[WaterlooInvestor]

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[Waterlooian4Life]

I recently heard the Ground breaking for this project will be in March 2008 for anyone who didn't know Compleation is planned for 2010

[jeicow]

I expect the completion date to be pushed back again on this one. They were actually suppose to extend the service tunnels over from The Student Life Centre in October (requiring the patio at the Bomber being toren up) but that hasn't happened yet (though there was an excavator parked there for a while that didn't do anything) and I think it's likely too late in the season to start that. I can't wait for this one to start going though. It will be a nice addition, though it would have been nicer somewhere else.

[rapid_business]

What's the location on campus for this again. Just south of the SLC?

[Waterlooson]

^^ It will be build on the huge lawn between the biology and math buildings.

[jeicow]

A semi interesting video showing the long life the B2 Green (the site in question) has had at UW.
http://ca.youtube.com/watch?v=YCkYViIHEhM

[jeicow]

I spoke too soon in one of my last posts. They've fenced off a huge portion of land between the SLC, MC, and B2 and it looks like construction of the service tunnel will be starting soon. Looks like they might actually meet the deadline on this one.

[rapid_business]

So does this mean no patio for the Bombshelter indefinitely? Man, a pint there on a hot day between classes is sure nice... I hope that luxury will still exist. (I guess without direct sunlight though :( )

[jeicow]

According to everything that the University and Feds has been saying, it should be back up in time for spring term, but whether that actually happens is another question.

Btw, Imprint is reporting that the north tower of Nanotech/IQC budiling will be 7 floors, while it's the south tower that will be 5.

[WaterlooInvestor]

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[Waterlooson]

It would be nice to see updates from the sight.... and other construction sites around UW.

[WaterlooInvestor]

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[WaterlooInvestor]

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[jeicow]

Not a productive update but an interesting piece of information none-the-less from the Daily Bulletin.

http://www.bulletin.uwaterloo.ca/images/2007/1212flood2.jpg
Brown water gushed along the west side of the ring road yesterday afternoon after an accident at the construction site near the Student Life Centre, where excavation has started for the tunnel that will connect the planned Quantum-Nano building to the rest of the campus. Neil Stewart of the plant operations department says a contractor's drill bit pierced an eight-inch water main. Generally it's a simple matter to close the two valves that would stop the flow, but it took a bit longer yesterday because things were under water, not to mention dirt, ice and snow. Meanwhile, buses and cars splashed carefully through the temporary lake in front of Needles Hall. Photo by Jaymis Goertz of the marketing and undergraduate recruitment office.

[Cambridgite]

Holy shite! Has it been cleaned up yet?

[jeicow]

I was by there last night and if it hadn't been for this blurb, I wouldn't have realized it even happened. Actually, I was surprised because there was more salt than ice there, unlike the rest of campus...

[Waterlooian4Life]

Hey Just so you are all aware that construction that is going on is work that is being done on the Student Centre reworking some of the pipiing to make way for the new building.

The ground Breaking cerimony is set for March the same week as the ground breaking for Engineering 5

[rapid_business]

Is Eng 5 across the ring road and the tracks?

[Cambridgite]

Is Eng 5 across the ring road and the tracks?

Yep :yes:

[rapid_business]

Here's hoping for so good forethought and pedestrian planning.

[kitchener-lrt]

Yep :yes:

Oh, so right by the future UW LRT station?:D

[Cambridgite]

Oh, so right by the future UW LRT station?:D

Theoretically, but we still have to see which route is chosen. Hopefully it does serve UW since it would be stupid for it not to.

[rapid_business]

I'm confident enough to bet money that the LRT will service UW. 3 to 1 odds anyone?

[Cambridgite]

I'm confident enough to bet money that the LRT will service UW. 3 to 1 odds anyone?

I'd say that's about right.

[kitchener-lrt]

Theoretically, but we still have to see which route is chosen.

That's true, but if you take a look at the route options for segment 1, I think 5/8 serve UW (the only options that don't serve UW is the Weber option, and the King Option).

