Design Works Engineering Modular Portfolio

MODULAR PORTFOLIO 2021

CIVIL • STRUCTURAL • MECHANICAL • ELECTRICAL • ENERGY MODELLING • SPRINKLER DESIGN

Welcome to

Design Works Engineering

Buildings are innately human. So, at Design Works Engineering, we put people at the forefront of our business, working closely with our valued clients and supporting our brilliant teams.

Our senior leadership, guided by Haydar Al Dahhan, P.Eng since launching Design Works Engineering in 2014, have endeavoured to create a unique brand of engineering services that evolves with changing cultural, economic, and technological needs. Thanks to the strength of our global partner network, we’re able to ensure we not only provide the latest engineering solutions but that they’re the right ones for each unique project and client.

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From the President & CEO

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Why Choose Us

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Who We Are

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Modular Engineering Services

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Why Go Modular

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Modular Project Highlights

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Our Valued Clients

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Contact Us

From the

President & CEO Design Works was purposefully conceived to maintain deep roots in the core engineering disciplines while employing the latest technologies to ensure that our teams have the knowledge and resources they need to ensure every project is a success and make every client a happy partner.

We will always strive to develop and introduce new products, services and construction methods that meet and exceed the evolving needs of our customers.

I’m so proud of what our team has achieved over the course of our history working together. Every member of Design Works Engineering makes innovation and customer experience a priority, and everyone fully embraces the notion that in addition to structures, we’re building relationships.

Our thoughts are that we are not your engineers but your partners. Your success is our success and vice versa. We are in it together as a team from start to finish.

Our integrated engineering approach has helped many of our clients make their development vision a reality throughout the years.

Throughout Canada and internationally, we maintain offices where I extend my invitation to you to stop by any of the locations to meet our team and learn more about how we can help you create your next big success.

Thank you for taking the time to learn about us.

Haydar Al Dahhan, P.Eng., IntPE, APEC, MIEEE President & CEO | Electrical & Mechanical Engineer 4

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Why

Choose Us?

MOVING AT THE SPEED OF BUSINESS

A LONG-VIEW OF RELATIONSHIPS

AN APPETITE FOR INNOVATION

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Projects often need to be turned around on short notice. Our business model is designed to accommodate tight schedules without sacrificing quality. Your urgency is our shared concern.

A job is never just a job it‘s a piece of a greater whole. Our teams always keep the bigger picture in mind, regardless of the initial project size.

We approach every bid as the first step towards mutual growth.

Modern research and development is continuing to transform building industries using new methods, materials and insights.

We make the necessary investment to stay at the front of that curve; we are driven by a true zeal for excellence.

Our integrated teams are made up of innovative and creative thinkers from each core engineering discipline, By putting the best minds together to work on challenging projects, we don’t just determine the best solutions for your current building, we also create groundbreaking new ideas that carry our firm and your project into the future.

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Who We Are

Our Culture

Our Communities

The best ideas don’t just come from one individual.

Design Works is committed to completing the highest quality construction projects for our communities in a safe and responsible manner.

We strive to better ourselves and our projects by learning from each other, exploring new concepts, and bringing out the best in everyone. We take great pride in delivering results as a team.

Excellent designers are always striving to improve. Our people are empowered to develop professionally with access to lifelong learning and cuttingedge technology.

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From consistently developing safety best practices to continually implementing emerging environmental technology, we are always striving to make a positive impact in our communities.

Our Vision Create solutions that build great projects and better relationships.

Our Mission Design Works Engineering is committed to completing the highest quality construction projects in a schedule-sensitive manner at the lowest possible cost utilizing customer-driven solutions and safe construction methods.

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Modular Engineering Services Structural Engineering Whether you’re building a high rise tower, commercial space, or industrial building, structural engineers are specialists at choosing materials and methods that withstand the test of time.

That’s why we ask the right questions up front.

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Civil Engineering

Mechanical Engineering

We believe public spaces should enhance the communities around them. Whether it’s improving the flow and rhythm of traffic patterns, adding strategic amenities, or establishing unifying features that provide a sense of character, good civil design should go beyond bare functionalism.

The ultimate goal of every project is to make it comfortable and attractive for tenants and economically feasible for owners.

Mechanical engineers work hard to stay on the cutting edge, working every day to learn and develop the latest in methods and technology.

Electrical Engineering

Sprinkler Design

From municipal distribution systems for new land developments and lighting studies for commercial office spaces to detailed building designs, our team of electrical engineers and designers are well versed in the subtleties of efficient and cost-effective construction.

Design Works is well placed to be in the forefront of sprinkler engineering, being a specialist firm with highly experienced personnel and specialized equipment for the job.

Energy Modelling Energy modelling has the most significant impact on energy savings. This is why we ensure that our energy specialists are involved from day one, applying forward thinking principles and the latest simulation technologies to our designs long before we break ground.

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Why Go Modular?

