This $70M LEED™ Silver certified corporate campus of 490,000 sq.ft. has 800 underground parking spots, an innovative hot-water perimeter heating incorporating an energy-recovery system, and cooling and state of the art LED interior lighting. The exterior facade is primarily curtain wall and the interior is constructed with the latest in modern office design.

The project consisted of the construction of a 12,000 sf atrium and cafeteria space. The atrium is constructed of 13 parralam wood arches supporting a high performance clear glass curtain wall system. The curtain wall roof was designed to act as an expansion joint to take the different movements of the two buildings that the atrium is bridging.

This project is the Corporate Headquarters for Canada's national phone carrier. Reliance's mandate began prior to the selection of the consulting engineers, with Reliance acting as master team leader and design-builder. All budgeting, scoping and value engineering was performed by Reliance prior to the completion of design drawings. Initially, Reliance's mandate included the construction of 1,200,000 square feet of gross constructed area of building and a tenant fit up of 570,000 square feet, to be completed within an 18 month fast-track schedule. Reliance's mandate was increased to include Phase II, consisting of an additional 440,000 square feet of gross constructed area, containing 200,000 square feet of below grade parking and 240,000 square feet of additional finished space above grade. The project was designed as a LEED certified (Leadership in Environmental and Energy Design) campus site for 4,600 employees, comprising three architectural precast/curtain wall office buildings of 4, 5 and 8 storeys all interconnected by glazed atriums for Phase I, and two precast/curtain wall buildings of 5 and 3 storeys interconnected by an atrium for Phase II. The ground floors are designed to include retail spaces replicating a city core environment surrounded by a fully landscaped interior courtyard of 200,000 square feet complete with walking paths and an outdoor amphitheater. The complex also includes a 2 storey cafeteria in phase I and a 9,000 square foot cafeteria in Phase II, a gym and spa, a day care center, 3 atriums of 3 and 4 storeys, 27 elevators, 20,000 square feet of state of the art conference and training center space, high level security systems and an elaborate automated temperature and environmental control system. Parking for 2,150 cars, totaling 800,000 square feet, is constructed underneath the entire campus.

This is a new 2 storey office, clinic and lab facility for SFBC Anapharm located in Quebec City, Quebec, consisting of 150,000 square foot gross constructed area, of which roughly 25,000 square feet is allocated for labs. Our participation on this project began during the initial lease negotiations through the entire design stage and subsequent construction period.

New office and lab facility located in Ottawa for Iogen Corporation, consisting of a 3 storey concrete structure totalling 57,000 sf, of which 12,000 sf is allocated to to laboratories. The building's design includes provisions for vertical/horizontal expansion of an additional 23,000 sf. Our participation on this project began day 1 during initial lease negotiations through the entire design stage and finally through the construction period.

A 10 storey office building totaling 364,000 SF of gross constructed area built on a design-build basis for Alexis Nihon Group including the tenant fit-up work for the Canadian Government Department of Public Works. The building includes 7 elevators and a precast/glass façade and features energy consumption that is 45% less than the Model National Energy Code for Buildings. In March 2003, the building was selected as a candidate for the Canadian Design Build Institute’s Annual Design-build competition.

The new Canadian head office for Novartis Pharmaceuticals, features 140,000 square feet of finished office space including a state of the art, independently constructed basement computer room complete with a FM-200 system and stand-alone Liebert units, a cafeteria including a full commercial kitchen, fitness center and a modern conference and training center.

Part of Liberty Industrial Park, this 156,000 square foot concrete structure, built as a head office for Telus Canada, includes a 24,000 square foot underground parking facility, a call centre, administrative offices, a full cafeteria, conference facilities and classrooms.

Construction activities at Pfizer's Canadian head offices wereperformed in phases, without interruption at any time to the office environment. The first phase, totaling 75,000 sf of new construction and completed in 1999, consisted of 3 new office levels including one level below grade with a 3 storey atrium including a large skylight. In 2001 Reliance was retained to add a 25,000 sf4th storey above the 1999 office building including a new skylight. The last phase, completed in 2002, involved the renovation of the reception area, drop-off area and new landscaping; the office remained in full operation during the expansion.

These twelve office buildings featuring class A office fit-ups averaging over 60,000 square feet each, were built between 1993 and 2002 for Liberty Sites Inc. Each structure’s exterior and interior design are unique and were constructed using select materials and finishes, making these facilities some of the most sought-after office space components in Montreal and a benchmark for comparison for new suburban office buildings. In addition to completion of each building’s core and shell for Liberty, Reliance successfully completed tenant fit-ups for clients such as Sony, Motorola, Simmonds, Consoltex, Bell Mobility, Rhone-Poulec Rorer, Robin Hood, Abbott Laboratories, Pitney Bowes, ABB and Medis.