Current Projects

Current Projects

Vancouver Fire Hall #5 & YWCA Housing – Vancouver, BC
Timeline: 18 months
New Vancouver Fire Hall #5 and Pacific Spirit Terrace. This state of the art building houses the Vancouver Fire Hall #5 on the first two levels and YWCA housing for low income, single Mothers and their Children. This facility will meet the growing demand for affordable housing while maintaining the strict environmental standards of a LEED Gold building.

Mission CHC – Mission, BC
Timeline: 9 months
Reconfigure the existing space and fit out the shell spaces on the 3 different levels in the Mission Community Health Centre facility.

2233 Columbia – Vancouver, BC
Timeline: 18 months
New 4 storey multi-tenant retail/office space.

Abbotsford Volkswagen – Abbotsford, BC
Timeline: 9 months
Tenant improvement for auto-dealership that is relocating.

McKesson – Phase 2&3 – Richmond, BC
Timeline: 4 months
Commercial tenant improvement for pharmaceutical company.

Aman Group – Surrey, BC
Timeline: 8 months
New warehousing and cold storage for Aman Trucking.
 
 
 
Past Projects

Simon Fraser University Podium 2

General Contractor: Ellis-Don

Duration of project: 11 months

Description:

This major renovation at Simon Fraser University’s Surrey campus included alterations to the distribution, all new lighting, all new lighting control, structured cabling and upgrading and alterations to the fire alarm system.

Schneider Electric Canada-Tenant Fit Out

Groen Environmental Systems

6 months

This was a complete renovation of a six story office building that needed to be retrofitted to accommodate new office and testing facilities for Schneider Electric. This included completely upgrading the distribution, lighting, branch wiring, and lighting controls though-out the entire building. We also upgraded the fire alarm system, added a new structured cabling system, sound masking. We were also required to install control wiring and specialized connections to custom testing equipment. This was all done on an accelerated schedule.

Acme Labs

Groen Environmental Systems

13 months

Construction of the world’s largest mineral assey plant. This included a new 5 MVA unit substation, centralization of corporate offices as well as a new testing facility for mining core samples. We were also an integral part of the design and assist team working closely with the owner and consultant.

Ocean Trailers / Raja Trailer Manufacturing

Boychuk Builders

10 months

Power Pros provided all of the electrical and communication work from site preparation through finishing. The work included a new 40,000 sq/ft head office, a 78,500 sq/ft maintenance facility and a secondary 27,000 sq/ft trailer manufacturing facility.

Lululemon – 1818 Cornwall Street

Lululemon

Complete renovation to all floors of Lululemons corporate head office. This included custom lighting, lighting control, fire alarm upgrades and installation of a new R&D lab and clothing test facility.

Hastings Park

Tybo Contracting

14 months

New and revitalized park space at the Old Empire Field location, including two new synthetic turn fields and new Musco Sports Lighting. Also the new Plateau Sports Park complete with a new 500KVA unit substation upgrade and new pathway lighting on all pedestrian and bicycle trails surrounding the site.

Schneider Electric: Solar MicroGrid Facility

Turner Construction Company

4 months

Construction and design of Schneider’s Electrical Microgrid Lab, which included a 5MVA substation. This lab was designed to test distribution grade inverters for large solar panel fields. Completed the project in under four months which contained over 70,000lb of wiring and over 300,000lb of test equipment and a 1,800 point control structure.

 
Received a VRCA Silver Award of Excellence in 2014

North Delta Rec Center

Unitech Construction

18 months

Expansion of the existing recreation center consisting of a new gymnasium, fitness center, offices and recreation spaces. This 27,000sqft addition required that all of the new lighting, distribution, communications, controls and fire alarm system integrate with the existing building.

New B Innovation

Graham Construction

14 months

This project was for New B Innovations pharmaceutical production facility and clean rooms in Burnaby, B.C. This complex design assist project included upgrading the distribution, fire alarm system, security system along with new lighting and communication cabling. We also connected all of the specialty equipment and controls required by the client. This majority of this projects installation exceeded the IP67 certification required under the health and safety requirements for this type of facility.

