b'PROJECT PROFILEMACDONALD BLOCK MAKEOVERICONIC PROVINCIAL HUB GETS A FACELIFT By Matthew BradfordPLANS ARE UNDERWAY TOIt is an honour to be undertaking thewater, cooling and heating, explains BREATHE NEW LIFE INTO ANhistoric reconstruction of the MacdonaldKelly Wallace, vice president and district ICONIC ONTARIO GOVERNMENT ASSET.Block Complex, says Denise McNally,manager, PCL Constructors Canada Inc.Infrastructure Ontario (IO) is partneringsenior vice president at IO. Alongside with the Ministry of Government andour partners MGCS and FP3, we areThe Macdonald Block reconstruction Consumer Services (MGCS) to reconstructincreasing the efficiency of this significantis no small undertaking. Each building the Macdonald Block Complex, whichblock of buildings and ensuring that itwithin the public-sector headquarters currently serves as the administrativesupports the needs of the governmentis being reverted to its original building hub for the provinces public operations.well into the future.core and then renovated and rebuilt. The The complex has a total building area ofscope includes replacing all mechanical, approximately 1.7 million square feet. As the design builder, PCL is collaboratingelectrical and security building systems with design architect WZMH Architectsusing modern technologies, systems The initiative is being developed throughand trade partners to carry out large-scaleand materials. Additionally, it involves IOs design, build, finance and maintainrenovations on the Macdonald Blockupdating the complexs office space to be (DBFM) Public-Private Partnership (P3)Complex, which consists of five buildingsmore accessible for all occupants. mode. This partnership brings the private four office towers connected by a sector into the DBFM aspect of thetwo-storey podium (aka the MacdonaldUltimately, the goal of the $1.5-billion complex. It will be carried out by FengateBlock) and two levels of undergroundinitiative is to lower operating costs while PCL Progress Partners (FP3), a single- parking. Completed in 1971, the compleximproving accessibility, creating more purpose partnership created for thehas never undergone a major renovationworkspace, and embedding more efficient project by Fengate Capital Managementand was in need of an update to all of itssystems that will help it achieve the and PCL Investments Canada Inc. core building systems, including electrical,Leadership in Energy and Environmental 24Quarter 4 2020 BUILDERSDIGEST'