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PROJECT: The Annex, Rebecca Street, Hamilton

AWARD: City of Hamilton Urban Design Award - Excellence in Adaptive Re-use

Conversion of a circa 1930 warehouse building that had been abandoned in the early 1990's to a forty unit condominium with street related commercial. The project is located in the historic core of downtown Hamilton.

The commercial space at grade and the small courtyard to the east greatly improve the streetscape. The existing condition and context of the building required a greater risk and a more innovative design than other adaptive reuse projects located in areas with adjacent residential.

The design is reflective of the original warehouse building by incorporating large industrial scale windows to create open will lit interior spaces.

PROJECT: The Hamilton Energy Centre

AWARD: City of Hamilton Urban Design Award Excellence in Overall Design

This facility houses a cogeneration plant which captures excess heat from electricity generation and distributes it to downtown buildings for heating.

This is a project in which architecture and landscape work together to express the function of the building and create public space on a prominent downtown corner site.

AWARD: PEIL Sponsored Best Re-Urbanization Project

November was very special for PEIL at the 2004 Waterloo Region Home Builders’ Association Awards of Distinction event. This was the first time an award for this type of project was recognized in Canada by a Home Builders’ Association with an award being provided to the Best Brownfield/Infill Re-Development Residential Project.

The recipient was the Robert Barnhart Group, First Suburban Homes of Galt Ltd. for Wellington Square, a brownfield Residential redevelopment project in downtown Cambridge (Galt).

AWARD: Best Corporate Brochure

PEIL was awarded the Best Corporate Brochure in 2004 at the Waterloo Home Builders’ Association Awards of Distinction. This award recognizes the diversity of our clients, projects and staff. We appreciate the design work of our Graphic Services Department for pulling it all together, with an excellent presentation of our work and corporate image.

This award is a reflection of our own Corporate Branding exercise carried out in 2003 by our Graphic Design Services Department, which designed and implemented our corporate logo and unique corporate design layout and style. This new corporate look was applied to all our promotional brochures, support corporate promotional material, signs, and company vehicles.

PROJECT: Greenwich-Mohawk Streets Brownfield Sites Remediation Study, Brantford

AWARD: 2003 Canadian Urban Institute Brownie Award Winner – Sustainability in Community Building

This comprehensive study of a 20-hectare Brownfield site was undertaken from April 2002 to June 2003 for 22 & 66 Mohawk Street and 347 Greenwich Street in the City of Brantford. The purpose of this study was to evaluate the environmental status of the site, assess the condition of the existing buildings and to develop a strategy to guide redevelopment. As part of the development process the Brownfield review provided the detailed study findings in an understandable format, while facilitating the submission of comments on the technical findings to guide the redevelopment strategies.

PROJECT: Tim Hortons Belmont St. & Glasgow St., City of Kitchener

AWARD: 1st place City of Kitchener Communities in Bloom (Small Scale Commercial Category) 2001

Located in the Belmont Village retail neighborhood in Kitchener, this high profile Tim Hortons restaurant is a model piece for drive thru developments. This location receives a large volume of visitors from local commuters and retail shoppers in the neighborhood.

The site design incorporates retaining walls, armour stone and stairs to accommodate changes in elevation and allow for vehicular traffic to effectively flow throughout the site.

The landscape design uses hardy street trees, a mixture of evergreen and deciduous shrub plantings and colorful perennials to create a beautiful setting with interest and character throughout the year.

PROJECT: Kitchener Fire Department Headquarters

AWARD: 1st Place City of Kitchener Urban Design Awards 2000

The new Kitchener Fire Department Headquarters located on Strasburg Road provides the City of Kitchener with a state-of-the-art facility that will serve the needs of the Fire Department well into the next century.

The project integrates six Divisions (Apparatus/Equipment, Fire Suppression, Training, Communications, Fire Prevention, and Administration) in a bright and inviting environment that is efficient and cost effective.

Architecturally, the building utilizes brick, wood decking, pre-cast stone, sloped metal roofs, and a bell tower to make reference to the traditional architecture associated with fire stations of the past, while at the same time using these materials in a contemporary way to reflect the modernization of Fire Services.

The Landscape Architecture Department at PEIL provided an ecologically sound and cost effective design. Plants were selected for their hardiness, pest resistance, and drought tolerance. A greater number of shrub and perennial massings have been utilized which result in less maintenance. Alternative turf grass mixes have been used for this site, which demonstrate greater drought tolerance and pest resistance. An irrigation system was installed that will provide the appropriate water requirements while limiting water usage.

Stormwater Management (both quality and quantity) was also included as part of the site development in the form of an infiltration trench, parking lot storage, swale storage, a quality swale, and an oil / grit separator.

PROJECT : Huron Model & Gauge, 95 Washburn Drive, City of Kitchener

AWARD : 3rd place (Honorable Mention) City of Kitchener Urban Design Awards 2000

A landscape design was prepared to enhance the streetscape and building architecture. The employee amenity area offers a decorative wood screen, paved patio area and bike racks.

Stormwater Management (both quality and quantity) was also included as part of the site development in the form of an infiltration trench and a stormwater management pond.

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