[rapid_business]

Which only a transit commission on crack would choose.

.... I kid. But seriously, ignoring UW would be LRT-suicide.

[kitchener-lrt]

Which only a transit commission on crack would choose.

.... I kid. But seriously, ignoring UW would be LRT-suicide.

You shouldn't kid. Only a transit commission on crack would choose to ignore UW :haha:.

[WaterlooInvestor]

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[Waterlooian4Life]

Ground Breaking Cerimoney next monday June 9th Finally!!! This will be an exciting one

http://www.bulletin.uwaterloo.ca/2008/may/29th.html

[Waterlooian4Life]

check out the new renderings

http://www.kpmb.com/index.asp?navid=30&fid1=&fid2=40&fid3=13&minyearx=2010&maxyearx=2011

[rapid_business]

I see they got rid of the green wall on the west side.... I really like the perspective from the East side. And the new renderings give it more perspective on it's sheer size. (250,000 sq. ft. for that matter) Nice to see the pedway integration into MC as well.

[jcollins]

Big hopes for science of the tiny at new Quantum-Nano Centre

June 10, 2008
Raveena Aulakh
RECORD STAFF

WATERLOO

The science of the very small got a big boost yesterday. The first heap of earth for the $160-million Mike and Ophelia Lazaridis Quantum-Nano Centre was dug by Premier Dalton McGuinty at the University of Waterloo.

"The centre will help bring the best minds to study small things and produce big results," said McGuinty, who also announced $18 million for research equipment for the Institute of Quantum Computing.

UW president and vice-chancellor David Johnston was on hand, along with Research In Motion founder and co-chief executive Mike Lazaridis and his wife Ophelia, who donated $50 million.

The Quantum-Nano Centre will be home to the Institute of Quantum Computing and Waterloo Institute for Nanotechnology.

It's the first of its kind in the world, bringing research into quantum computing and nano-technology under one roof. The former deals with super-fast computers, the latter with molecule-sized machines in every possible field. Quantum computing research will be aimed at developing faster, more efficient computers with components so tiny that they can't be seen by the human eye.

Research will make it possible to build "computers which are so much powerful than we can imagine," said Raymond Laflamme, director of the Institute for Quantum Computing.

Combine this with nanotechnology and the research could lead to revolutionary new optics, computer encryption and treatments for diseases, among other things.

McGuinty said he was confident that the "discoveries made here will be products that Ontario can sell to the entire world."

About 200 researchers each in the fields of quantum computing and nano-technology, as well as graduate and undergraduate students will work at the centre.

"It's having quantum computing and nano-technology under one roof that makes this centre truly unique," Laflamme said.

While the centre has created a buzz in scientific circles, the building itself is also creating waves. At 250,000 square feet -- almost as big at UW's Davis Centre -- it will be five storeys high, with two atriums and a green roof. It's designed to reduce vibration and electromagnetic interference.

Billed as the most sophisticated building on campus, it was designed by Kuwabara Payne McKenna Blumberg Architects (KPMB) of Toronto with laboratory specialists HDR Architecture Inc.

In addition to a $50 million donation from Mike and Ophelia Lazaridis, the province has contributed $50 million. The building is expected to be ready by 2011, Johnston said.

raulakh@therecord.com

[waterloowarrior]

the B2 Green is getting fenced off.. only a few more gaps left

[waterloowarrior]

b2 green is no longer green....

[urbanfan89]

I get the feeling that the contractor has a grudge against the student body. Now it's so difficult to move around the MC. :(

[DHLawrence]

With all due respect to Jane Austen, it is a truth universally acknowledged that university contractors, professors, and researchers regard university operations as proceeding more fluidly when student attendance is at a minimum.

In modern terms, schools would work a lot better if it weren't for all those students :P

[Waterlooian4Life]

just so long as they get our money

[jeicow]

The Big Hole
Om Patange
3B Nanotechnology

It all began a few years ago as a dream to advance the human condition by breaking down barriers and allowing thoughts to flow freely. It has been manifested today as a big, gaping hole in the middle of campus.

