done any internal planning, it is difficult to
fit sensible, well designed buildings.”
TEAL’s planning work recently won “Best
Comprehensive Plan” from the Atlantic
Planners Institute for the 2016 Planning
Excellence Awards, specifically recogniz-
ing the South Shore Housing Action Coali-
tion Housing Needs Assessment.
A NEW WAVE
The TEAL team continues to push the
envelope with innovate material choices.
They are preparing to build the first six-
storey wood mixed-use building in Atlan-
tic Canada. TEAL was awarded the Atlan-
tic Wood Design award in recognition of
“advancing the use of wood in all types
of construction through design excellence,
advocacy, and innovation.”
Jury member, David Moses of Moses
Structural Engineers says, “This second
year of the Wood Design Awards exempli-
West Hants Open Space Plan
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