 
 
 
Large Projects

Thrifty Foods – North Vancouver

Eton-West

6 months

This was a tenant fit out for a new grocery store. New lighting, lighting control, distribution, branch wiring along with control wiring for the refrigeration system.

Air Products R&D Facility

Air Products

6 months

New processed gas research and development facility. This design assist project includeda 1.5MVA unit substation, a hazardous gas storage area, fire alarm system, distribution, lighting and custom equipment connections. We were also tasked with breaking down then reassembling custom gastesting equipment to assist with the move into the new facility.

Toba Inlet – Jimmie Creek Camp

Total Camp Solutions

5 months

Installation of two 500KVA primary power generators to supply power to the 500 man camp. This took place in remote camp only reachable by boat or plane. We also connected the electrical services to all of the living quarters as well as installing and interconnecting the fire alarm system.

C.B.R.E.- MNP Tower

Ledcor Construction

8 months

This project consisted of over 28 000 square feet of new offices for CBRE’s new Vancouver office at the MNP Tower. The building was still under construction as we undertook this project that took place over the 25th through to the 28th floor. The custom lighting design and open office areas as well as conforming to LEED Gold standards made this a very unique project.

Walmart- Scottsdale Center

Willow Spring Construction

4 months

This was an existing Target that was retrofitted to a new Walmart. This project had a very ambitious schedule that Power Pros was able keep on track even with large design changes throughout the duration of the project.

Bass Pro Shop- Tsawwassen Mills Shopping Center

Ledcor Construction

8 months

This themed 148,000 square foot mega outdoor shopping center is the anchor tenant at the Tsawwassen Mills Shopping Center. This project included all of the electrical work for the entire store which contains a restaurant, a 12 lane bowling alley, a 15,000-gallon freshwater aquarium along with all of the custom mounted lighting and controls to help highlight the unique murals and artifacts throughout the store.

Bed Bath & Beyond- Vancouver

Ledcor

6 months

This tenant fit out included combining the systems of two different stores into one store for Bed Bath & Beyond. This project included all new lighting, a custom distribution control center, upgrading the fire alarm system and specialty product lighting.

Lululemon- Distribution Center

N. Wallace & Company

5 months

This was the installation for Lululemon’s Western Canada shipping warehouse. The installation included new distribution, fire alarm, structured cabling, lighting as well as the connection of all the shipping and conveyer equipment.
 
 
Medium Projects

No Frills (Store #3985)

Contractor: Eton West Construction

4 months

The full tenant improvements for a new grocery store included upgrading and replacing the main distribution and fire alarm system.

Powertech Labs

Omicron Construction Management

3 months

Powertech labs building upgrades included the emergency installation of a new distribution center whilst maintaining full electrical power to the existing buildings during replacement.

Steel Toad Brewery

Steel Toad Brewery

5 months

Full tenant improvement of a heritage building for new microbrewery and restaurant. Included installation of a new 800 amp sub-service, supply and install of custom lighting and connection of brewery equipment.

BCIT- Solar Energy Oasis

PAX Construction

8 months

Installation of the new 250KW solar panel array and integration of new DC-Fast Chargers fed from the solar power. We were responsible for the underground conduit system and wiring of the inverter and control wiring for system monitoring.

Canada Place Operations Center

ProCan Construction

7 months

This was a full renovation of the Facility Operations Center in Canada Place which is one of Vancouver’s most famous landmarks.  The renovation included additions and alterations to the distribution, fire alarm, lighting and emergency lighting systems. The logistics of this project were difficult as it is a high security area with international ships docking and departing.

Bosch Rexroth

Groen Environmental Systems

6 months

Moved Bosch Rexroth’s existing testing facility and offices to a new building. We installed a roof top generator along with controls to allow increased power for the specialty testing done at this facility.

Canadian Tire- Tsawwassen

Eton-West Construction

7 months

This was the complete building and tenant fit out for the new Canadian Tire store in Tsawwassen. This included installing all of the site services, distribution, lighting, client equipment and fire alarm system.