St. Andrews Biological Laboratory, Charlotte County,
New Brunswick
Gerry Faubert, Stantec Consulting
Ltd.
The St. Andrew's Biological Station will be located
on the shoreline of the St. Croix River in Charlotte County, New
Brunswick. Home to over 100 years of research, the project involves
the deconstruction of existing facilities on the site, and the design
and construction of new research facilities for the Department of
Fisheries & Oceans (DFO) Canada.
All research facilities will be consolidated into
two new interconnected buildings: A single story wet lab and a three
story Level 2 science lab.
The wet lab facility is best characterized as a "landform"
building—visually nestling into the bottom of the slope and,
given its large floor plate, becoming a neutral mediator between
the existing residence building and the new biological station.
The 3,500 sq. m. wet lab building will house the main mechanical
plant for the station, as well four research areas; an open wet
lab, photoperiod lab, temperature controlled lab, and a quarantine
lab.
Connected to the wet lab building is the 4,500 sq.
m. science building, providing state of the art research facilities
for the 80 scientists working at the biological station. The ground
floor will consist of boardrooms and support services, as well as
an extensive library collection and rare book room. The second and
third floor will consist of analytical and computer labs, a radioisotope
laboratory, and researcher offices.
Collectively, key objectives for the station include:
- Providing the client with an integrated complex which responds
to the historical aspects of the site such as the existing heritage
buildings.
- Acknowledges the traditional regional east coast architecture.
- Maximize durability and longevity required for all equipment
and materials due to limited availability of replacement funds.
- Design energy efficient systems which allow the client to accurately
forecast their energy consumption and annual operating & maintenance
costs.
Stantec Consulting Ltd., was engaged to provide its extensive experience
in laboratory mechanical building systems design and energy efficiency
innovation. The challenge was to seek out innovative design opportunities
and minimize the inherent risk of "high-tech" based solutions,
while ensuring the final design would encompass the federal government's
three principal initiatives:
- Sustainable development.
- Supportive work environment.
- Connectivity.
The design team consisted of HOK Canada - Urbana Architects, Read
Jones Christoffersen (Structural), Mulvey & Banani International
(Electrical) and AMEC Americas (Process Water Design). The design
team utilized Labs21 as a guideline for the sustainable design component
of the Biological Station, and the project has been registered with
LEED® Canada.
The project budget for the St. Andrew's Biological Station is $20
million and is schedule to begin construction in Spring 2007.
Labs21 Connection:
The St. Andrew's Biological Station features a number of unique
and innovative applications of technology that reflect the principles
of the Labs21 Approach to laboratory design.
- Heat recovery on the make-up air/fume exhaust air systems.
- Energy recovery for cooling via a two stage cooling plant design.
- Cascading of office recirculation air to lab supply air.
- Commissioning of the installation will ensure that building
systems will operate as intended.
- A monitoring and verification system will be provided to monitor
water consumption and energy consumption from mechanical heating
and cooling plants.
Biography:
Gerry Faubert has 25 years of experience, primarily in North
America, that covers a wide range of projects within the commercial,
institutional and hospitality sectors.
Gerry's career started in Montreal and he has lived and worked
in Vancouver. He is currently located in the Toronto office. He
has demonstrated leadership in providing innovative, energy-efficient
and green designs for clients. He has also facilitated design charettes
for federal and provincial governments and private sector developers.
Gerry obtained his LEED® accreditation in 2002. He has actively
participated in many projects that have established LEED certification
as their mandate including the Student Centre at the University
of Toronto which recently received LEED Silver.
Gerry has also been a public speaker promoting sustainability to
numerous organizations including the Canadian Trade Commissioners,
Cement Association of Canada, Association of Registered Interior
Designers of Ontario and the ichannel, Canada's public and social
affairs issues channel.
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