Workplace
Terasen Gas Operations Centre
Surrey, BC
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The Surrey campus comprises two buildings: an operations centre of 170,000 square feet, and a 30,000-square-foot training centre; parking totals 600 cars.
The buildings are oriented to maximize useable site area, break up large floor plates and minimize exposure to low-angle east and west sunlight. Angled heat-absorbing sun screens minimize heat gain from those exposures. Direct southern sunlight is shaded and light shelves are introduced to maximize indirect daylighting. North glazing is also maximized to take advantage of diffused daylighting.
Opening windows in conjunction with atriums provide natural ventilation. Atriums also provide identity to user functions, increase daylight penetration and promote vertical circulation with open stairs. Power, data cabling, and supplemental air-conditioning are supplied through raised floors. Indirect lighting reduces glare on computer displays.
2000 Vancouver Regional Construction Award Winner
Best General Contractor over $10 Million
Best Electrical Contractor
Best Mechanical Contractor