Riverwood Church Historic Firehall Conversion

Location: Winnipeg, Manitoba
Purchased by Riverwood Church in 2012 from Youth for Christ the historic fire hall at 325 Talbot in Winnipeg was renovated to become a satellite facility to serve the needs of Riverwood Church. The building is used as a community centre and administration building. The main floor multi-purpose spaces are used for Sunday Services, small group activities, counseling, drop-ins, and various other programs. The second and third floors are used as administrative offices.

The scope of work included a complex building code review. As a historic building, the project had many existing non-conforming conditions that needed to be accounted for. The design development included meetings with the city to identify ways to make the building meet the intent of the current building code. A fire protection engineer was engaged to achieve an alternative code solution. Renovations included the reconfiguration of second and third-floor office spaces, cosmetic upgrades, and retrofit of the floor-to-floor separations to meet the current code.

The development of this building was recognized with a Winnipeg Heritage Award.

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Riverwood Church Historic Firehall Conversion

Location: Winnipeg, Manitoba

Purchased by Riverwood Church in 2012 from Youth for Christ the historic fire hall at 325 Talbot in Winnipeg was renovated to become a satellite facility to serve the needs of Riverwood Church. The building is used as a community centre and administration building. The main floor multi-purpose spaces are used for Sunday Services, small group activities, counseling, drop-ins, and various other programs. The second and third floors are used as administrative offices.

The scope of work included a complex building code review. As a historic building, the project had many existing non-conforming conditions that needed to be accounted for. The design development included meetings with the city to identify ways to make the building meet the intent of the current building code. A fire protection engineer was engaged to achieve an alternative code solution. Renovations included the reconfiguration of second and third-floor office spaces, cosmetic upgrades, and retrofit of the floor-to-floor separations to meet the current code.

The development of this building was recognized with a Winnipeg Heritage Award.

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