GRAND BOULEVARDS

A Unique Approach to Solving the Housing Crisis

The lack of affordable and workforce housing is a national crisis for which urban sprawl is largely an unsustainable solution. The Grand Boulevards approach advocates: repairing ubiquitous but outdated strip malls; building accessible workforce housing; investing in transit; and humanizing the asphalt wastelands that divide our communities. By transforming placeless, abandoned strip commercial lands and arterials, we can create places to live that are more affordable to the environment, to households, and to cities.

Housing is at the crux of some of our biggest social and economic challenges, but since 2008 housing in traditional subdivisions sprawling outward is too expensive for working families' pocketbooks and too damaging for the environment. Infilling, repairing, and enhancing existing communities — shifting from cars to walking, biking, and public transit — is the most rational direction.

Grand Boulevards will create revitalized commercial corridors anchored by diverse housing options while directing the resulting increased tax base to transit, housing subsidies, open space, and social services. By leveraging Tax Increment Financing (TIF), Grand Boulevards can become ribbons of transitoriented development filled with workforce housing.

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Working Toward A Greener Future

Sustainability is a way of life at HDR as we continue to challenge conventional thinking and create places that are good for our clients, our communities and our planet.

80,000,000+

SF OF SUSTAINABLE PROJECTS

Net Zero Efforts

Carbon-Neutral Energy Solutions (CES) Laboratory

LEED Platinum

Fort Carson Combat Aviation Brigade Barracks

Net Zero goal, achieved 98%

Jim Pattison Centre of Excellence

Net Zero goal, achieved 98%

National Geospatial Intelligence Agency

Currently in design, Net Zero goal

Los Angeles Department of Water and Power

Mid Valley Water Facility

Currently in design, Net Zero goal

Orange County Sanitation District

Administration and Laboratory Building

Currently in design, Net Zero goal

California Department of Corrections and Rehabilitation, CMC SP4 and SP6

Currently in construction and expected to achieve Net Zero

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15 ENVISION PROJECTS #4 SUSTAINABLE DESIGN FIRM IN 2019 BY ARCHITECT 50

Wood First

HDR is leading the charge to develop sustainable building practices and the use of wood, and particularly large timber.

As we explore and develop new and innovative approaches, we are frequent guest speakers at various industry conferences throughout Canada, including WoodWORKS! in British Columbia, Nova Scotia, and New Brunswick, on topics ranging from lessons-learned from the Living Building Challenge, to civic work in Canada.

We also provide advisory services to the Government of BC for the Wood Innovation and Design Centre, a $19,000,000 multilevel wood frame building constructed in downtown Prince George, British Columbia. The centre houses academic and research programs focused on advancing BC expertise in wood-related products, and highlights new and innovative wood building products and techniques.

Our team of architects and engineers are proud recipients of an Honourable Mention in the Office Building of the Future, a design competition by the Commercial Real Estate Development Association (NAIOP), for our bold design of a 40-story wood tower. The innovative design was also recognized internationally in the Architecture of Necessity competition, and included as part of the exhibition in Sweden. Additionally, we have recently been recognized for projects that showcase using wood products as a sustainable, flexible, and beautiful building material, including:

2018: Wood WORKS! BC, Commercial Wood Design, Penticton Lakeside Resort

2017: Community Recognition Awards, Delbrook Community Recreation Centre and West Fraser Centre

2017: Design Awards, Mulgrave Senior School and Southern Okanagan Secondary School