The Regional Municipality of York Police Services Board has selected Parkin Architects Limited for the new build of #1 District Headquarters, to be located on a 2.86 acres site at 429 Harry Walker Parkway South in Newmarket. The 45,000 SF multi-level facility will be designed to meet, at minimum, LEED® Silver designation , and built as a post-disaster
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Canadian Architect Magazine featured the Citizen Care Pod project led by the Citizen Care Pod Corporation, in collaboration with WZMH Architects, PCL Construction, Insight Enterprises and Microsoft. The team has worked together during the pandemic to launch this new COVID-19 smart screening and testing pod from a version designed last month . The Citizen Care Pod integrates intelligent
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At Parkin , we are pleased to support our staff in the healthcare industry by way of sponsorship of “Women in Healthcare” (WIH), an organization founded in 2016. The mission of this group is to provide guidance, education, support and mentorship to members in the Healthcare Community. Parkin’s goal is to support mentorship to individuals in the
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CTV News aired a segment on the Portable Testing Pods (referred to as the “Citizen Care Pod”) for COVID-19. Since early April, the Portable Virus Testing Centre team: WZMH Architects; Quasar Consulting Group; Loring Consulting Engineers Inc; Stephenson Engineering Ltd; PCL Construction; Camillion Corp; Microsoft; and Parkin Architects Limited, (with additional support from suppliers) have been
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Healthcare Design Magazine’s Featured Firms edition, published in February 2020, focuses on projects completed by the major players in healthcare design. Parkin entered its latest completed inspirational project— Health Sciences Centre (HSC), Women’s Hospital , Winnipeg. HSC, Women’s Hospital was designed to meet the needs of women and their families. It is warm and welcoming and designed to be respectful of patients’ needs
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Parkin Director Robin Snell will be presenting at the 2020 Healthcare Design Expo & Conference in Nashville, TN, November 7–10, 2020 hosted by the Center for Healthcare Design . Robin will be co-presenting with Saleh Kalantari , PhD, EDAC, Assistant Professor, Design + Environmental Analysis, Cornell University. The session will focus on a study to test and optimize design strategies prior to facility construction. The study follows several parallel themes.
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Designers are recognizing the biophilic benefits of wood in healthcare environments. It has been proven that elements such as wood can improve comfort, reduce stress, and potentially contribute to improved health indicators. Surrey Memorial Hospital greets patients and visitors to its emergency department with bold glulam timber columns that provide warmth to this large institutional space. To read
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Diversity in a firm begins with the people the firm hires . To assist when we are working on business development initiatives, it is helpful if we have fundamental knowledge about special attributes of each of our employees. This level of knowledge helps us determine service excellence options and current market opportunities. Following a recent reissue of an
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Microsoft partners Insight and PCL Construction have joined industry leaders to create a safe way to conduct COVID-19 screening and testing. This process is crucial to providing vital medical help for patients while preventing further spread of the virus. The team has created the Citizen Care Pod, a Smart Screening and Testing Pod (SSTP), equipped
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The Marnie’s Studio project at Sick Kids Hospital transformed the existing Bear Theatre into a multi-purpose art and performance space. The original theatre space was designed to resemble a forest with dark colors, murals of forest scenes and heavy dark drapes that kept daylight out. The 2,900 SF space was converted into a bright and modern art
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