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Broadmead Plaza
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. LED lighting has replaced incandescent bulbs. Lighting design has been altered to minimize impact on nearby homes and the Dominion Astrophysical Observatory. The large fountain in the original breezeway has been replaced by a smaller water feature which uses less water. Along with the breezeway, wider sidewalks and raised crosswalks, benches and planters were installed to create a better pedestrian flow.
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Boulder’s Climbing Gym at Stelly’s Secondary School
This newly expanded 18’ climbing wall located at Stelly’s Secondary School just north of Victoria was completed in December of 2011. It has been recognized as a world class facility, the new home to events like the Western Youth Climbing Championship, and future events such as the 2013 World Climbing Championships. Participation in this project is another example of our commitment to building community.
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Pemberton Chapel at the Royal Jubilee Hospital
Pemberton Chapel at RJH is an interdenominational chapel built in 1909 and became “landlocked” after the completion of Royal Jubilee’s Diagnostic and Treatment Facility in 2003. The Nurses Alumni Association spearheaded the drive to solicit the chapel restoration and building breezeway project costs and Farmer agreed to manage this venture, contributing together with their partnered site subtrades and suppliers $310,000.00 of the $500,00.00 budget.
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Young Building – Camosun College
A yearlong exterior restoration of the 1913 Young Building at Camosun’s Lansdowne campus was completed in the fall of 2000 and the work recognized in 2001 by the Heritage Society of British Columbia for outstanding achievement in heritage conservation as well as receiving the Hallmark Society’s Louis Award. The exterior brick and sandstone was replaced by reinforced concrete, fiberglass wrap seismic upgrading and re-installation of the masonry cladding. The original sandstone was replaced with replicated manufactured cast stone.
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Vancouver Island Regional Correctional Centre
Originally constructed as a mental institution, this 1913 building was later converted to a correctional facility. Farmer was contracted by the BC Building Corporation to demolish the entire internal structure while ensuring the original exterior façade remained intact. Farmer built a new reinforced concrete structure within the walls and restored the exterior masonry and sandstone façade.
