Featured Projects
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Youtube Headquarters
In Phase One of Youtube’s 92.2 Acre master expansion plan, the construction team will be erecting 2 buildings, creating a sprawling, skylit glass, wood and steel workplace set across three levels with a combined floor area of approx. 440,000 square feet. Dark metal girders and louvers will contrast with the pale Douglas fir timber, giving an “architectural expression of structural transparency and holistic simplicity.” Wellness considerations are present throughout, including access to fresh air, universal daylighting, a full range of appropriate contemporary work environments and a pervasive presence of natural, ornamental and functional plantings that work hand-in-hand with the project’s environmental targets. Kinsol USA has been contracted for the installation of all mass timber components: Glulam columns & beams and CLT panels. San Bruno, California.
Team: SHoP Architects, HLW International, IMEG Corp, Level 10 Construction
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Quw’utsun Q’aq’i-ew’t-hw (Cowichan District Hospital)
The Cowichan District Hospital Replacement Project will result in the design, construction, commissioning, and activation of a new hospital to serve a diverse population that includes the communities of the Municipality of North Cowichan, City of Duncan, Town of Lake Cowichan, Town of Ladysmith and the broader Cowichan Valley Regional District. The building expects to be approximately 495,140 sq.ft with capacity for core inpatient and ambulatory services: including a total of seven operating rooms, and additional procedure rooms and outpatient/ambulatory clinic capacity, expanded diagnostic imaging, and expanded emergency department capacity. The new facility will be LEED® gold certified with additional building features that will further reduce energy consumption and greenhouse gas emissions. Kinsol’s scope involves the installation of all the mass timber elements, including 300+ glulam beams and columns, and 18,000 sq.ft. of NLT panels. Duncan, British Columbia.
Team: Parkin Architects, Ellis Don, Bush Bohlman and Partners.
Distel Circle
The five-storey, 100% affordable housing development will feature modular construction with a CLT ground floor podium (totalling 29,690 sq.ft of CLT), plus glulam post and beam structure. The innovative design meets parking and residential needs for today through four design concepts that provide an inclusionary and healthy community – construction innovation via mass timber, vertical parking solutions, construction flexibility, and sustainability. Los Altos, CA
Team: EAH Housing, KTGY Architects, DCI Engineers, Nibbi Brothers Construction.
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Adelaide Pointe
The Adelaide Pointe property on the shores of Muskegon Lake in Michigan will be the state's first mass timber residential building, with 300 condos featuring exposed mass timber elements for a total of approx. 78,800 sq.ft. Kinsol’s US team will be installing the CLT floors, walls and roof, as well as glulam column and beams. Muskegon, MI
Team: Korb and Associates, Leestma Management, Thornton Tomasetti, Catalyst Construction, Element 5.
Harry Jerome Community Recreation Centre
This zero-carbon design prioritizes sustainable materials to minimize environmental impact while improving building performance. Within the 188,000 sq.ft. building will be a large community atrium, aquatic centre, arena, gymnasium, fitness centre, multi-purpose spaces for arts and culture, pre-school and youth spaces, seniors activity centre and more. Kinsol will be installing the Glulam and CLT roof over the atrium. North Vancouver, BC
Team: HCMA, Fast + Epp, Smith Brothers & Wilson, Make Projects, Western Archrib
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837 Beatty Street
More than one hundred years after the existing two-storey warehouse was erected, a new four-storey mass timber addition will build upon the existing wood structure, realizing the ambitions of the original owners, while demonstrating mass timber’s lightweight advantage when it comes to building on top of existing structures. Kinsol will be fabricating the 20,000 sq.ft of Nail-Laminated Timber as well as installing it plus approximately 332 Glulam columns and beams. Vancouver, BC
Team: Office of McFarlane Biggar, Fast + Epp, Etro Construction, Western Archrib
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Prologis Evergreen
Kinsol is making our debut in Eastern Canada with this exciting new building that's targeting LEED Silver certification through the use of pre-fabricated panels made from a concrete alternative by Nexii Builds, and mass timber. Kinsol will be installing approximately 240,150 sq.ft. worth of Glulam frame and CLT decking. Brampton, ON
Team: Ware Malcomb, Gravity Engineering, Aspect Structural Engineers, Steelcon, Nexii Builds, Leeswood Construction, Element 5 (Timber supplier).
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T’Sou-ke Community Complex & Health Centre
The 12,000 sq.ft building - based on the Seventh Generation principle, planning for the future generations - will encompass a community hall for up to 200 people, health centre spaces, community health room, kitchen, cultural learning space and the admin offices for the T'Sou-ke nation who are the owners. Kinsol is on board for supply and install of approx 6,000 sq.ft of mass timber: an NLT ceiling with glulam post and beam frame, with NLT fabrication happening at our shop. T’Sou-ke, BC
Team: Urban Arts Architecture, Blackwell Engineers, IDL Projects Inc., Western Archrib (glulam supply)
Royal Roads University - West Shore Campus
The 103,527 sq.ft. five-storey mass timber building will include flexible learning spaces and classrooms, student supports, a multi-purpose classroom called the Innovation Studio, and space for Indigenous gatherings. The project is planned to meet the Zero Carbon Building design standard, the first public post-secondary institution in B.C. to target this, in addition to targeting LEED Gold certification. Both standards are administered by the Canada Green Building Council. Kinsol is on board for the installation of the mass timber package composed of Glulam post and beam, CLT decking as well as a structural CLT exterior wall system. Langford, British Columbia.
Team: HCMA Architecture + Design, RJC Engineers and Durwest Construction Management, Structurlam.
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Treewalk
Construction has begun on this accessible, architecturally stunning tree walk that winds 27m into the sky, offering soaring 360° views and access for guests of all ages and abilities. The elevated trail experience will lead guests on a 2.5km return trip through the trees and over wetlands along Panorama Ridge at the Sea to Sky Gondola. Opening expected Summer 2020.
Team: Sea to Sky Gondola, Aspect Engineers, Kinsol Timber Systems
