RCMP E-Division Headquarters

The RCMP E-Division Headquarters project included designing and constructing three buildings (office spaces, post-disaster data center, and vehicle bay) on the RCMP site in Surrey, BC. This complex is the largest RCMP location in Canada and has consolidated approximately 2,700 people from 25 sites around the lower mainland. As a result of its completion, greater RCMP collaboration has been made possible. This Public-Private Partnership (PPP) project attained 46% energy savings compared to standard building design practices and achieved the largest incentive from the BC Hydro High-Performance Incentive Program to date.

Integral Group was retained to provide mechanical consulting engineering and energy modeling services for this project. The design had to have a minimum of four LEED points per LEED Canada NC 1.0, and being an RCMP site, the design had to incorporate security and reliability features. As a PPP project, the design considerations also had to acknowledge the maintenance and replacement of equipment for the next 25 years, which required close collaboration with the FM provider. A stringent deadline was set and successfully met.

The team displayed innovation by implementing the largest design of active chilled beam technology in all of North America. The team could supply increased ventilation air with no energy penalty with the chilled beams. Waste heat from the main data center was utilized by a central mechanical cooling and heating plant, which was designed to feed the buildings. The buildings were specifically shaped and orientated to optimize air quality, thermal comfort, and energy usage.