b'COVER STORY Design renderings courtesy of Station One Architects.we could crane it in. That allowed us tomeeting the aesthetic requirements of theWe were happy to be a part of a building accommodate the restricted time windowdesign wasnt always easy, but we made that now has such a big presence in the that we were allowed to work with thatit work. community, concludes Wojtowicz. I creek, and it also allowed us to installthink its a standout design, and everyone that bridge in a day as opposed to [over]The feature, aka learning stairs, arelikes to be a part of something that people multiple weeks. cast-in-place concrete, but adjacent tolook at and consider a beautiful building. those stairs and tying into them is a steelThe biggest difference between this school Coordination of all of the mechanicalpan seating amphitheatre area, addsand the ones that we may have attended systems was a bit of a challenge in a coupleWojtowicz. Coordinating the dimensionsis the daylight and the flexibility of of areas, notes Wojtowicz. The designto ensure that the tolerances worked andlearning spaces, but just seeing beautiful specified acoustic, linear wood ceilings.that all of it fit together perfectly wascommercial curtainwall systems being Getting lighting, diffusers, sprinklerchallenging and involved a little bit ofinstalled in something like a school is systems and everything else up there tore-work, but our trades definitely came togreat. I hope that the people using them work in that very tight ceiling space whilethe table. appreciate those aspects of the space.Photos courtesy of Maple Reinders Constructors Ltd.YOU KNOWCONSTRUCTION.WE KNOWCONSTRUCTIONLAW.Were here for you.www.pihl.caNathan MacDermottB.Comm., J.D. Andrew PriorB.A. (HONS), LL.B.Construction Law. Commercial Litigation. Construction Law. Real Estate Law. Commercial Litigation.nathan.macdermott@pihl.ca andrew.prior@pihl.ca32 SOUTHERN INTERIOR CONSTRUCTION ASSOCIATION'