Projects

1. ENGINEERING INVESTIGATION AND RESTORATION PROJECTS:

The following is a listing of some of the projects in which Cowie Engineering acted as “Prime Consultant”. Projects identified with (INV) represents projects where Cowie Engineering provided services pertaining to investigation and reporting, and in some cases, litigation support. The other projects are projects in which Cowie Engineering conducted investigation, restoration design, project management during restoration construction, and in some cases, litigation support.

(a) Masonry Walls:

• Commercial Building Complex, 589 Barton Street - Stoney Creek, Ontario
• Prince of Wales Martello Tower, Point Pleasant Park, Halifax Nova Scotia (Collapse of Stone Masonry Musket Gallery) (INV)
• Saint Philipe & Saint Jacques Parish Church, Edgemont Bay, PEI (INV)
• Provincial Building (Sandstone Masonry Restoration) – Hollis Street, Halifax, Nova Scotia
• Town of Truro Historic Buildings:
  • Old Post Office, Prince Street, Truro, Nova Scotia (Historic Restoration of Masonry Walls and Slate Shingled Roof.)
  • Civic Building, Prince Street, Truro, Nova Scotia (Investigation Revealed Major Structural Defects Resulting in Demolition of Building.)
  • Colchester YMCA, Prince Street, Truro, Nova Scotia (INV)
• South Pavilion, Shed 22, Ocean Terminals Halifax Port Corporation – Halifax, Nova Scotia
• Alderney Manor – Twelve-Storey Senior Citizens Apartment Building – Dartmouth, Nova Scotia
• Scott Maritimes Limited (Exterior Walls of All Buildings) – Abercrombie, Nova Scotia
• Convoy Place – Three Five-Storey Condominium Buildings – Halifax, Nova Scotia
• Forest Hills Towers – Ten-Storey Apartment Building – Fredericton, New Brunswick (INV)
• LeMarchant Towers – Ten-Storey Apartment Building – Halifax, Nova Scotia
• R.C.M.P. "H" Division Headquarters Building – Office Building – Halifax, Nova Scotia (INV)
• M.A.P.P. Building– Main Postal Station – St. John's, Newfoundland (INV)
• Public Archives of Nova Scotia – Halifax, Nova Scotia (INV)
• Harbour Island Hotel – Tampa, Florida (INV)
• Brentwood Towers – Apartment Building – St. John's Newfoundland (INV)
• St. Mary's Basilica – Granite Stone Steeple and Building Structure – Halifax, Nova Scotia (INV)
• Oxford Court – Condominium Apartment Building – Halifax, Nova Scotia (INV)
• Lions Senior Citizens Tower – Ten-Storey Apartment Building – Moncton, New Brunswick
• Admiralty Place – Condominium Apartment Building – Dartmouth, Nova Scotia (INV)
• The MacMillan Building – Office Building – Charlottetown, Prince Edward Island (INV)
• The Clinton Building – Office Building – Halifax, Nova Scotia (INV)
• Sportsplex – Dartmouth, Nova Scotia (INV)
• Toronto Hydro Distribution Station – Gerrard Street – Toronto, Ontario (INV)