With Design Works Engineering’s commitment to adapt with the evergrowing changes of technology, social patterns & climate changes – it is essential that the company also adapts with the evolving world of construction. Modular construction is the new wave of prof iciency that is having global reach. Offering a host of advantages over traditional site built components – including quicker results by way of more structurally set timelines, more affordable costs, less demand in labour, and benef itting the environment through waste reduced construction means & methods – it can be utilized within many types of buildings ranging f rom residential to commercial to disaster relief. Modular construction also improves the overall quality of construction components via higher quality control and assurance methods (for example: in-plant fabrication, assembly and testing).

Due to the ongoing pandemic, government agencies are even more eager to achieve affordable housing units in higher numbers and in shorter delivery timelines. Modular construction is proven to have a signif icant positive impact towards this using its creative thinking method of not just working toward the goal of making things happen, but by analyzing and challenging the goal of making things happen.

Design Works Engineering is devoted to standing by this f ramework.

COVID-19 RAPID RESPONSE STRUCTURES TORONTO, ON

The Values of Modular Construction vs Traditional Construction

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Key Benefits of Modular Construction

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Increased Availability - Construction companies are increasingly turning to modular construction for some part of their projects. Some 35 percent of construction companies are incorporating prefabrication into building design, according to

information from the management construction firm FMI, cited by reporter Adam Groff on the Construction Global website.

FMI also noted 40 percent of firms are using prefabrication and expected to use it more in the future.

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Cost Savings - Prefabrication can reduce the cost of a construction project by a significant amount. Since the

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Better Quality Control - The factory-based process for building prefabricated segments of a structure provides for

prefabrication process is less wasteful, material costs are lower. Quicker build times mean reduced labor costs and fewer

cost and schedule overruns.

high levels of quality control. Since all construction is carefully planned and executed, there are no last-minute problems

or conflicts that mean costly delays or revisions of building plans. Building materials and projects are protected from the elements, eliminating potential damage from rain, ice, or sunlight.

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Faster Completion - A modular project can be completed much faster and with greater efficiency than a project

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Environmental Friendliness - Modular construction can be better for the environment since the process requires

pieced together on site. Instead of putting together hundreds or thousands of individual pieces, assembling a modular

project requires connecting only a few large-scale components.

less waste of material and less consumption of energy. Less fuel is needed for moving equipment and materials, which

means there is less pollution produced on the construction site. Modular processes support recycling of materials for other projects.

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Challenges / Opportunities

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Mass Production / Limited Variety - Design Works Engineering acknowledges this and aims to work alongside this difference in design, time and cost structure. Our proven design experience and advanced design techniques have shown

there are no design capabilities to provide cost effective and timely scheduled expertise to meet the client needs.

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Higher Amount of Complex Decisions / Front Loaded Design - Design Works Engineering aims to get ahead of this timeline challenge in order to prevent any surprises from occurring. Our proven design experiences and advanced design

techniques have shown there are no design capabilities for Design Works to meet client needs in cost effective and timely design schedules.

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Approval Process Can Be Complicated - Design Works Engineering looks at this ahead of time in order to keep organized and lessen chance of delays. Our proven design experiences and advanced design techniques have demonstrated there

are no design capabilities and approvals that will not meet client needs.

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Risk is on Few Suppliers - Design Works Engineering prides ourselves on working with our clients fairly and communicating wholely throughout the project process. Our proven design experiences and advanced design techniques have shown

there are no design capabilities for Design Works to meet client needs in cost effective and timely design schedules.

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Transportation Costs & Risk - Design Works Engineering is physically prepared for this risk and prepares our team to take this on. Our proven design experiences and on site manufacturer reviews have demonstrated there are no design and

installation reviews capabilities that will not meet client needs.

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Modular construction is proven to have a significant positive impact towards this using its creative thinking method of not just working toward the goal of making things happen, but by analyzing and challenging the goal of making things happen.

Design Works Engineering is devoted to standing by this framework “

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Modular Project Highlights

Design Works Engineering’s innovative team brings 25 years of experience to the new world that is modular construction.

The team’s collaborative approach mirrors the collaborative & more efficient nature of modular construction – which challenges the construction norm by using a more creative, non-traditional formula of getting the job done.

Design Works Engineering’s team promotes a similarly motivational morale that believes that building off each other’s ideas and efforts is the most efficient way to achieve success.

Rather than focusing solely on numbers, the team thrives from assessing how these numbers are achieved through the productivity of the projects that create them. Affordable housing is also an end goal of the team – turned from a dream into a reality thanks to the new ways of modular construction.

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COVID-19 RAPID RESPONSE STRUCTURES TORONTO, ON The building is expected to be a sea can complex for the purpose of being a rapid response building for infectious diseases.

B C H O U SING VICTO R IA KAMLOOPS, B.C. Providing low-income housing for the area, modular construction was used to expedite the build process, with the major structural elements and finishes installed in the controlled plant environment. Tight site conditions made the use of modular construction a positive alternative to the traditional build, as the area for material laydown was limited.

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BC H O US I N G H O PE HOPE , B .C .

A 60 unit modular housing project supporting our low-income community using our service of Structural Engineering. One of our many new modular projects specially designed to make low- income housing accessible for the community. The modular construction completed in more structurally set timelines and in a controlled plant environment achieves the goal of expediting the build process – a major benefit for the low-income community in the middle of the pandemic.