You may have seen the construction site for the Quantum-Nano Centre. It is situated perfectly to block your path from SLC to the engineering buildings. After contemplating how much of an inconvenience this is, you might wonder what exactly is going on in the construction site.

The $160+ million QNC will house the Institute for Quantum Computing and the Waterloo Institute for Nanotechnology with around 400 academics in total. Already the work of researchers at IQC has attracted Nobel Prize Laureate Sir Anthony Leggett to become a visiting faculty member at UW.

To accommodate the interdisciplinary research of these two institutes, the QNC will have to be a very complex building. A state-of-the-art metrology suite and clean room will occupy the basement of the building. This implies very rigorous construction standards. For example, the ventilation ducts cannot have any dust settle in them, as is normally accepted during construction.

A feature you might see before this term is over is the pouring of the concrete for this basement lab. As Scott Nicoll, Special Projects and Facilities Manager for the Faculty of Science, explained, a major consideration for the basement is the vibrational stability of the floor. Many of the instruments are very sensitive to even the slightest vibration as they have probes situated mere nanometers from the sample of interest. If there is even a slight wobble in the final concrete floor, it might have to be torn out and redone.

Currently, the entire construction site sits on a water table, which is being drained to stabilize the construction site. You may have seen the very deep holes being dug for the wells for this purpose. Naturally, adding more water to this picture is dangerous, even disastrous. The heavy rainfalls of the September 14th weekend led to flooding of the MC basement from the construction site. Investigations are ongoing as to how exactly this could have happened. In the meantime FirstOnSite Restoration was contracted to clean up the flood and minimize the damage.

Once construction crews had “dewatered” the soil using the wells and started digging the main pit, wooden cribbing and diagonal braces were placed around the perimeter of the site in order to prevent the collapse of the construction site.

The excavation of the pit itself is a complex choreography of construction phases which normally occur in succession. This is being done in an effort to expedite the construction process, which is expected to take nearly three years. At the same time as the digging of the main pit continues, crews are rerouting vital pipelines that ferry steam, water and sewage to the central heating facility (the big chimney). In fact, the Bomber patio was torn out and rebuilt in the summer to lay an extension of a pipeline from the SLC that will link up with a pipeline at B2. These pipelines are the main reason why the pit is much bigger than the actual footprint of the building – and the reason why so many walkways have been consumed by the great chasm. The excavation will continue to twice the depth it already is. The plan is to finish excavation and lay the foundations and first slab of the basement before the winter frost sets in.

A major challenge they are facing is the pedestrian traffic at the entrance to the construction site. Nicoll stresses that it is no longer acceptable to walk around this part of campus with our “heads in the clouds” for the sake of our own safety. At any given time there are large dump trucks loaded with soil and rocks coming and going from the construction site. On top of that, there are cars zipping by on Ring Road. Even a moment of absent minded walking could cause serious accidents. The message is simple, “Be careful.”

Another exciting bit of information that Nicoll mentioned is that a camera will be mounted on the roof of MC to record the activities and progress of the construction. The video feed may or may not be made public. At the end, a video will be composed by stitching together frames from the entire construction process. A second camera will be mounted on top of B2 once the IQC portion of the building becomes so tall that it obstructs the line of site of the MC camera.

The Quantum-Nano Centre is going to be a jewel in Waterloo’s crown when it is complete. Nicoll explains that its position at the centre of campus is metaphorical to its function in bringing together the minds from the various disciplines on campus. It will connect, at the very least, the Faculty of Science and the Faculty of Engineering in a fantastic dance towards the future of mankind. Sure, walkways being blocked is an inconvenience now, but this is a small price to pay for the advancement of the human condition.

To see the architects’ renditions of the building visit: http://www.kpmbarchitects.com and search for University of Waterloo Quantum-Nanotechnology Centre.

[Duke-Of-Waterloo]

The tower crane has been installed. :banana:

[rapid_business]

Mammoet was out yesterday and today installing the 2nd (and taller) tower crane. Glad to see things moving along well.

