The Mustard Seed is a non-profit organization that has been caring for individuals experiencing homelessness and poverty since 1984. Operating in six cities across Western Canada, The Mustard Seed is a supportive organization where people can have their needs met and grow toward greater health and independence.
Williams Engineering (WE) have supported The Mustard Seed organization for over 20 years, including numerous building projects, grant applications and fundraising initiatives. Williams Engineering provided our building envelope and energy modelling consulting services during the construction of the Mustard Seed Ogden United Multi-Use Building in Calgary, Alberta.
Our building envelope and roofing design services included a review of the building envelope and roofing detail drawings provided by the architect. We provided recommendations regarding the building envelope systems and details. This included building envelope site reviews during construction, with special attention being paid to the detailing of the air barrier, construction joints, tie-ins between various building envelope components, and workmanship.
We reviewed the site mock-ups of specific and critical building envelope details and worked closely with the contractor and sub-contractor regarding the constructability of the critical details. We also provided roofing system site reviews during construction, paying special attention to the detailing of the parapets, construction joints, tie-ins between various roofing components and the building envelope, and workmanship. Lastly, we provided foundation waterproofing and damp proofing reviews during construction. Attention was paid to the detailing around penetrations, laps and joints.
Our energy modelling services included a thermal bridging analysis that summarized the various building envelope components, methods for calculations and final U-values. This included the maximum effective U-values required for the walls, floors, roofs and fenestrations. We produced a schematic-level model to inform the early building designs and basic requirements for envelope, lighting and mechanical systems. Lastly, we prepared an NECB 2017 “reference” building model and a “proposed” building model to compare the relative energy performance to the anticipated design to the NECB benchmark.
This project was completed in association with Casola Koppe Architects.
