anticipate and ward off collisions.

Robb says Metro-Can’s $400-million portion of construction “was the equivalent to building five major

structures, and we treated the project as such by assigning various project managers to a particular site.” Robb char-acterizes construction overall as “fairly straightforward except for undergoing learning curves associated with the proper installation of systems like the ceiling radiant heating.”

Robb says his realization that Millennium Water was a landmark project occurred during the last six months of construction. “Those months were the toughest, because not only did we have up to 2,000-plus people on-site every

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day, we had City of Vancouver workers doing the roads and landscaping while the buildings were still being built. However, all you had to do was stand in the middle of the activity to see how impressive the village really is.”

As a model for sustainability, this new community needed the most en-ergy efficient, resource-friendly and cutting-edge appliances available. Miele and Sub-Zero, two of the world’s fin-est brands, were an obvious fit. As the official appliance supplier for the de-velopment, Trail Appliance’s special-ized project management and logistics team, in coordination with the cabinet supplier, Inform Interiors, completed all 1,100 kitchen suites on time and on schedule. “When this opportunity arose, we knew that a project of this magni-tude was going to be a challenge,” says Jason Broderick, vice-president of builder sales. “Our team delivered 7,600 appliances over the span of 10 months”.

Jonathan Smallwood, Trail’s project manager, adds, “The amount of co-ordination was incredible. With such tight timelines, the appliances were de-livered and installed as each floor was completed.”

The buildings were turned over to VANOC in early November, and shortly before Christmas Bayley and colleagues were hoping the project would receive LEED Gold certifica-tion by the time of the Winter Games. In hindsight, Bayley admits that he frequently wondered how Millen-nium Water would be completed to everyone’s satisfaction, and he cred-its a solid working relationship with trustworthy clients as the key to the project’s success.

“The Millennium Group and the City of Vancouver staff deserve much praise for creating a landmark com-munity,” says Bayley, “one that is al-ready enjoying worldwide attention and that I think will be the example for other community developments in the future.” n

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CoRRECTIoN

In the December 2009 issue of Award, information in the highlights sections was inadvertently missed. The following two entries should have been included.

woodward’s (page 49 to 51)

heritage consultant: Commonwealth Historic Resource Management Ltd./Jonathan Yardley Architect

Manitoba hydro place (pages 73 to 75)

interior Design: LM Architectural Group/Environmental Space Planning (along with the other previously credited firms)

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We are proud to have completed the pre-occupancy cleaning of many of the suites for the Vancouver Olympic Village.

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Coric’s Janitorial Services Ltd.Telephone: 604.612.9424 or 604.908.3895

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We are proud suppliers of Firestop, Caulking & Waterprooing Materials to Vancouver Olympic Village/Millennium Water.

4075 McConnell Drive, Burnaby, BC V5A 3A7 | Cell: 604-727-5032 | Tel: 604-676-0806 | Fax: 604-676-0805 | fi restopcaulking.com

Supplying British Columbia with high quality fi restop, smoke seal and sealant products.

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Closet Organizers • Garage Organizers • Storage Solutions

Pleased to be associated with the Vancouver Olympic Village/Millennium Water project.

THE ORIGINAL

CLOSET WAREHOUSE

Showroom: Unit 150 11120 Hammersmith Gate, Richmond, BC V7A 5J1Phone: 604.880.6684 • Fax: 604.687.2670

E-mail: closets1@telus.net • closetwarehouse.ca

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6410 ARBROATH STREETBURNABY, BC, V5E 1C4

Tel: 604-437-6006 Fax: 604-437-6008

Pleased to have supplied and installed the aluminum railings for the Vancouver Olympic Village/Millennium Water project.

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PROJECTS BY LEVELCRETE

1.) Levelcrete completed three buildings in Parcel 9 and did some additional work in Parcel 10 at the Vancouver Olympic Village / Millennium Water project. Floors were ground and Mapei’s Novoplan Ez was applied. The crew worked mainly in the later afternoons and evenings to avoid mishaps from other trades walking on the freshly primered and leveled fl oors. Brought in to take over for another company that could not meet its scheduling obligations, Levelcrete was able to meet all the deadlines set by Metro-Can.

2.) Levelcrete completed work at the Richmond Olympic Oval in creating grade for drainage in the Zamboni rooms, using Mapei’s Mapecem 202. Other areas required leveling there as well.

3.) Levelcrete also did some surface grinding to remove clearcoat sealer so fl ooring could be glued down in the day lodge for the ski jump site in Whistler.

4.) Another notable Vancouver project was the CBC Radio Canada newsroom fl oor which required leveling up in some areas as much as 2” to an overall tolerance of 1/8” over 10’ defl ection. On this project, Mapei’s Ultratop Natural Grey was applied.

5.) Levelcrete completed large resurfacing projects at UBC with Scott Construction. Resurfacing with Ultratop at the Biodiversity Centre comprised about 13,000 sq. ft. at 3/8” in depth. As well, leveling was undertaken for fl oor prep underlayment where Novoplan Ez was utilized.

6.) Levelcrete completed a 7,000 sq. ft. leveling job at the Sauder School of Business at UBC. The architect requested Ultratop be applied in this case as it is the best product that Mapei makes. This fl oor needed to be leveled in some areas as much as 2 inches.

Concrete Floor LevelingConcrete Resurfacing

Flooring Removal

Stephen Morgan, president, founded Levelcrete in 2004. He began his construction career as a carpenter in the early 90’s. He was asked to level a fl oor for hardwood once and noticed there was a market for this service.

As one project followed the next, his company has continually taken on bigger and more diffi cult projects.

The Vancouver area has been the principal source of Levelcrete’s business, with some work being

carried out in the Whistler area.

The company’s business is evenly split between residential and commercial work. A solid

reputation has been established based on prompt service, job quality, customer

service and keeping sites clean and safe. There is no job too big or too small for this fi rm.

Tel. 604-771-9712 or 604-202-8952 • levelcrete@shaw.ca

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Greer Contracting Ltd

Congratulations to ITC Construction Group and MetroCan Construction

Proud installer of Spray Foam and Spray Thermal Insulation on the Vancouver Olympic Village/Millennium Water project.

T 604 438 3550 F 604 438 3559

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604-585-8338bmt.service@telus.net

• Security access control entry systems• CCTV video surveillance

• Door entry systems• Alarm systems

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