• Medical Arts Building – St. George at Bloor – Toronto, Ontario (Historic Restoration)
• Twenty-Storey Condominium Apartment Building – Scarborough, Ontario (INV)
• Kenworth Acres – Senior Citizen's Housing Complex – St. Catherine's, Ontario (INV)
• Control Tower – Charlottetown Airport – Charlottetown, Prince Edward Island (INV)
• Saint Andrew's United Church – Halifax, Nova Scotia
• Northwood Manor – Eleven Storey Senior Citizens' Apartment Building – Halifax, Nova Scotia
• Granite Stone Panels on Office Building – 394 Bloor Street West, Toronto, Ontario
• The Sherwood Apartment Building – Halifax, Nova Scotia
• North Sydney Shopping Mall – North Sydney, Nova Scotia
• St. Paul's L'Amoreaux Centre – Scarborough, Ontario (INV)
• The Oaklands – Luxury Condominium Building – Avenue Road, Toronto, Ontario (INV)
• Renaissance 2 – 10-Storey Condominium Building – Kitchener, Ontario
• St. Matthew's United Church – Halifax, Nova Scotia (INV)
• St. David's Presbyterian Church – Halifax, Nova Scotia (INV)
• Airport Hotel – Halifax International Airport – Enfield, Nova Scotia (INV)
• Three-Storey Office Building – 2175 Queen Street East, Toronto, Ontario
• First Baptist Church Halifax – Oxford Street, Halifax, Nova Scotia
• Cumming Hall, Nova Scotia Agricultural College – Truro, Nova Scotia (Historic Restoration)
• Knightsridge Fire Station – Halifax, Nova Scotia
• Truro Mall – Truro, Nova Scotia
• Cape Breton Regional Hospital – Sydney, Nova Scotia (INV)
• Aberdeen Hospital – New Glasgow, Nova Scotia (INV)
• New Halifax Infirmary (QEII) – Retained by Various Contractors and Bonding Companies (INV)
• Osgoode Hall – Toronto, Ontario – Stone Masonry Walls and Twenty Historic Masonry Chimneys (INV)
• Shirreff Hall, Dalhousie University (Iron Stone Masonry Walls, Cut Granite Stone Patio, and Main Entrance Access Ramp and Stairs) – Halifax, Nova Scotia
• Queen’s Gate – 4-Story, 24-Unit Condominium, 80 Waterfront Drive, Bedford, Nova Scotia (INV)
• Basilica Cathedral of St. John The Baptist – St. John’s, Newfoundland (INV)
• Founders Hall – Charlottetown, Prince Edward Island (INV)
• Queen Elizabeth High School – Halifax, Nova Scotia
• St. Patrick’s High School – Halifax, Nova Scotia
• Strait Richmond Hospital – Evanston, Nova Scotia
• Fort Massey United Church – Halifax, Nova Scotia (INV)
• Russell Street Centre – 5355 Russell Street, Halifax, Nova Scotia
• Chiu Residence – 23 Edgewood Grove, Toronto, Ontario (Client: City of Toronto Legal Dept) (INV)
• Ingles Residence – 123 MacPherson Avenue, Toronto, Ontario (Client: City of Toronto Legal Department – Precedent Case) (INV)
• Mariam Hall, UPEI, School of Business Administration (INV for General Contractor)

