5 drills working to accelerate schedule for completion of the Eastern portion of the site. Sama Jim Cazian Photography.
Raising the roof at 1515 Douglas Street By Cindy Chan
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nviable views, thoughtful architecture and urban design — 1515 Douglas Street has all of that
and more.
the back consists of a fitness facility in the
showcases the rotunda area — the crown
parkade, bike storage areas and some CRU
jewel of the whole project. The 20-metre,
spaces, as well as a lobby with a security
atrium roof structure is seven storeys off
desk and feature elevator lobby.
the ground floor, consisting of six radial
Located in Victoria, B.C. across from
“From there, heading up the tower,
boomerang-shaped glulam beam columns,
Victoria City Hall, this new commercial
there are two fully glazed glass elevators
connected by a three-metre steel ring beam
build consists of two parts, a 13-storey
from which you can look across the city,”
in the centre, with 30-millimetre tension
building tower in the back and a six-storey
Bisgrove explains. “The building has five
rods below each one.
low-rise building in the front, all sitting
elevators in total, and two are the feature
on a shared parkade. Kevin Bisgrove,
elevators, while the others are the grate
have depth to optimize the relationship
senior estimator and project manager for
elevator and two passenger elevators.”
between the rotunda and its height,”
Campbell Construction, adds that there are two levels of underground parking. Construction on the 111,428-squarefoot building began in June of 2015 and wrapped up in February 2018. The tower in 42 Vancouver Island Construction Association 2019
“There was a desire for the structure to
Levels two to 13 in the tower are BCIMC
Bruce Johnson, managing director for RJC
(British Columbia Investment Management
Engineers, says. Johnson adds he and the
Corporation) offices. Bisgrove says the
architect considered various options for
seventh floor has an amenity patio.
the rotunda. “There are three scale models
Meanwhile, the low-rise building
in my basement, and we chose the one
