Projects | Office Buildings

Office building and corporate campus construction is a constant activity. From offices and research labs to high end class ‘A’ company headquarters, we look after design conception, programming requirements and even interior decorating and finish selections. Recently, Reliance’s newly constructed office buildings have been LEED certified as clients become more willing to marginally increase hard construction costs in order to generate a benefit to the environment while lowering operating costs.

Working with developers, REIT’s, pension funds or intended occupants, we build some six to ten office facilities every year, each representing between 35,000 and 600,000 square feet of interior space and contract values between $4,000,000.00 and $200,000,000.

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Bell Canada Head Office 2009  |  1,850,000 sq.ft.
Contract delivery :
Design Build Mechanical, Fixed Price
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.
National Headquarters Canada Post Corporation 1993  |  800,000 sf
Contract delivery :
Canada Post’s $80,000,000 headquarters, located in Ottawa, Ontario, Canada, features 800,000 square feet of office space in two ten story towers, a separate, above-ground parking facility for 950 cars and a space-age network control centre (see Advanced Technology Section – Canada Post Control Center). Undertaken on a fast-track basis for the developer, Standard Life, the project was completed in just sixteen months – six months ahead of schedule. It has won multiple awards for energy efficiency and architectural design and was the feature on the Canadian postal 38 cent stamp for most of 2002 and 2003.
Liberty Business Park 1993 - 2002  |  12 office buildings totalling 700,000 sf
Contract delivery :
Fixed Price
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.
Ericsson 1984 - 2002  |  550,000 sf
Contract delivery :
Construction Management, Design Build Mechanical
Over the course of 7 consecutive years, Reliance formed an integral part of the project team acting as General Contractor for Ericsson’s North American Research and Development Center. Once completed, Reliance had built over 550,000 square feet of new construction, consisting of 4 buildings and had completely renovated 250,000 square feet of existing space. Each building included separate underground parking linked by underground tunnels. All office areas were constructed to Class ‘A’ specifications and included details such an open atrium, a cafeteria with a full commercial kitchen and recreational facilities. All phases of the project were executed on a fast track basis.
Agropur 2016  |  490,000 sq.ft.
Contract delivery :
Construction Management
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.
Public Works and Government Services Canada 2003  |  364,000 sq.ft.
Contract delivery :
Design Build, Fixed Price
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.
Place Canada Trust 1989  |  325,000 sf
Contract delivery :
This $30,000,000, twenty-three storey office complex, built in downtown Montreal for First Quebec Corporation (original developers), represents some 325,000 square feet of interior office space. Construction was significantly complicated by the fact that the structure envelops a massive, pre-existing substation and rectifier station providing power and ventilation to the entire Montreal subway system. A pedestrian tunnel below the street to the existing metro was also part of the project which was completed within budget, and within the scheduled eighteen month time period.
Nortel 1992  |  158,000 sf
Contract delivery :
All aluminum and glass curtain wall office building, 158,000 sf of office for Nortel, including demised retail spaces and several levels of underground parking.
Telus 2002  |  156,000 sf
Contract delivery :
Fixed Price
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.
SFBC Anapharm 2006  |  150,000 sq.ft.
Contract delivery :
Construction Management, Design Build
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.
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