[waterloowarrior]

from the daily bulletin

http://www.bulletin.uwaterloo.ca/images/2009/0107cranes.jpg

Look! up in the sky! and on stage!

I looked out my office window yesterday morning, and lo, there were two mighty cranes in place at the construction site for the Quantum-Nano Centre in the middle of the main campus. The "tower crane" that's been on the job for some weeks now is being joined by a second of its kind, which was rising yesterday at the tip of a temporary (and more spindly) crane brought in for the purpose. Byron Murdock of UW's plant operations department, who's deeply involved in turning the construction site into a multi-million-dollar research and teaching building, says the height of cranes is customarily measured from their base, well below ground level, so it's hard to come up with a useful number to describe just how tall either machine is. But I'd judge that both are dramatically taller than the campus's usual high point, the machine room atop the Dana Porter Library, at 140 feet (43 metres) above the ground. The photo at left was taken Tuesday morning by Daniel Parent, director of design and construction in the plant ops department.

[rapid_business]

I heard one of the Mammoet operators talking on his cell saying he was installing a 350 yesterday, and off to do some other work later that day. Do you think from sub-grade to peak it could be '350 feet tall? That seems a little tall, but my perspectives may be off.

[notmyfriends]

I think that 350 refers to the ton capacity of the crane

[rapid_business]

Yup, that seems to make more sense. :tup:

[Duke-Of-Waterloo]

So, what? Is this like a total of 5 tower cranes for UW at the moment? :P

2 @ Quantum-Nano
2 @ Engineering 5
1 @ Health Sciences

(don't forget the big red one for the Accountancy building that was there for a while too, but left us not too long ago)

[TripleQ]

Nevermind..

[waterloowarrior]

http://www.bulletin.uwaterloo.ca/images/2009/0120nano.jpg

If you were the dean of mathematics, you could look out your office window (on the sixth floor of the Math and Computer building) and see the view that's pictured at left: the construction site for UW's $160 million Quantum-Nano Centre. Alison Zorian sits in the seat of power nearby, as secretary to dean Tom Coleman, and did the camera work; she reports that her pictures are pretty clear in spite of the inevitable January dirt on the outside of the window.

http://www.bulletin.uwaterloo.ca/index.html

[Duke-Of-Waterloo]

I'm surprised no one has gotten around to taking pictures for a while now. Photos taken by me on July 30, 2009.

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[waterloowarrior]

Wow.. I look forward to seeing this one rise when I get back to campus

[jcollins]

McGuinty impressed by new Waterloo innovative research centre

August 26, 2009
By Luisa D’Amato, Record staff

WATERLOO — Ontario Premier Dalton McGuinty walked into a half-finished building at the University of Waterloo that’s being built to avoid vibrations and dust particles.

So sensitive is the research into quantum computing and nanotechnology in this new $200-million building that the floors of certain laboratories have to be suspended from above. The concrete supports are extra thick and rigid to withstand vibrations.

Certain rooms have to be clear of disabling dust particles. And the electrical system of each lab will be isolated from all the others to stop a power surge in one from affecting another.

This is what the science of the future requires, and McGuinty praised the project Monday as “exactly the kind of thing that Ontarians are looking for.

“We’re going to create new knowledge here,” he said.

The seven-storey building and equipment, to open in spring 2011, is funded by, among others: Mike and Ophelia Lazaridis, who gave $101 million for quantum computing; the province for $75 million; and the federal government for $29 million.

It will house the Institute for Quantum Computing — the biggest centre of its kind in the world — and the Waterloo Institute for Nanotechnology, the largest nanotechnology engineering program in Canada.

Both disciplines are considered to be the leading edge of the technological change in the 21st century.

Nanotechnology is the science of the very small, foreseeing the day when, for example, medication could be delivered precisely to individual cells of the body.

By 2015, it’s estimated the world market for nano-enabled products will be $2 trillion, said Arthur Carty, the institute’s executive director.

Meanwhile, quantum computing foresees infinitely more powerful and secure information processing than we have now. It’s a discipline said to be at the crossroads of physics, mathematics, philosophy, computer science and engineering.

