b'PROJECT PROFILEdestination where nature, culture andAs the inaugural building on the site,to deliver greater employee health, community converge. Rocky Sethi, managing director of Strykesatisfaction and retention.Group, said that Nexus will signal the Arcadiss vision honours the sites history.arrival of the Innovation District andConstruction on Nexus is targeting a 2028 The 2.76-acre property was originallyserve as a template for the cost-effectivecompletion, while the 10-acre master-purchased in 1955 by the Vasile Ambrosiuse of mass timber in mixed-use mid- planned community will be built over the family and used to operate the Valleyrise buildings. Our team will harnessnext decade. The next development will Fruit Stand throughout the 1960s andregionally harvested and manufacturedbe the Innovation Districts first residential 70s. Over the following years, the sitemass timber for efficient and effective housed Okanagan College, churches andconstruction, he stated. Occupants ofbuilding, Nikola, which will introduce community groups, and was more recentlythe space will benefit from the natural,127 homes to the development byhome to the popular Woodfire Bakery.biophilic benefits of mass timberprovenlate 2027.It is still early days for the Kelowna Conference Centre and Hotel. Hildebrandt is currently gathering support from local, provincial and federal partners and expects feasibility studies to begin in the near future. If we get this right, he said, the Kelowna Conference Centre will not only change the skylineit will change the trajectory of our region forEngineering Whats Next. decades to come.NEXUS / INNOVATION DISTRICT Protecting What Exists.The stage is set for a master-planned community in central Penticton, B.C.From iconic new builds to the long-term care of existing Called the Innovation District, the four- structures, RJC Engineers delivers smart, resilient solutions.hectare urban hub will introduce a mix of 12 new commercial, residential andOur Expertise:lifestyle developments to the city, with an Structural Engineering emphasis on mass timber construction.Building Science One of the first buildings going up is Structural RestorationNexus, a six-storey mass-timber office Structural Glass Engineeringbuilding. Designed by Arcadis, it will Parking Facility Designfeature Class A office space in its upper Energy Modelling Audits & Studiesfour storeys, as well as a floor dedicated to daycare and ground-level retail outlets.With offices through out British Columbia, partner with Greyback Construction is taking the leadus on your next project.on Nexuss development on behalf of the project developers Stryke Group and Tien Sher Group. Nexus is among four provincial projects to receive $500,000 in funding through B.C.s Mass Timber Demonstration Program (MTDP). Its post-and-beam design will result in an exposed cross-laminated timber (CLT) and glue-laminated timber (glulam) structure with a CLT roof and CLT floor/ceiling systems from levels two through five. The projectrjc.cateam is also studying the feasibility of adding a CLT elevator core. SICA CONSTRUCTION REVIEWSpring 202621'