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Brandon Courthouse

Owner:	Manitoba Government Services
Value:	$8,000,000
Size:	2,800 m2
Architect:	Number Ten Architectural Group
Project Delivery:	Design/Bid/Build
Date Completed:	1999

This two-storey addition with a basement and crawlspace was constructed of cast-in-place concrete and concrete block construction.

The foundation system was cast-in-place concrete spread and strip footings bearing on native-sand soils. As new basement areas were lower than the existing building footings, stepped and cantilevered footing solutions had to be employed to solve foundation design challenges. An existing roadway, which had to remain unblocked and operational, posed a challenge in the installation of the new foundation. The working solution required an innovative combination of shoring and foundations cast and backfilled within steel coffers.

The roof of the existing courthouse was removed and replaced as part of a staged construction process and was successfully delivered without damage to the historic features within the existing structure.