(b) Masonry Chimneys and Fireplaces:

More than 500 investigations have been conducted on Masonry Chimneys and Fireplaces related to damage claims for Insurance Companies. The damage claims have been related to flue fires, lightening, windstorm, vibration (construction, blasting and compaction equipment), and settlement. In some cases, the improper construction of the chimneys and fireplaces has resulted in substantial fire damage to houses. The chimney and fireplace investigations have been conducted throughout Atlantic Canada and Ontario. Many of the investigations involved litigation. Engineering investigations of chimneys have been conducted for clients other than insurance companies, including:

• 20 historic masonry chimneys at Osgoode Hall, Queen Street West, Toronto, Ontario;
• 60-ft. high radial brick masonry chimney, Atlantic School of Theology, Halifax, Nova Scotia, and replacement with two insulated stainless steel chimneys supported by a steel pipe tower on a reinforced concrete base; and
• 200-ft. high radial brick masonry chimney at Nova Scotia Hospital, Dartmouth, Nova Scotia.
• 200-ft. high radial brick msonry chimney at Victoria General Hospital, Nova Scotia.

(c) Steel and Reinforced Concrete Structures:

• Esso Aviant Aircraft Hangar, 6120 Midfield Rd, Lester B Pearson International Airport, Mississaugua, Ontario.
• Collapse of Open Web Steel Roof Joists During Erection of Structural Steel Framing - CREDIT Archives Building, Dartmouth, Nova Scotia (INV)
• Captain Joe's Lobster Storage Pound - Hubbards, Nova Scotia (INV)
• Captain William Spry Community Centre – Halifax, Nova Scotia
• Collapse of Horse Riding Arena – Chester, Nova Scotia (INV)
• Roof Collapse, Mitchell’s Enviro Centre – Gottingen Street, Halifax, Nova Scotia (INV)
• Shubenacadie District School – Shubenacadie, Nova Scotia
• Roof Collapse, Stora Enso – Port Hawkesbury, Nova Scotia (INV)
• Edmundston Forum – Edmundston, New Brunswick
• McGregor Bedding – Manufacturing Plant and Warehouse - New Glasgow, Nova Scotia (INV)
• Colchester Regional Vocational School – Truro, Nova Scotia
• C.F.B Goosebay – Numerous Buildings – Goose Bay, Labrador (INV)
• Floor Slabs – Western Regional Hospital – Yarmouth, Nova Scotia (INV)
• Pre-stressed Water Tank – Bridgewater, Nova Scotia (INV)
• Collapse of Three Storey Tilt-Up Wall Panel, Halifax West High School – Halifax, Nova Scotia (INV)
• Seton Academic Centre – Mount Saint Vincent University – Halifax, Nova Scotia
• Ten Industrial Buildings – Burnside Industrial Park – Dartmouth, Nova Scotia (INV)
• Numerous Insitu & Precast Concrete Storage Silosthroughout Nova Scotia and Prince Edward Island(INV)
• Sears Roof Collapse – Village Shopping Centre – St. John's, Newfoundland (INV)
• South Shore Shopping Center– Partial Roof Collapse – Bridgewater, Nova Scotia (INV)
• Associated Freezers - Roof Collapse – Burnside Industrial Park – Dartmouth, Nova Scotia (INV)
• Clarenville High School – Clarenville, Newfoundland (INV)
• Damaged and Collapsed Steel and Concrete Highway Bridges – Province of Nova Scotia (INV)
• Elizabeth Towers – First Floor Commercial and Seven Floor Apartments – St. John's, Newfoundland
• Baxter Foods Limited – Dairy – Dartmouth, Nova Scotia
• Numerous Canopies for Gas Stations – Several Oil Companies
• Dolphin Collapse – Canso, Nova Scotia (INV)
• Collapse of Aircraft Hanger – Halifax International Airport – Halifax, Nova Scotia (INV)
• Jetty NN - CFAD – Bedford, Nova Scotia (INV)
• K-Mart Plaza Shopping Centre – Torbay Road, St. John's, Newfoundland (INV)
• Partial Collapse of Wood Motors Ford Building – Halifax, Nova Scotia (INV)
• Industrial Building Collapse from Explosion – 30 Intermodal Drive, Brampton, Ontario
• Pioneer Fisheries – Collapse & Restoration of Lobster Storage System – Tignish, PEI
• F.S. Industries/Piercys Supplies – Collapse & Restoration of Roof – Dartmouth, Nova Scotia
• Renovation and Expansion to Building 301, Osborne Head Gunnery Range, Nova Scotia
• Convoy Place – Parking Garage Restoration and Building “C” Foundation & BasementRestoration – Halifax, Nova Scotia
• Northwood Manor – F.R.P. Strengthening 10th & 11th Floor Slabs – Halifax, Nova Scotia (INV)
• Northwood Centre – Exterior Walls & Concrete Floor at Main Entrance – Halifax, Nova Scotia
• Kensington Court – Halifax County Condominium Corp. No. 1 – Clayton Park, Halifax, Nova Scotia
• Refloating Sunken Caisson, New Breakwater/Wharf, Mill Cove – Bedford, Nova Scotia
• Reinforced Concrete Firewall Replacing Failed Reinforced Concrete Block Masonry Firewall
• Separating Sheds 22 and 23, Ocean Terminals, Halifax Port Corporation – Halifax, Nova Scotia
• Atlantic School of Theology, Residence Building, Ground Floor Settlement and Kitchen Restoration – Halifax, Nova Scotia
• Artillery Museum, West Curtain Wall, Halifax Citadel National Park – Halifax, Nova Scotia
• Barrington Tower, Scotia Square – Halifax, Nova Scotia (INV)
• North Branch Library – Gottingen St., Halifax, NS (Restored Main Entrance Walkway – Client: HRM)
• West Curtain Wall - Halifax Citadel National Park Artillery Museum - Halifax, Nova Scotia
• Reinforced Concrete Ground Floor Parking Garage, Windsor Fire Station - Windsor, Nova Scotia