McGuinty asked questions and listened to academics, construction officials and university president David Johnston describe the progress of the building and the possibilities of the technology.

“Everybody looks the same!” he joked, alluding to the sea of goggles, hard hats and safety vests around him as he walked through the site.

ldamato@therecord.com

[Cambridgite]

September 18, 2009

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[amor de cosmos]

KPMB has more than just renderings:
Location: Waterloo, Ontario
Size: 285,000 s.f. (approx.) (!!!)
Completion: 2010

The design of the Quantum-Nano Centre (QNC) at the University of Waterloo creates a sophisticated platform for research and innovation in the respective fields of quantum computing and nanotechnology. Just as the intricate study of multi-layer nanoscale patterns and quantum physics reveal previously unimagined solutions and insights to the world and universe, the architects engaged the researchers – both theorists and experimentalists – in deep discussions to understand the ways and patterns of their work.

The architectural solution mitigates the specific requirements of the respective scientific practices of quantum computing and nanotechnology with an urbanistic response to the University of Waterloo campus. The IQC and the department of Nanotechnology Engineering each occupy their own ‘building’ and are organized above a shared podium which houses the Metrology Suite and Cleanroom. The podium is clad with burnished concrete block to relate to the primarily masonry campus fabric of the University of Waterloo.

The two components are joined by a linear central atrium that is both an indoor pedestrian route linking the Ring Road to the campus, and an informal space to catalyze exchange between scientists, faculty, students and visitors. Labs are strategically buried below grade to minimize interference from EMI and vibration. The overall massing configures a series of new courtyards. The green roofs of the podium act as an extension of the landscape and reinforce the network of green spaces that distinguish the University of Waterloo’s campus.

The Institute of Quantum Computing (IQC), housed in a ‘bar’ building with an east-west orientation, faces out to the Ring Road to communicate the IQC’s commitment to scientific advancement and innovation through collaboration with public and private sectors. The IQC façade explores the abstract notion of ‘superposition’ with varied readings generated through degrees of transparency and the play of light on its surfaces.

The heart of the IQC is the six-storey atrium with its network of floating stairs. ‘Mind spaces’ – simultaneously lounge, office and meeting rooms – are organized around the atrium and a cafeteria/kitchen on the second floor reinforces the theory that food and drink are essential catalysts for interdisciplinary interaction. A series of back-painted glass white boards reflect light and provide the scientists with writing surfaces for capturing spontaneous ideas. A highly flexible multipurpose space is located on the ground floor to accommodate a range of internal and external events and conferences.

The Nanotechnology Engineering research ‘box’ faces back to the campus. The plan is based on a traditional laboratory building layout. A hexagonal honeycomb steel lattice distinguishes the exterior elevation as a symbolic framework for the research within. The pattern was inspired by the fundamental building block of nanotechnology – the intrinsically stable hexagonal carbon structure – to achieve support and mitigate the impact of the Nano volume on the cleanroom below.

Project Team
Marianne McKenna (partner-in-charge), Mitchell Hall (associate-in-charge / design architect), Glenn MacMullin and Lucy Timbers (project architects), Nic Green, Roland Ulfig, Deborah Wang, Ramon Janer, Olga Pushkar, Omar Gandhi, Takuma Handa, Garth Zimmer, Thom Seto, Collin Gardner, Virginia Fernandez, Lilly Liaukus

Consultants
HDR Architecture Inc. (laboratory consultants), Halsall Associates Ltd. structural engineers), H.H. Angus & Associates Ltd. (mechanical & electrical engineers), Conestoga-Rovers & Associates (civil engineers), Chung & Vander Doelen Engineering Ltd. (geotechnical engineers), NAK Design Group (landscape architects), Martin Conboy Lighting Design (lighting consultant), Leber Rubes Inc. (fire and life safety consultant), Aercoustics Engineering Ltd. (acoustical consultant), Colin Gordon & Associates (vibration consultant), RWDI Inc. (wind consultant), Vitatech Engineering (EMI / RFI consultant), Engineering Harmonics (audio visual consultant), CM2R (cost consultant)
http://www.kpmbarchitects.com/index.asp?navid=30&fid1=&fid2=40&fid3=&minyearx=&maxyearx=

i read that although it isn't really tall as far as highrises go, it's being built down to the bedrock anyway because of the sensitive nature of the work that will be done there. & there will be space for ~400 scientists, 200 from IQC & 200 from WIN! :eek:

