SENIORS HOUSING
Silvera for Seniors' Shawnessy Lodge Expansion, Calgary, Alberta
Lawson Projects managed the expansion of Shawnessy Lodge in SW Calgary. The facility is operated by Silvera for Seniors, who required a new wing to care for their Alzheimer patients.
The project involved adding 755 m2 (8127 sq. ft.) of new single-level floor space to accommodate 15 new rooms and common area. The project also included earthworks and retaining wall construction, as well as finished landscaping surrounding the new wing. The project commenced in June 2009. Occupancy was obtained in January 2011 and the seasonal work was successfully and totally completed by October 2011. |
Medicine Tree Manor Seniors Residence, High River, AB
Medicine Tree Manor, a senior’s residence constructed in the early 1960’s, was heavily damaged during the 2013 spring flooding in southern Alberta. Lawson Projects was retained by Westwinds Communities (formerly Foothills Foundation) to manage the restoration work. Detailed costing of the restoration work and building code analysis confirmed the more cost effective solution was to demolish the existing buildings and reconstruct new facilities on the existing footings.
In mid-2014, Lawson Projects provided the Project Management leadership to assemble the design and construction teams. In December 2015, less than 3 months before turnover, the new structure was completely lost in a construction fire. Lawson Projects worked closely with the insurance and ownership teams, and the newly appointed consulting team to start reconstruction in early 2016. The project was successfully completed and re-opened in October 2017.
In mid-2014, Lawson Projects provided the Project Management leadership to assemble the design and construction teams. In December 2015, less than 3 months before turnover, the new structure was completely lost in a construction fire. Lawson Projects worked closely with the insurance and ownership teams, and the newly appointed consulting team to start reconstruction in early 2016. The project was successfully completed and re-opened in October 2017.
Willow Park on The Bow, Calgary, AB
The 4-storey seniors housing facility completed in 2010 for Silvera for Seniors (formerly MCF Housing for Seniors) in Calgary’s Bridgeland community provides a mix of 150 self-contained one and two-bedroom suites, along with common-area amenities. Due to the success of this project, Silvera for Seniors engaged Lawson Projects on several other renovation and upgrade projects.