This is a seven-level parking structure for 581 cars, with a total area of approximately 150,000 square feet, for use by hospital patients, staff, and visitors.  

The Prestressed Group supplied and installed 2,780 square feet of eight-inch hollowcore slabs, 304 pretopped double tees, thirty-seven non-load-bearing spandrels, sixty-four load-bearing spandrels, one closure spandrel, and twenty-one columns.

Installation consisted of one move-in, for approximately eight weeks, and twelve to twenty pieces were set per day.

The parking garage consisted of two cast-in-place, seven-storey high shearwalls at either end of the structure.  The precast components created the diaphragm tying all components together.

The spandrels along the exterior long sides were immediately welded to the columns and/or C.I.P. shearwalls in order to eliminate the use of numerous bracing devices.  Since Ottawa is in a high seismic zone, the precast-to-precast and precast-to-c.i.p. connections were designed to be approximately four times more stringent than a building in Toronto would be. 

All connections had to be completed immediately after installation to accommodate the aggressive topping schedule. 

Precaster:  Prestressed Systems Inc.
Project Manager:  Kristina Gibson
Contractor:  PCL Constructors Canada Ltd.