Reduce.

The paperless office is still some time off for consulting engineering firms. While our entire staff at HH Angus makes a very conscientious effort to reduce printing, and we print double-sided for most uses, the fact is that hard copy drawings are still a requirement. For a busy firm, they add up.  Hard copies are required at specific stages of a contract, plus they are produced for design review, peer review and as a graphical aid at client ‘page turner’ meetings, where designs are reviewed page by page.

Reuse.

About a year ago, in response to staff concerns about how we could reduce the number of drawings being ’retired’ to the recycling bin, our Sustainability Committee came up with the idea of creating notebooks and notepads from our large format, single-sided engineering drawings.

Since then, we’ve been collecting all suitable, non-confidential engineering drawings, previously destined for the recycling bin, and having them bound into notebooks and scratch pads.  These are distributed to clients, who not only applaud the idea but also enjoy the complimentary notebooks.  Which are also hugely popular with our staff, who once again can look at a tree and not feel guilty about the amount of paper going into the blue box!

Recycle.

And as endlessly recyclable products, when the notepads and notebooks are full, they can simply be tossed into the nearest recycling bin to start the cycle all over again.

HH Angus is providing Mechanical and Electrical consulting engineering for this 21 storey, 740,000 ft² high rise research and educational facility. This new building enhances the overall campus of SickKids, which will total over 2,500,000 ft². SickKids is a landmark hospital and is renowned internationally as a world-class institution.

The Facility is targeting LEED® Gold status. Energy modeling indicates a significant improvement over the minimum energy performance required by the program. Systems have been segregated with the goal of achieving significant thermal reuse within the facility. The option to integrate a waste heat recovery system from the neighbouring district heating provider has been incorporated into the design to realize even greater energy efficiency in future.

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This article, by Paul Keenan, P.Eng., P.E., CEng., LEED® AP, Principal and Division Director, addresses the special considerations and challenges facing the healthcare industry as it pursues green building solutions.  Paul is Chair of HH Angus’ Sustainability Committee and is focused on sustainable building solutions across a variety of industry sectors.

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TAB Journal cites HH Angus expertise

TAB Journal recently featured HH Angus’ Mark Baniuk, CET, LEED® AP BD + C  in its ‘Tech Talk’ department, with a full page commentary on 2- and 3-Way Automatic Control Valves.  Mark is a Senior Mechanical Designer with broad experience in mechanical design and design co-ordination involving air conditioning, ventilation, heating, plumbing and sprinkler systems, among other specialties.

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Six of our client projects are featured among the 100 largest infrastructure projects in Canada, as tabulated by ‘ReNew Canada, the Infrastructure Magazine’. These include two in the Top 10.

The projects include: The Toronto Transit Commission’s Spadina Subway Extension (#8); CHUM – Centre Hospitalier de l’Université de Montréal Redevelopment (#10); SickKids Research Tower (#68); Royal Victoria Hospital (#73); Mississauga Bus Rapid Transit (BRT) Project(#83); and Thunder Bay Consolidated Courthouse (#99).

HH Angus’ is proud to offer our clients a wealth of experience on large-scale infrastructure projects.  They trust us to deliver outstanding consulting engineering and design solutions for their mechanical, electrical, plumbing, vertical transportation, lighting, security, and information and communications requirements.

http://top100projects.ca

YOU GUYS ARE AMAZING!!

Thank you so much for making this year’s event such a tremendous success. With a final count of 171 runners, 14 corporate teams and over $57,000 raised,  Toronto has beat the record for R2EP events across Canada! With the funds raised, Engineers Without Borders will help to support Ghana’s Governance and Rural Infrastructure program. It has been such an incredible experience for all of us involved in organizing the event and we hope to have left you proud to run alongside us.

We’d also like to give special thanks to our featured sponsors Enbridge, Bombardier, Tetra Tech, Tacoma Engineers, HH Angus and Brosz Associates, who donated generously to our campaign and featured incredible leaders to carry their teams through a successful campaign. Check your laces folks and let’s continue our pursuit of reducing global poverty! Next year’s date is set for October 24!

Health Achieve 2011 was an excellent opportunity for us to connect with our valued clients, as well as to meet new Facilities Managers and Owners.

If you would like to have a more in-depth conversation about digital infrastructure solutions for your new or existing building, or if you would like to discuss improvements for renewing fatigued facilities, please contact marketing@hhangus.com or call 416 443 8200.

And we’re pleased to announce that the lucky winner of our ‘Win an iPOD’ draw is Bob Currie, Perkins + Will. Congratulations Bob!

Since 1919, HH Angus and Associates has been providing Mechanical and Electrical consulting engineering to the healthcare sector. We supply technical support, design and project management for: Information Technology/Communications, Security, Energy Generation, Specialty Lighting, Vertical Transportation, Tenant Fitout, Building Automation Controls, Construction Services & Commissioning, and Sustainable Building Design.

 

HH Angus at Heath Achieve 2011

The annual design/build competition “showcases the Toronto design community’s best and brightest”, and benefits the Daily Bread Food Bank.  The competition took place on the site of long-time HH Angus client, the Toronto Dominion Centre.

CANstruction features structures built with cans of food, and was organized by the Consulting Engineers of Ontario, the Society for Design Administration Canada and the Design Exchange.

The design was built with almost 3000 cans of food supplied by HH Angus, and represents a donation of 2800 pounds of food for the Daily Bread Food Bank.  The CANstruction team selected their cans of food based on choices that would provide a complete meal to clients of the food bank. Our team needed only 4.5 hours to complete their design, and was one of the first to finish, thanks to a highly-organized effort and a well-rehearsed plan.

Congratulations to our hard-working team and to the organizers and sponsors.

Congratulations to the HH Angus CANstruction 2011 team!

Innovation Magazine recently featured BC’s Royal Jubilee Hospital.  HH Angus provided all mechanical, electrical and vertical transportation consulting engineering for this state-of-the-art 400,000 square foot, 500-bed acute care and psychiatric facility. The Patient Care Centre was designed to LEED Gold standard, delivering a high performance building that is both sustainable and green.  Innovations include rainwater harvesting, 100% fresh air with heat recovery and user-controlled environment. 

The first truly digital hospital, in British Columbia, the Patient Care Centre has end-to-end IP-based network infrastructure, connecting caregivers and patients more reliably and securely than had been possible to date.  Real-time patient and equipment tracking, auto call-up of patient records when staff enter a patient room and integration of patient records onto TV sets are some of the digital advances in patient care.

Read the PDF – Innovation Magazine Royal Jubilee Hospital

ENGINEERING TODAY’S HOSPITAL FOR TOMORROW.

Please drop by our booth at Health Achieve 2011 to learn more about our digital solutions for Healthcare Infrastructure.

November 7 & 8, 9am – 5pm

Metro Toronto Convention Centre – North Building – Booth #14 at the top of the entrance escalator

The 21-storey facility will include research labs, education and conference space, retail space and three levels of underground parking. HH Angus is handling the mechanical and electrical and is working with Diamond & Schmitt Architects Inc. and HDR Architecture. Other consultants are: Halcrow Yolles (structural) and du Toit Allsopp Hillier (landscape).

Read more at The Daily Commercial News and Construction Record. (PDF)