CenterBeam Place

Saint John, New Brunswick Commercial Properties Ltd. had owned the majority of the eleven separate structures involved in this complex rehabilitation project for a number of years. CEO John K. F. Irving acquired the remaining buildings in order to develop the entire city block at this prominent gateway

CenterBeam Place2026-07-09T16:49:44-04:00

WCB Building Envelope Retrofit

Winnipeg, Manitoba Designed by Smith, Carter, Searle and Associates, the building was originally commissioned for the Monarch Life Assurance Company and was constructed in 1961. This landmark building, a finalist for the Massey Medal for Architecture in 1964, was carefully designed to express the bold confidence and security

WCB Building Envelope Retrofit2026-07-09T17:16:08-04:00

Building Resilience: Practical Guidelines for the Retrofit and Rehabilitation of Buildings in Canada serves as a “sustainable building toolkit” that will enhance understanding of the environmental benefits of heritage conservation and of the strong interrelationship between natural and built heritage conservation. Intended as a useful set of best practices, the guidelines in Building Resilience can be applied to existing and traditionally constructed buildings as well as
formally recognized heritage places.

These guidelines are primarily aimed at assisting designers, owners, and builders in providing existing buildings with increased levels of sustainability while protecting character-defining elements and, thus, their heritage value. The guidelines are also intended for a broader audience of architects, building developers, owners, custodians and managers, contractors, crafts and trades people, energy advisers and sustainability specialists, engineers, heritage professionals, and officials responsible for built heritage and the existing built environment at all jurisdictional levels.

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Building Resilience: Practical Guidelines for the Retrofit and Rehabilitation of Buildings in Canada serves as a “sustainable building toolkit” that will enhance understanding of the environmental benefits of heritage conservation and of the strong interrelationship between natural and built heritage conservation.

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