Northwest Territories Corp. Duplexes and Fourplexes
Various communities from Fort Smith to Paulatuk, Northwest Territories
At just over $33M, this was the largest Design-Build contract ever awarded by the NWT
Housing Corporation (now Housing NWT).
TAG and NIC worked together to prepare a
design for modular units that would perform excellently across the different climatic
environments in the NWT, be aesthetically pleasing and tailored to community
residents, while still delivering value for the client. These units are currently being
installed in a dozen NWT communities from Ft Smith to Paulatuk.
This project required a deeply collaborative effort on the part of TAG, NIC, the Client,
the host communities, and the modular manufacturer. This approach allowed cost
saving measures to be identified very early in the design process. One example of this was ensuring that the units could be installed at their designated sites without the use of a crane which is extremely expensive to coordinate in certain remote communities.
The design team presented modifications to the modular manufacturer to strengthen
the bases of the units while adding minimal weight, thus enabling the units to
effectively be rolled into place directly from a flatbed truck. Coordination with
community representatives was also required to ensure that adequate clearance and
turning space was available for trucks at each site and that the gravel pad foundations were sufficiently wide to allow workers and equipment to complete the unloading process.
Prioritizing air tightness in the unit envelopes, TAG also specified a modification to the insulation systems to avoid the use of spray foam which becomes very brittle when set, and susceptible to cracking during transit.
This project speaks to TAG and NIC’s ability to work together to deliver a complex
project with multiple stakeholders and project partners. Also, this project offers transferrable lessons for working with pre-engineered buildings. In particular TAG and
NIC have focused on ensuring envelope air tightness and weatherproofing when
connecting multiple pre-engineered structures together, or to adjoining structures.
Northwest Territories Corp. Duplexes and Fourplexes
Various communities from Fort Smith to Paulatuk, Northwest Territories
At just over $33M, this was the largest Design-Build contract ever awarded by the NWT
Housing Corporation (now Housing NWT).
TAG and NIC worked together to prepare a
design for modular units that would perform excellently across the different climatic
environments in the NWT, be aesthetically pleasing and tailored to community
residents, while still delivering value for the client. These units are currently being
installed in a dozen NWT communities from Ft Smith to Paulatuk.
This project required a deeply collaborative effort on the part of TAG, NIC, the Client,
the host communities, and the modular manufacturer. This approach allowed cost
saving measures to be identified very early in the design process. One example of this was ensuring that the units could be installed at their designated sites without the use of a crane which is extremely expensive to coordinate in certain remote communities.
The design team presented modifications to the modular manufacturer to strengthen
the bases of the units while adding minimal weight, thus enabling the units to
effectively be rolled into place directly from a flatbed truck. Coordination with
community representatives was also required to ensure that adequate clearance and
turning space was available for trucks at each site and that the gravel pad foundations were sufficiently wide to allow workers and equipment to complete the unloading process.
Prioritizing air tightness in the unit envelopes, TAG also specified a modification to the insulation systems to avoid the use of spray foam which becomes very brittle when set, and susceptible to cracking during transit.
This project speaks to TAG and NIC’s ability to work together to deliver a complex
project with multiple stakeholders and project partners. Also, this project offers transferrable lessons for working with pre-engineered buildings. In particular TAG and
NIC have focused on ensuring envelope air tightness and weatherproofing when
connecting multiple pre-engineered structures together, or to adjoining structures.
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Industra Construction Corp.
Key Contact
Mark Sheppard, P.Eng.,
Director of Operations
Phone
604.527.8850
Email
Address
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Steve Chapman,
VP, Business Development
Phone
778.746.4002
Email
Address
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Northern Industrial Construction Ltd.
Key Contact
Rodney Johnson,
District Manager
Phone
867.447.3154
Email
Address
99 Taltheilei Drive
Yellowknife, NT X1A 0E7
We provide EPC design-build and construction services to industrial, First Nations, municipal and institutional markets.
From our head office in Surrey, BC and branch offices in Victoria, BC and Yellowknife, NT, we effectively serve all of western and central Canada.
CLIENT FOCUSED. PERFORMANCE DRIVEN.
Industra Construction Corp.
Key Contact
Mark Sheppard, P.Eng.,
Director of Operations
Phone
604.527.8850
Email
Address
Suite 300, 17650 66A Avenue
Surrey, BC V3S 4S4
Industra Construction Corp.
Key Contact
Steve Chapman,
VP, Business Development
Phone
778.746.4002
Email
Address
754A Fairview Road
Victoria, BC V9A 5T9
Northern Industrial Construction
Key Contact
Rodney Johnson,
District Manager
Phone
867.447.3154
Email
Address
99 Taltheilei Drive
Yellowknife, NT X1A 0E7
We provide EPC design-build and construction services to industrial, First Nations, municipal and institutional markets.
From our head office in Surrey, BC and branch offices in Victoria, BC and Yellowknife, NT, we effectively serve all of western and central Canada.
CLIENT FOCUSED.
PERFORMANCE DRIVEN.
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