Feature Projects

Integrated Designs’ involvement in the following projects has helped our clients overcome the barriers to sustainable building design and development.  We can help you as well to deliver practical, cost effective, high performance, sustainable facilities on your next project.

Saskathchewan ForestFirst Center

ForestFirst, Prince Albert, SK

The Saskatchewan ForestFirst building, formerly known as Saskatchewan Forst Center, is the fifth building to be constructed as part of Innovation Place’s Advanced Building Design program and Saskatchewan’s first Leadership in Energy and Environmental Design project. Murray Guy, along with the Integrated Designs team, was project manager for the successful, innovative project.

Budget: $10,000,000

  • Responsible for the complete delivery of this project from concept to completion including the conceptual design, hiring consultants, design integration, budget control, overseeing the owner provided commissioning, control system design and tenant improvement mechanical design. Also prepared the successful LEED application and successful EE4-DOE energy simulation model.
  • LEED™ Gold Certification (40 points), making it the first LEED building in Saskatchewan
  • 55% less energy than MNECB (8 LEED™ Points)
  • 85% of the existing building materials were diverted from the landfill
  • Site remedial work to qualify as a Brownfield redevelopment site
  • Best Practice Commissioning and Measurement and Verification points
  • Achieved innovation in project delivery, employment equity and social program development, energy savings excluded from the model, and wood selection and education
RiverGreen Eco-Village

RiverGreen Eco-Village, Saskatoon, SK.

Prairie Eco-Village Development Corporation is developing one of Canada’s first residential/commercial eco-villages to target a LEED Platinum certification. Project is a showcase for urban environmental sustainability that fits with the city’s objectives of “Saskatoon as a Sustainable Community”. Integrated Designs’ will be involved from the Project Management through to Commissioning.

Budget: Target LEED™ Platinum, Construction Cost $21M, Completion 2010.

  • design facilitation
  • project management (IPD)
  • LEED certification
  • energy modeling
  • commissioning
Manitoba Hydro Head Office

Manitoba Hydro Head Office, Winnipeg

Manitoba Hydro is constructing a $200M landmark office tower in downtown Winnipeg. This world class sustainable design will achieve superior indoor environmental quality and is targeting a LEED Gold level of certification.

  • IDI is commissioning the world-class facility that includes double wall construction with natural ventilation, waterfall cooling and humidification, passive solar and day lighting design, solar chimneys, long term thermal storage and displacement ventilation.
  • Participation in the early stages of conceptual design
  • Participation in developing the project construction schedule to meet tight time schedules
  • Simplification of energy monitoring system to reduce complexity and total life cycle costs
  • Provided input for the design and selection of the building management system contractor
  • Implemented Owner Participation in Commissioning and provided a commissioning credit of $100,000
  • Awarded contract based upon our position as industry leaders for third party independent commissioning
  • Developed detailed Commissioning Plan and flowcharts to ensure proper scheduling
University of Winnipeg

University of Winnipeg, Winnipeg

The University of Winnipeg is developing a Science Complex that will include the Richardson College for the Environment (140,000 ft2), a 6 storey student housing building (93,000 ft2), and a daycare (11,000 ft2). The development will be a landmark achievement for the University of Winnipeg and will lay the foundations for the design standards of all of their future projects.

Project Value: $54,000,000

  • IDI is the Project Manager and Commissioning Agent for this high profile development. We are working closely with the owner and the design team in order to help them achieve a high-performance building that is constructed within a fixed project budget, while at the same time ensuring that the design will meet all of the owner's project requirements.
  • Targeting LEED Gold certification            
  • Targeting 60% less energy use compared to MNECB, an ambitious target for a laboratory building
  • The development encompasses a full downtown city block, and several existing houses on the site were donated to local community organizations as opposed to having them demolished.
  • The owner and design team have taken many steps to include the surrounding community in the design process in order to ensure that the community will benefit from the development.
  • Innovation in Achieving Practical Cost Effective LEED Gold Designs
  • IDI helped to reduce project budget by $10 million
  • Sustainable capacity building for the design team and the owner
  • Participated in the conceptual design for one of the most energy efficient laboratory facilities in North America

IDI will also be providing IPD facilitation, energy modeling and commissioning for the University of Winnipeg’s "Plug In" gallery and office.