PAGE A8 – May 2009 – The GTA Construction Report
Brock’s first campaign project underway
MATTHEW DESROSIERS – The GTA Construction Report Editor
lope as it relates to insula-
tion, and high performance
International students ing,” he said. “It will house glass.
will have a new home at the support services for our Merit Contractors won
Brock University by 2010, international recruitment, the contract through a very
as construction is underway faculty exchanges, and also competitive bidding process.
on the institution’s newest the international student They completed the Univer-
project. services to support students sity’s last LEED Silver proj-
The Norman Road proj- when they come over.” ect, the Plaza Building. For
ect is a 46,000 sq.-ft., three- “The last part of the their LEED points, they will
storey building that will building is the Classics de- be logging the waste di-
house Brock International, partment, to help us expand verted from landfills, will
International Services, IELP research and graduate pro- use materials from local
/ ESL, and the Classics de- grams in the department.” sources, and eliminate track-
partment. The school broke Larry Molnar, facility ing of mud or debris from
ground on the project on management project man- site, among other initiatives.
March 30. ager with the University, and professor, Dr. Jack stakeholders, and that was in sign, such as achieving “We were happy with the
It is the first tangible re- said the design had to take Miller, who acted as a spe- turn passed onto the archi- LEED (Leadership in En- construction of (the Plaza
sult of the University’s Cam- into account all of these cial advisor on building and tect who had the perfect ergy and Environmental De- Building),” said Molnar.
paign for a Bold New Brock. needs. space for the project. roadmap to design the build- sign) Silver certification and “We’re pleased to see that
Douglas Earle, director of “We had a number of “Dr. Miller intimately ing.” incorporating a strict acces- Merit is off to a very quick
donor and development, said stakeholders, or depart- knows and meets with the Robbie Young & sibility policy. start on this building.”
the goald of the Campaign ments, that we had to ac- departments of the various Wright/IBI Group Architects “We have accessibility Molnar, along with the
for a Bold New Brock is to commodate in the building,” faculties, and knows their were the firm behind the de- standards at the University,” contractor, will be in com-
leverage government and he said. “We had to ensure specific requirements as it sign of the building. Molnar said Molnar. “It’s a newly munication with the various
other funding to support the design was efficient.” relates to space,” said Mol- said he was impressed at created document called departments, residences and
Brock’s master plan of over The team worked with a nar. “He’s the one that devel- how well they tackled some FADS (Facility Accessibility faculty affected by construc-
$300 million in construction very knowledgeable retiree oped the program with the of the challenges in the de- Design Standards). That tion throughout the year.
and renovations. document identifies the stan- “What we do is commu-
“In that plan, it identifies dards for accessibility, and nicate with them to ensure
opportunities for philan- our document exceeds the construction activities do not
thropy to help the University requirements as set out by impact on students during
realize it’s goals,” he said. the building code.” important times like exams
“One of them, in this case, The document takes into or pre-exams, where there’s
was to double the number of consideration various ele- a lot of studying,” said Mol-
international students by ments, including corridor nar. “We minimize noisy op-
2014.” widths, counter top heights, erations during those
Currently, five per cent of and door widths. periods.”
the school’s population is As for LEED implemen- With the Campaign for a
comprised of international tation, the project includes Bold New Brock in full
students from over 80 coun-
(From Left) Erik Anderson, project architect, Robbie Young & Wright/IBI Group Ar-
harvest of rain water with swing and it’s first project
tries, he said. But the new fa-
chitects; John Kaethler, director, International Services; Sheila Young, director,
two large cisterns, in the
cility will do more than just
Brock International; Glen Irons, director, Intensive English Language Program/Inter-
now underway, Earle said to
national Market Development; Rosemary Hale, dean of Humanities; Jack Lightstone,
courtyard they’re using expect a lot more activity
increase capacity.
president and vice-chancellor; Michael Carter, chair, Department of Classics; Kim
white portland cement in the from the University between
“It will help our English
Meade, vice-provost and associate vice-president, Student Services; Dennis
sidewalks for high reflectiv- now and 2014.
as a second language train-
Kowalchuk, senior Partner, Merit Contractors Niagara.
ity, a strong building enve-
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