(d) Timber Structures:

• Admiralty House, Stadacona - CFB Halifax
• Large Historic House Converted to Bed & Breakfast, restoration of Severe Wind Damage, Lawrencetown, Halifax County, Nova Scotia
• Collapse of Timber Framed Wharf - Yarmouth, Nova Scotia
• Collapse of Horse Riding Arena - Chester, Nova Scotia
• Bridgewater Memorial Arena - Bridgewater, Nova Scotia
• Collapse of Three-Storey Apartment Building - Highfield Park - Dartmouth, Nova Scotia (INV)
• Collapse of Four-Storey Apartment Building - Highfield Park - Dartmouth, Nova Scotia (INV)
• House, Barn, Coach House and Ice house, Uniacke Estate - Mount Uniacke, Nova Scotia (INV)
• Fire Damaged Building, Pictou Advocate & Publishing Co. – George St., Pictou, Nova Scotia (INV)
• Twenty-Three Unit Apartment Building – 2444 Barrington Street, Halifax, Nova Scotia (INV)
• Green Lantern Building – Halifax, Nova Scotia
• Bonny Lea Farm (School) – Chester, Nova Scotia
• Centennial School – Port Hawkesbury, Nova Scotia
• Core Storage Buildings – Stellarton, Nova Scotia
• Library/Administration Building – Atlantic School of Theology – Halifax, Nova Scotia
• C.F.B. GreenwoodOfficers' Mess – Greenwood, Nova Scotia
• Rockingham United Church – Halifax, Nova Scotia
• Bridgewater Memorial Arena – Bridgewater, Nova Scotia
• Collapse of Three-Storey Apartment Building – Highfield Park – Dartmouth, Nova Scotia (INV)
• Collapse of Four-Storey Apartment Building – Highfield Park – Dartmouth, Nova Scotia (INV)
• C.F.B. Cornwallis – Failure of New Floating Dock – Granville Ferry, Annapolis Co., Nova Scotia (INV)
• Fisheries Products International – Restoration of Timber Roof Trusses – Riverport, Nova Scotia
• Mic Mac Amateur Aquatic Club – Collapse and Restoration of Roof – Dartmouth, Nova Scotia
• Numerous One/Two Storey Timber-Framed Structures – Collapsed Due to Inadequate Lateral Bracing (INV)
• Forestry Nursery Eduvation Complex – Middle Musquodoboit, Nova Scotia (INV)
• South Shore Ready Mix Plant – Bridgewater, Nova Scotia (INV)
• Bear River First Nations Recreation Hall – Bear River, Nova Scotia (INV)

2. STRUCTURAL ENGINEERING – NEW CONSTRUCTION:

In addition to engineering investigation and restoration design services, Cowie Engineering provides structural engineering design and inspection services for new structures such as schools, commercial buildings, industrial buildings, high-rise and low-rise residential structures, institutional buildings and bridges. Structural engineering design services have also been provided to the Precast Concrete Industry. The following are some of the projects:

(a) Schools:

• Strait Area Education Centre – Port Hawkesbury, Nova Scotia
• MacLellan Junior High School – Cape Breton County, Nova Scotia
• Mira Road Elementary School – Cape Breton County, Nova Scotia
• Municipal Junior High School, District of Yarmouth – Yarmouth, Nova Scotia
• High School for the Municipality of District of Lunenburg County – Lunenburg County, Nova Scotia
• Bridgewater Elementary School – Bridgewater, Nova Scotia
• Central Kings High School – Kings County, Nova Scotia
• Wagmatcook School – Victoria County, Cape Breton, Nova Scotia

(b) Commercial, Industrial, and Residential:

