Portfolio Category: Special Projects

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George C. King Bridge (formerly St. Patrick’s Bridge) spans over the Bow river connecting St. Patrick’s Island to Memorial Drive. Lighting design assistance includes specifying CSA approved fixtures and designing lighting installation details. m+b’s scope included lighting control design assistance including layout, wiring, conduit/box and lighting control panel. Lighting system power distribution includes layout, panel schedule, single line diagram and details. This project was completed in 2015, despite the damage which was included during the June 2013 floods.

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This City property in downtown Calgary required the demolition of the existing clubhouse and reconstruction of a new clubhouse. The clubhouse offers a kitchen, change rooms, three flex areas for meals and social gatherings, washrooms, office space and server room.
The exterior property consists of two beautiful large lawn bowling greens, walking paths and parking lot. m+b was responsible for upgrading the lighting design, data communications and network infrastructure, wireless access points, fire alarm verification and power distribution as required to the indoor and outdoor spaces.

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Our project was to design the plaza which surrounds the inverted profile of Mt. Peechee, designed by Brian Tolle Studio. The plaza uses gabion walls to gently slope upwards from the existing pedestrian path elevation to a flat plaza surface that forms the context for the sculpture. The plaza is framed by concrete benches that appear to sit on the gabion walls as shown. The lighting design is intended to achieve a series of  “datums of light” that are experienced as one moves through the project. The first such datum corresponds to the up-lit underside of the tree canopies that are planted immediately to the east and west of the plaza. Some sort of larger scale in-ground lights will be required to achieve this. The second datum is formed by up-lighting of the concrete benches, such that the angled undersides of the benches are illuminated and the horizontal seating portion stops light from spilling any further upwards. This gives the effect of producing a wash of light that terminates in a flat horizontal line at the underside of the seating surface. The in-ground bench lights are shown schematically in the detail sections and in the 3D mock up. The last datum would be formed by the sculpture itself. The sculpture’s top protrudes from the earth at guardrail height, and it will be lit from the inside so that light spills upwards from the plane of the guardrail. Brian Tolle Studio designed the sculpture’s integral lighting, tasking m+b with  providing power to the fixtures.

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As electrical consultants for this project, we undertook the complete design of the power, communications, security, fire alarm, lighting control and lighting systems. The project is a three floor prayer and multi-functional facility. The main floor of the Jamatkhana  consists of the prayer hall and the ante room, social hall and library along with a foyer, kitchen, library,office spaces the upper floors include administrative offices and boardrooms, classrooms and a library. The large social hall with intricate reveal detailing allows for public gatherings to play sports and hold various events. A standalone kitchen services the many functions of these spaces.The lighting design was undertaken in collaboration with the architects to create a distinctive and appealing space to enhance the intended use.

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The Emergency Operations Centre (EOC) is a 50,000 sq.ft. building located in the NE community of Crescent Heights inCalgary. It was intended to be the hub for representatives like Calgary Emergency Management Agency (CEMA), Utility’s, Alberta Health Services and the City of Calgary Data Centre during any type of major disaster in the City of Calgary. With four redundant emergency diesel generators the building is capable of being off the grid for 72-hours during an emergency. The buildings was held on the ultimate test during the 2013 floods and the September ice storm in 2014 where the building utility power was lost during an emergency activation of the EOC and preformed beautifully. The bulk of the building is underground, and houses the City of Calgary Data Centre, to not disrupt the ambiance of the neighbourhood. This project  was a tremendous success, receiving the Alberta’s Top Construction Projects Institutional (2012), Award ofExcellence-Buildings (2013) and Consulting Engineers of Alberta Award OF Merit (2014). The Building although very technical also achieved and LEED gold Certification and was constructed in 35 months.

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m+b was in charge of the architectural and accent LED lighting design of the Soldiers Memorial structure. The public space war memorial is located adjacent to the Bow River situated between the pathway and Memorial Drive. Its landscape lighting design is to increase pathway safety and honor existing World War I monuments. Included in Phase 1 of the project is a path way system connecting Poppy Plaza, the Louise Riley Bridge and Santiago Calatrava’s Peace Bridge.