The Coronation Sports Park & Recreation Centre includes a fitness centre, running track, gymnasium, program rooms, a play space, indoor cycling track and a link to Peter Hemingway Leisure Center. Once complete, this centre will be a community and social hub for central-north Edmonton and will serve the community recreation needs as well as create a high-performance training centre for triathletes.
Williams Engineering provided the electrical, lighting design, mechanical and energy modelling consulting services throughout the duration of the design and construction of the facility. The project demanded extensive coordination delivered within a collaborative design and construction manager framework to ensure deadlines were met. Our electrical team provided services and designs related to the facilities electrical, communication, safety and security functional elements. Our mechanical team provided services and designs related to the plumbing, HVAC, fire protection, and building automation system.
The preparation of a building energy model per LEED v4 requirements was completed by the Sustainability team. This energy model considered the electrical, mechanical, and envelope design of the proposed building and showed 60% energy savings compared to the reference LEED building, including the rooftop solar energy production.
The indoor cycling track is targeting a Category Two designation through the Union Cycliste Internationale (UCI), which would make it approved for international competitions. The designation would qualify the city to host World Cups, Continental Championships, Junior World Championships and other national and international cycling events. Achieving uniformity in the lighting has been an essential component to successful project delivery. Too much variation between dim and bright spots on the track could cause issues for cyclist when competing and careful review had to be completed to ensure the design and construction met the track’s required uniformity ratio.
The extensive open areas including the running track, urban court and gymnasium infield presented unique challenges for cooling and ventilation. Served by high efficiency energy recovery ventilators the mechanical design carefully vetted both the location and style of grilles and diffusers with the Architect. The result is a space with mechanical elements integrated seamlessly into the building architectural elements including wood finish walls, benches and concrete stairwells.
Targeting LEED Silver, the project’s design was completed in 2021, and construction started in spring 2022. The project is on time, on budget and will officially open to the public in 2026.
