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The Vogue on Government
Located at 1450 Government Street, the century old Albion Ironworks timber frame warehouse and office building was converted into loft condominiums and ground floor commercial space for Mountain Equipment Co-op. Seismic upgrades included large concrete transfer beams installed in the basement to facilitate the removal of central timber columns to allow a drive isle for underground parking. Featured in the property’s courtyard design are cast iron panels from Victoria’s historic Driard Hotel (1892) and art deco terra cotta frieze, a 1930’s artifact recovered by the City of Victoria when Kresge’s Department store was demolished in 1989.
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Waddington Building
Home to the Victoria Public Library’s main branch and multiple government offices, this five story building is constructed over three levels of underground parking. 25,000 cubic yards of concrete was formed and poured in ten months to complete this project.
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Richard Blanchard Building
As Construction Manager selected by British Columbia Building Corporation we managed the refurbishment of the building that is the Ministry of Health. To complete the project the existing building was stripped to basic structure and a new high performance curtain wall glazing system containing portions of photovoltaic panels was installed, as well as seismic dampers and a new electrical, data and mechanical systems.
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Union Centre
Trade tendered prices exceeded the owner’s budget but the architectural concrete precast cladding elements originally proposed where completed by a concrete cast-in-place method introduced by Farmer resulting in significant cost savings and with pleasing results to the owner.
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Canadian Auto Workers Union Hall, New Westminster BC
Built on the slopes of the Fraser River in New West, the CAW Union Hall is clad in glass and metal panels.
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Victoria Press Building
The Victoria Press Building is transforming Midtown— creating a new vision for the stories of daily life in Victoria. No longer only a newspaper building, it is now a cultural and commercial hub of media, arts, entertainment, technology and education, all intersecting in a single thriving location where people will work, play and live.
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Inn at Laurel Point
This significant lobby renovation saw the vision of renowned architect Arthur Erickson fully realized at Inn at Laurel Point. The renewal joined the Erickson and Laurel wings together in a completely new arrival experience, including a brand-new driveway, entryway, lobby, and ground floor meeting and event spaces. They also took the opportunity to refresh & renew their garden.
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Victoria International Marina
The first of its type in North America, this luxury superyacht marina, located in the Songhees, includes an amenities building and restaurant. Consisting of 28 slips constructed to accommodate 65’ to 175’ yachts, a 7,000 sq. ft. restaurant, and a 6,000 sq. ft. + marina office and amenities building to include a private captain and crew club, offices and meeting rooms. Each building rests on the foreshore and extends out onto the water supported by 15 pilings.
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Islands West Warehouse
The Owner of Islands West on Dieppe Road was faced with a building that had outgrown its original purpose and was no longer efficient. In need of an upgrade, Farmer was contracted to build a new and modern 42,300 sq. ft. food facility which houses existing equipment and an efficient production line plus new office space – compliant with current regulatory requirements. The project included design assist, pre-construction services, tilt-up and cast-in-place concrete structure and value engineering.
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Starline Windows
Coordination and collaboration between the owner and the teams was critical to ensure its successful completion. A warehouse of this nature is not typical and required significant coordination between the base building, and the client’s proprietary glazing and curtain wall system. These systems made up the majority of the exterior envelope. This was the first time that these were installed in this style of building. The project location was an old fill site that housed contaminates which needed to be managed on-site.
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Bin 4 Burger Lounge
The two level Bin 4 Burger Lounge design features top floor office units and a lower level restaurant. Green initiatives include the installation of low flow toilets, a low temperature dishwasher unit, Dyson air blade dryers to reduce paper towel use, Frylow deep fryer equipment to reduce oil usage, biodegradable take out packaging, the adoption of a recycling program and a 100% paper free payroll system and online forms management.
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Dorchester Window & Stucco Replacement
This condo building on Beach drive in Oak Bay saw a complete renovation of all windows and the replacement of the stucco exteriors. This project adds to our long list of exterior renovations.
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Broadmead Renovations
A redesigned and larger breezeway with gas fireplace is featured in the year-long improvement project at 777 Royal Oak Dr., where 33 tenants fill 128,000 square feet of retail space. Environmentally friendly improvements to the centre mean less energy is being used. New trees and native vegetation have been planted. Upgrades to storefronts and double-pane, low-emission glass will cut energy consumption. The village’s onsite recycling program for tenants and the public has been expanded.
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Burger King – Duncan
Completed in 2014, this new build of a Burger King in Duncan with a drive through entrance was another one of Farmer’s high quality delivery. The final project was delivered on time and within budget, and took just over four months to build.
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Island Savings Credit Union
With successful branch installations completed in Duncan, Tuscany Village and Jubilee in Victoria, Farmer Construction is pleased to work with Island Savings Credit Union as their General Contractor completing tenant improvements at their newest Victoria location at Mayfair and in the island community of Chemainus.
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Uptown – Phase 2
Farmer Construction was contracted to provide all concrete in phase 2 of this large-scale project. Uptown includes approximately 1,060,000 square feet of open-air shopping, Class A office space, restaurants and community amenities, all in a project built to achieve LEED Gold Neighbourhood Development certification. Phase 2 of this project was completed in 2012. The Uptown project is designed to LEED Gold ND standard and individual buildings are designed to the LEED Gold standard. The retail hub serves Vancouver Island as a meeting place, workplace and shopping centre, with a mix of local, regional, national and international brands.
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Ashley Furniture
The previous footprint of the Six Mile Furniture building was an L – shape. The intent of the addition was to give the existing buildings a face lift by filling in the space between the L-shaped footprint, reconfigure the parking, incorporate sensitive landscaping, upgrade the boulevard frontage and provide an opportunity to enhance the street experience through interesting contemporary architectural design. Green initiatives include drought tolerant plantings, rain water treatment, reflective roofing membrane to reduce heat, low E double pane windows, low VOC paints and adhesives, low flow plumbing fixtures, heat pumps, LED hi bays, occupancy sensors and exterior lighting controlled by photocell and daylight sensors.
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Parker Johnston Industries Warehouse – Tilt Up
Commercial and residential roofing contractor Parker Johnston Industries has moved its operations to Saanichton. A great example of tilt-up technology, this building took 9 months from pre-construction phase to post-construction phase completion.
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Courtyard by Marriott, Nanaimo
The hotel and convention center are located in central Nanaimo on Gordon street. The hotel consist of 9-storeys, with 172 rooms, and increases the convention’s meeting capacity to 800 – 1000 people.
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