Page 8 - Library and Archives Canada (LAC) New Preservation Centre (Gatineau 2)

KEY

PARTNERS

INVOLVED

Public Service and Procurement Canada

Plenary Properties Gatineau (PPG):
Comprised of Plenary Group, PCL
Construction and NG Construction, and
Design by B+H Architect (located in Toronto).

Deloitte: LAC financial consulting and
modelling.

GRC Architects and Dialogue Architect (joint
venture): Specialized technical expertise

Tirre: Project Management.

P1 Consulting: Facility Management Services
area, due to an easement on a set of Hydro-Québec

towers at the back of the site.

Further, PPG have to account for a water table that runs a
mere three-to-four feet below the ground while building

the new preservation centre. They will also limit the

potential damage to the current facility from vibrations
Photo courtesy of Library and Archives Canada.
emanating from its construction.

"Think about this huge building that's going to be holding
a massive amount of the archival material," Ethier

says. "The equipment for that required weight is quite
important. We had to put quite a few piles in the ground."

Additionally, Ethier says they had to sit the concrete slab
for the new facility on metal piles installed in the ground

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