Centennial Garage

About Centennial Garage

The Centennial Garage is part of the Edmonton Transit System (ETS) and is a targeted LEED Silver project. The bus garage was designed for the storage and maintenance of 250 regular and articulated buses as well as administration offices, dispatch and support spaces for staff. It is located at 15520 Ellerslie Road on the east side 156 Street SW in Edmonton, Alberta. This garage provides bus services to neighbourhoods in west, southwest, and downtown Edmonton. It is the first new garage to open in the City in 25 years. ConstructionConstruction of the garage began in spring of 2008 and was completed on April 10, 2010, with its first day of operation being April 26, 2010. This project budget was an estimated $99 million with $89. 3 million coming from the provincial government’s Municipal Sustainability Initiative. The building is approximately 313000sqft in size. A large portion of the materials used in this green building have recycled content. According to ETS, 90% of the structural steel, 27. 5% of the concrete, and 68% of the steel decking is recycled material. The Centennial Garage includes 81mi of in slab heating pipe, 3, 300 sprinkler heads, 1. 25mi of foundation grade beam, 11, 800 cubic metres of concrete, 43 roof top units, 7acre of roof, 1, 325 imperial tons of steel and 31mi of electrical conduit. Firms involved in this project were Croy D. Yee Architect Limited who provided the architectural work. Morrison Hershfield Limited provided civil, structural, mechanical, code, fire protection and building envelope engineering and project management related services. Other firms involved were Earthscape Consultants for landscape design, Suncord Engineering who also provided mechanical engineering services and Clark Builders for construction management services.

Centennial Garage Description

The Centennial Garage is part of the Edmonton Transit System (ETS) and is a targeted LEED Silver project. The bus garage was designed for the storage and maintenance of 250 regular and articulated buses as well as administration offices, dispatch and support spaces for staff. It is located at 15520 Ellerslie Road on the east side 156 Street SW in Edmonton, Alberta. This garage provides bus services to neighbourhoods in west, southwest, and downtown Edmonton. It is the first new garage to open in the City in 25 years. ConstructionConstruction of the garage began in spring of 2008 and was completed on April 10, 2010, with its first day of operation being April 26, 2010. This project budget was an estimated $99 million with $89. 3 million coming from the provincial government’s Municipal Sustainability Initiative. The building is approximately 313000sqft in size. A large portion of the materials used in this green building have recycled content. According to ETS, 90% of the structural steel, 27. 5% of the concrete, and 68% of the steel decking is recycled material. The Centennial Garage includes 81mi of in slab heating pipe, 3, 300 sprinkler heads, 1. 25mi of foundation grade beam, 11, 800 cubic metres of concrete, 43 roof top units, 7acre of roof, 1, 325 imperial tons of steel and 31mi of electrical conduit. Firms involved in this project were Croy D. Yee Architect Limited who provided the architectural work. Morrison Hershfield Limited provided civil, structural, mechanical, code, fire protection and building envelope engineering and project management related services. Other firms involved were Earthscape Consultants for landscape design, Suncord Engineering who also provided mechanical engineering services and Clark Builders for construction management services.