The City of Calgary (the City) has embarked on this resilience planning process in response to the impactful climate changes being experienced by the City. This project contributes to the process by conducting a climate risk and resilience assessment (CRRA) on the Village Square Leisure Centre (the facility) in accordance with the City’s Integrated Risk Management Framework and the Public Infrastructure Climate Risk Assessment process. The Village Square Leisure Centre is located at 2623, 56th Street Northeast, Calgary, Alberta, and … Read more
NORTH MOUNT PLEASANT ARTS CENTRE CLIMATE RISK AND RESILIENCE ASSESSMENT
Posted onThe City of Calgary has embarked on a climate resilience planning process in response to the impactful climate changes being experienced by the City. This project contributes to the process by conducting a climate risk and resilience assessment (CRRA) on the North Mount Pleasant Arts Centre in accordance with the City’s Integrated Risk Management Framework and the Public Infrastructure Climate Risk Assessment process. The North Mount Pleasant Arts Centre is located at 523 27 Avenue NW, Calgary, Alberta. The original … Read more
Glenbow Museum Climate Lens CLIMATE CHANGE RESILIENCE ASSESSMENT FINAL REPORT
Posted onThe Glenbow Museum was originally constructed in 1976 and is in the Design Development Stage of a major capital project to revitalize and redesign the building exterior and interior spaces. This report provides a summary of the methodology and outcomes from the Climate Change Resilience Assessment (“the resilience assessment”) completed as a requirement for funding through Infrastructure Canada’s Investing in Canada Infrastructure Program (ICIP) – Community, Culture and Recreation Stream. The assessment was completed to fully satisfy requirements in the … Read more
FOREST LAWN MULTIPLEX CLIMATE CHANGE RESILIENCE ASSESSMENT
Posted onThe Forest Lawn Multiplex is proposed to replace several community services and recreation amenities distributed throughout the Forest Lawn Neighbourhood in a central location. The Forest Lawn Multiplex will improve the quality and accessibility of a wide range of community services in a diverse and traditionally underserved neighbourhood. As the project is early in the planning phase, WSP was commissioned by the City of Calgary to complete a Climate Change Resilience Assessment to consider resilience through the long-term life span … Read more
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PIEVC CLIMATE RISK AND VULNERABILITY ASSESSMENT
Posted onThe objective of the Climate Change Vulnerability Assessment is to assess the infrastructure components of the planned FSF that are at risk of failure or impaired service due to the impacts of climate change and extreme climate events. Building codes have traditionally been based on historical climate data for specific regions and as a result, buildings and infrastructure have been designed with specific climate loads based on historical climate data. The Climate Change Vulnerability Assessment (CCVA) was completed using the … Read more
Six Lower Mainland RP-1 Buildings Climate Change Risk Assessment
Posted onOur review indicated that several buildings are presently experiencing issues related to overheating due to higher summer temperatures, flooding from heavy precipitation and air quality during forest fire season. Attachments Prism – PSPC – Six Buildings in Greater Vancouver – April 2021 (2 MB)
Étude des vulnérabilités aux impacts climatiques de l’édifice situé au 330 Gare du Palais, Ville de Québec
Posted onDans le cadre de la Stratégie fédérale de développement durable (SFDD) 2016-2019, le gouvernement du Canada a pris l’engagement de réduire les émissions de GES de 17 % d’ici 2020 et de 40 % d’ici 2030 par rapport au niveau de référence de 2005-2006. De plus, le plan d’activités de la Direction générale des biens immobiliers de Services publics et Approvisionnement Canada (SPAC) indique comme priorité par excellence les « Opérations d’écologisation du gouvernement ». Dans ce document, les Services … Read more
Étude des risques aux changements climatiques des installations de l’Aéroport des Îles-de-la-Madeleine Rapport d’évaluation des risques et mesures d’atténuation
Posted onÉtude des risques aux changements climatiques des installations de l’Aéroport des Îles-de-la-Madeleine Rapport d’évaluation des risques et mesures d’atténuation Attachments Stantec – SPACSTC – May 2020 – FR (7 MB)
Étude de vulnérabilité des infrastructures aux effets climatiques et météorologiques possibles – Shawinigan
Posted onPour cette étude les professionnels, ingénieurs, architectes, architectes du paysage et expert en hydroclimatologie ont évalué l’impact des changements climatiques et météorologiques sur le bâtiment situé au 4695, boul. de Shawinigan-Sud à Shawinigan (Québec). Cette étude a été réalisée dans un contexte de prévention, mais aussi en ayant un objectif de réaliser une future reconstruction qui prendrait en considération l’impact climatique futur. Attachments CIMA – PSPC – Shawinigan – Mar 2020 (7 MB)
Étude de vulnérabilité des infrastructures aux effets climatiques et météorologiques possibles – Laval
Posted onSommaire exécutif Pour cette étude les professionnels, ingénieurs, architectes, architectes du paysage et expert en hydroclimatologie ont évalué l’impact des changements climatiques et météorologiques sur le bâtiment situé au 1575 boulevard Chomedey à Laval (Québec). Cette étude a été réalisée dans un contexte de prévention, afin d’établir un plan de maintien d’actif. Attachments CIMA – PSPC – Laval – Mar 2020 (7 MB)