B C H O U SING EL L IS KELOWNA , B .C .

A 38 unit modular housing project supporting our low-income community using our service of Structural Engineering. One of our many new modular projects specially designed to make low-income housing accessible for the community. The modular construction completed in more structurally set timelines and in a controlled plant environment achieves the goal of expediting the build process – a major benefit for the low-income community in the middle of the pandemic.

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BC HOUSING NICOL NANAIMO, B.C. A 52 unit modular housing project supporting our low-income community using our service of Structural Engineering. One of our many new modular projects specially designed to make low-income housing accessible for the community. The modular construction completed in more structurally set timelines and in a controlled plant environment achieves the goal of expediting the build process – a major benefit for the low-income community in the middle of the pandemic.

BC HOUSING DOGWOOD CAMPBELL RIVER, B .C .

A 52 unit modular housing project supporting our low-income community using our service of Structural Engineering. One of our many new modular projects specially designed to make low-income housing accessible for the community. The modular construction completed in more structurally set timelines and in a controlled plant environment achieves the goal of expediting the build process – a major benefit for the low-income community in the middle of the pandemic.

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B C H O U S I N G B U RN A BY BURNABY, B .C .

A 4-storey building consisting of 44 units using our service of Structural Engineering.

We put the needs of our clientele first – which is specifically why our modular projects such as this one trump the more commonly known traditional build format.

K E LTOU R CO NTR O LS MOD U L A R E - HO USE CL ARESHO LM, AB Modular E-House – 14’ x 47’ 6”. Designed using our Structural, Mechanical, and Electrical Engineering services. For our client NRB Modular Solution, this project is located in Claresholm and incorporates the well-advanced nature of modular construction.

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NWT M O DUL A R CL A S S RO O M S YELLOWKNIFE, NWT 5 modular classrooms consisting of 24’ x 50’ each unit. Designed using our Mechanical Engineering, Electrical Engineering, and Energy Modelling services. For our client MODUS Structures Inc., this project is located in Yellowknife, NWT and has an area size of 6,000 sqft. This project is also an example of how modular construction can be utilized within many types of buildings – including a teaching space.

STUDENT HOUSING TERRACE , B .C .

This building is comprised of 30 modular units (108 beds). Building is 3-storey and all the modular are 18’ wide. Designed using our Structural, Mechanical, and Electrical Engineering services. For our client MODUS Structures Inc., this project is located in Terrace, B.C and has an area size of 9,882 sqft.

Providing residence to students through the new ways of modular construction that is necessary to benefit their educational life.

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TOR ON TO R EG IO NAL H OUSIN G TORONTO, ON Design Works Engineering is proud to announce an innovative partnership with Montgomery Sisam Architects, Horizon North Logistics Inc. & NRB Inc. and City of Toronto‘s CreateTO to construct supportive housing for vulnerable citizens in the nation’s largest city.

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H YAT T PL ACE

RA MA DA I N N

PRINCE GEORGE , B .C .

REVELSTOKE , B .C .

This f ive-storey hotel took on the creative challenge of delivering more rapid investment returns while at the same time, managing to maintain quality utilizing innovative building materials in builds as well as a doable budget & schedule. Level 1 of the building is a hybrid model of a traditional kind of site build, while levels 2 to 5 wholly integrated modular construction methods incorporating all current environmental

A 53,393 sq ft four-storey hotel completed process achieving the challenge of sched The modular system was responsible for transportation and design of the proje facility served as a manufacturing base for

and energy standards – with the guestrooms completed in the manufacturing plant and delivered as f inished units within a timeline of 12 days.

foundation was completed over a period o then f inished in 10 days.

KIT IMAT C ROSSROAD S KITIMAT, B .C .

in 7 months with the modular construction dule minimization and cost maintenance. the setting & installation, manufacturing, ect. A Kamloops temperature-controlled r the 64 required modules, while the entire

Design Works Engineering’s services provided structural, mechanical & electrical engineering, as well as sustainable design and energy modeling. This project development was carried out in coordinated and collaborative integrated phases, each supplying the needs of the evolving Kitimat community. These phases included a carefully planned commercial development (offering space for off ices, restaurants,

of eight days. Craning of the modules was

outdoor park space and retail), as well as a 27-acre residential development.

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OUR VALUED CLIENTS

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ANDY MUZIO

MIKE BARNES

DARIUS SAPLYS

Horizon North Manufacturing

Nordic Systems

Saplys Architects Incorporated

”Just wanted to extend the gratitude from myself and others to Design Works and how helpful you have been. Your quality in work and prompt deliverables has surpassed any other firms I’ve worked with and it has not gone unnoticed in the company.”

”They have great depth of experience in their fields. It’s incredibly helpful having a firm that can help with the different categories of engineering services all under one roof.

They consistently turn-around projects and respond quickly. Fantastic partners.

”We would like to highlight the extraordinary level of service we have received from Design Works Engineering Ltd. They have shown great attention to our client’s needs, a wealth of knowledge of various building system options, and sensitivity to budgets concerning their fees.”

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THANK YOU!

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