Collaboration on Affordable Housing during a Pandemic

This design-build collaboration is under construction. Funded by BC Housing, the 13 unit affordable housing rental apartment in Valemount, BC, constructed for The Valemount Affordable Housing Society, provides accessible and adaptable ground floor units. Each unit has their own private ground floor entrance. Private internal stairs leads to 2nd floor units from the ground floor. Heating and ventilation is contained within each unit. These are responses to adapting to a pandemic to limit passage of airborne contaminants between occupants. The building is highly energy efficient, using ICF construction and triple glazed windows. The design-build team included Whitson Contracting Ltd. & Wild Montane Construction Services with Shauna Noyes Architect, architect of record, AVID Architecture, designer, including artist concept above, and ASK* for a Better World as Energy Efficiency and Building Envelope Consultant.