b'40 41AEROCENTRE V BMW CANADA HEADQUARTERSThis award winning $50 Million LEED Gold commercial projectThe BMW headquarters is a 69,000 SF four-storey office build-includes five floors of office space consisting of approximatelying, designed with a steel frame and hollowcore precast slab. 225,000 SF of office space above an exposed parking deck.The open concept design includes an automotive showroom, The building features a three-level, above grade, open exposedcafeteria and presentation areas and a four-storey feature parking deck, cast in place and precast construction withstaircase. The mechanical and electrical systems are distributed raised access flooring and exposed concrete soffits. The projectbelow access flooring and the hollowcore structure is exposed. received a Structural Design Innovation Award from OntarioThe building is designed with an eccentric core to facilitate day Concrete Awards for creative use of precast and cast-in-placelighting. The executive core creates certain design challenges concrete on this project. The mixed use of these materialswith regard to seismic and wind torsions on the building. In helped facilitate an accelerated schedule and minimize theaddition the building is constructed of structural steel and impact to the surrounded areas. The areas where the precastprecast with the precast soffits being exposed as a ceiling was erected at the end of the project were used throughoutto the floors below. Exposing the structure requires careful the construction as a lay down area. In addition to the creativedetailing to ensure the architectural vision is met. This building use of materials, we utilized expansion joints in the aboveis LEED silver certified.grade open air cast-in-place structure yet innovatively elim-inated these joints in the 126m (413ft) long office building above.Client: BMW CanadaLocation: Richmond Hill, OntarioClient: HOOPP Realty Inc.MID-RISE COMMERCIAL 05.2STEPHENSON ENGINEERING Location: Mississauga, Ontario'