In an effort to follow the private sector’s new trends for reinventing the modern workplace, the Government of Canada has also been re-envisioning how their own employees work. Across its many departments, this shift towards workplace modernization, dubbed GCworkplace, is being embarked upon in the hopes that such improvements to the workplace environment will foster greater innovation, collaboration, and productivity among employees.
The 3rd of our program work with Nordstrom, the undertaking consisted of completing both exterior and interior improvements to a new three story retail building which occupies approximately 198,000 square feet.
Having outgrown their previous digs, their team of 200 had decided to relocate to one of the city’s most iconic buildings, the CBC Broadcast Centre. The former production studio and Canadian institution presented a blank canvas to the innovative and imaginative team who were invited to play a lead part in designing what would be their new home.
This renovation for a global consulting management client is a heritage building with some salvaging and reuse of existing heritage finishes including stone and wood. The project spans over 3 floors and is a full demo and renovation of office areas.
This project is comprised of an office fit out of 230,000 square feet across 11 floors at the RBC Plaza. Phase I consisted of full renovation of floors 3-5, 20, & 30 in the South Tower, partial renovation of the 3rd floor in the North Tower and the 8th floor in the South Tower.
In 2008, Govan Brown was awarded by way of competitive RFP process, the rights to complete RBC/RBC Dexia’s tenant fit-up in the newly constructed RBC Centre. Located in the heart of downtown Toronto, the new RBC Centre was a new LEED office tower with 1.
Govan Brown was contracted by Larco to conduct pre-construction services for the latest projects occurring in Hotel Vancouver. This phase of work included providing preliminary budgets and schedules for two projects –“Hotel Vancouver Discovery Level Conference Centre TI” and “Hotel Vancouver Level 16-19 Corporate Office TI and Mechanical Upgrade.
This project involved the phased high end fit out of approximately 40,000 SF of occupied office space. The scope of work included selective back to base demolition, rework of existing mechanical, electrical, AV services and security systems, reinstallation of new flooring, wall panels, millwork, glazing and DIRTT partition systems and wall graphics.
