44 King Street West - M&E Renovation

Located at the corner of King and Bay, this 26 storey office building, built in 1949, houses the head office of The Bank of Nova Scotia. PCL was awarded the contract to provide Construction Management Services for the Mechanical/Electrical renovation of this building. The project began in February 2000 with preconstruction services; construction work started in mid June 2000 and was completed in June 2002. The project entailed the replacement of the outdated centralized HVAC system, installation of a conventional HVAC system including compartment air handling units on each floor and perimeter radiant heat panels. This new HVAC system also required the installation of a new roof top packaged air handling unit, which was airlifted into place on March 3, 2001. The electrical scope of work included the replacement of the 208 Volt electrical system throughout the building with a new 13,800 kV service from Bay Street. The new electrical service supplies a new 600 Volt system connected to both new and existing equipment within the building. PCL was successful in securing this project by proposing a two phased schedule, which allowed the floors to remain fully occupied as the new mechanical and electrical risers were installed and only temporarily relocating the 1400 floor occupants as each floor is respectively renovated.