• Provincial Sign Shop Warehouse Addition - Bible Hill, Nova Scotia
• Pedestrian Bridge and New Entrance – Northwood Manor – Halifax, Nova Scotia
• Structural Steel Framing for New Curtain Walls – Northwood Manor – Halifax, Nova Scotia
• Townsend Place Developments – Office Building - Dartmouth, Nova Scotia
• Garrison Place – Office Building – Halifax, Nova Scotia
• Spryfield Shopping Centre – Halifax, Nova Scotia
• I.M.P. Aerocentre – Halifax International Airport – Halifax, Nova Scotia
• 300 Union Place – Twelve-storey Head Office Building for Irving Oil – Saint John, New Brunswick
• Motel for F. Thibeau Enterprises – Yarmouth, Nova Scotia
• Lunenburg County School Bus Garage – Bridgewater, Nova Scotia
• Twelve-Storey C.M.H.C. Senior Citizens' Apartment Building – Halifax, Nova Scotia
• Eleven-Storey Apartment Building – Halifax, Nova Scotia
• Support Structure for Twin 15-Feet Diameter Satellite Antennae – Dartmouth, Nova Scotia
• Concrete Structure for the Support of a 30-Metre Diameter Rotating Satellite Dish
• Antenna - Teleglobe Earth Station – Mill Village, Nova Scotia
• Permanent Camp Facility – Hope Brook Gold Mine – Hope Brook, Newfoundland
• Extension to Fabrication Facilities, M & M Manufacturing Ltd. Partnership – Dartmouth, NS
• IMP Aero Centre Extension, Phase II, Halifax International Airport

(c) Institutional:

• Atlantic School of Theology – New Library Building – Halifax, Nova Scotia
• Nova Scotia Agricultural College –Athletic Centre – Truro, Nova Scotia
• Municipal Building – Kentville, Nova Scotia
• Bank of Nova Scotia – Westville, Nova Scotia
• Musquodoboit Valley Hospital – Halifax County, Nova Scotia
• Cape Breton Regional Jail – Sydney, Nova Scotia
• Eastern Memorial Hospital – Canso, Nova Scotia
• Cape Breton Highlands National Park – Visitors' Centre – Cape Breton, Nova Scotia
• Royal Bank of Canada – Kentville, Nova Scotia
• Nova Scotia Technical College –"D" Building –Additions & Renovations – Halifax, Nova Scotia
• Mount Saint Vincent University – Sports Complex – Halifax, Nova Scotia
• Baptist Headquarters Building – Saint John, New Brunswick
• R.C.M.P. Detachment Buildings – Stellarton and Lunenburg, Nova Scotia
• Welsford-Parker Monument Restoration – St. Paul's Cemetery – Halifax, Nova Scotia
• Flight 111 Memorial Monument – Bayswater Beach, Nova Scotia
• Athletic Center Nova Scotia Agricultural College – Bible Hill, Nova Scotia
• Artillery Museum, Halifax Citadel National Historic Park – Halifax, Nova Scotia
• Track & Field Light Pole Foundations, St. Mary’s University – Halifax, Nova Scotia

(d) Pre-Cast Concrete Design for Fabricators and Contractors:

• Finished Product Loading Wharf – Sydney, Nova Scotia
• Acadia University Arts Centre – Wolfville, Nova Scotia
• Athletic Centre - Nova Scotia Agricultural College – Truro, Nova Scotia
• Expansion of Halifax International Airport – Halifax, Nova Scotia
• Expansion of Alexander Graham Bell Museum – Baddeck, Nova Scotia
• Kings Place Development – Fredericton, New Brunswick
• Garrison Place – Halifax, Nova Scotia
• Metro Two – Halifax, Nova Scotia
• Twelve-Storey Senior Citizens' C.M.H.C. Apartment Building – Sydney, Nova Scotia
• Acadia University Student Residence – Wolfville, Nova Scotia
• Malcolm Monroe Junior High School – Sydney, Nova Scotia
• North Side School – Sydney Mines, Nova Scotia
• Bras D'or Junior High School – Bras D'or, Nova Scotia
• Adult Vocational Training Centre – Sydney, Nova Scotia
• Expansion to Halifax Shopping Centre – Halifax, Nova Scotia
• Expansion to Dartmouth Shopping Centre – Dartmouth, Nova Scotia
• Bedford Institute of Oceanography – Common Use Building – Dartmouth, Nova Scotia