[smably]

It really is huge project. It'll be the third-largest (http://uwaterloo.ca/aboutuw/buildings.php) single building on campus when it's completed (after MC and DC). I suppose it's actually more like a 9-storey building, with the bottom two storeys underground.

[Waterlooson]

KPMB has more than just renderings:

http://www.kpmbarchitects.com/index.asp?navid=30&fid1=&fid2=40&fid3=&minyearx=&maxyearx=

i read that although it isn't really tall as far as highrises go, it's being built down to the bedrock anyway because of the sensitive nature of the work that will be done there. & there will be space for ~400 scientists, 200 from IQC & 200 from WIN! :eek:

To reach the bedrock, I think you'd have to go down hundreds if not thousands of feet deep.

[taylortbb]

I don't think the plan is to build usable space all the way down to the bedrock, that's obviously not practical. But it's not uncommon to run supports all the way down to the bedrock for certain special requirements, and these labs would probably qualify.

[rapid_business]

hundreds or thousands of feet? really? I mean I'm no expert on soil composition in the area, but... that seems a little over the top.

[smably]

Yeah, I watched these guys (http://www.deepfoundations.ca/caissons.html) drilling the caissons for a couple of days. They are /very/ deep -- I wouldn't doubt that they're resting on bedrock.

[amor de cosmos]

ok they didn't say bedrock, they said solid ground:
Aside from the tunnel extension, other preparatory work will be done at the future site of the building atop the B2 green, mostly to reroute underground pipes and take soil samples. The actual groundbreaking and primary construction for the QNC will begin in March of 2008, when a hole about 10 metres deep spanning the footprint of the building will be dug, extending through the aquifer until hitting the solid ground underneath. The reason for the foundation of the building being so deep is that the QNC has to be extremely stable to allow for the type of scientific research taking place to be possible. As such, the QNC will have the lowest electromagnetic interference and physical vibrations of any building on campus. Because the foundation is so deep and groundwater is relatively close to the surface at the site, during construction, and indeed after the building is built, pumps will have to be run at all times to keep water from seeping in.
http://iwarrior.uwaterloo.ca/?module=displaystory&story_id=3041&format=html

[Cambridgite]

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[UrbanGnome]

Construction Updates from April 6, including cladding
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[waterloowarrior]

Great shots! welcome to the forums

[UrbanGnome]

Thanks Warrior, I've been visiting this SSP for a few years and figured I should get some photos before the term is over

[UrbanGnome]

New photos from today, November 10. It's looking good.

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[The_Architect]

It's finally here!

Save the Date: Grand Opening of Quantum-Nano Centre

The next big thing at the University of Waterloo, the Mike & Ophelia Lazaridis Quantum-Nano Centre, officially opens September 21, 2012.
2012/05/10

Please save the morning of Friday, September 21 and plan to celebrate with us as we open the doors to the University of Waterloo's newest building, the Mike & Ophelia Lazaridis Quantum-Nano Centre.

Enabling research and innovation at the forefront of science, this state-of-the-art facility is constructed to the most stringent scientific standards - anti-vibration, humidity and temperature controls.

An architectural marvel at the heart of the University of Waterloo, the building is designed to foster cross-disciplinary collaboration between researchers, and will be a magnet for the world's top minds.

The Mike & Ophelia Lazaridis Quantum-Nano Centre will be home to the Institute for Quantum Computing, the Waterloo Institute for Nanotechnology and the Nanotechnology Engineering program.
http://iqc.uwaterloo.ca/news-events/archive/save-the-date-grand-opening-of-quantum-nano-centre