b'32 33QUEEN RICHMOND CENTREWATERFRONT WEST INNOVATION CENTREThis unique 300,000 SF eleven-storey LEED Gold office build- The Waterfront Innovation Centre consists of two buildings ing is suspended over two existing heritage masonry andwith total area of 540,000 SF. timber buildings using a structure of Mega Columns andThe west building is a 9-storey office building with a structural steel X braces. steel structure and composite floors. The building is supported To support the building above we created a unique Megaby three V-shaped columns at level 3 and a space truss sys-Delta Frame structure utilizing an enormous central casttem at the upper floors, which enables it to cantilever more steel node. The Mega Delta Frame can be visualized as twothan 20 meters beyond the V columns. The east building is space frame pyramids stacked on each other with the upper10-storeys high with a conventional concrete flat slab system on inverted such that the points of the two pyramids join atand concrete columns and cores. a central node. The configuration of the structure enablesThe buildings are connected to each other by a 6-storey high the Mega Delta Frame to contribute to the lateral stiffnessatrium spanning over Dockside Drive and four pedestrian of the building under wind and seismic loading in additionbridges at levels 3 to 6.to supporting the gravity loads of the columns above. The end results of the Mega Delta Frame are a visually pleasing architecturally dynamic atrium structure which has become the signature of the building.Stephenson has also provided modifications of the existing building for end tenants such as Sapient Toronto, Entertain-ment One, and Wirtz Beverage. Client: Menkes Developments Ltd.Location: Toronto, OntarioClient: Allied Properties REIT HIGH-RISE COMMERCIAL 05.1STEPHENSON ENGINEERING Location: Toronto, Ontario'