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Prefabrication

Workers tested the installation of this sample Sapphire balcony on Vienna House in early December to understand the steps involved. In this model, diagonal suspension rods tie into the hanging hardware that will support the balcony immediately above.
December 18, 2024

Breaking the Thermal Bridge: A Look at Vienna House’s Innovative Prefab Balconies

BC Housing’s Vienna House project will be the first British Columbia building to use a new type of suspended balcony that will provide tenants with semi-private outdoor space without undermining the project’s ambitious energy-efficiency goals.

An engineer works on the electrical and control panel for one of three Vienna House Droplet hot water plants.
May 29, 2024

A Cutting-Edge Zero-Carbon Hot Water Plant Is in the Works for Vienna House

Every time a Vienna House resident washes the dishes or takes a shower, they’ll be benefiting from a new climate-friendly hot-water plant up on the building’s roof. The building will feature the first Canadian installation of the WaterDrop Droplet system.

A worker installs an on-site-constructed floor at the 50 Electronic Avenue project, a 350+ unit mixed-use development by Panatch Group, being built by Kindred in Port Moody, British Columbia
November 25, 2021

Double-Checking the Numbers Before Picking Up the Hammers

Kindred Construction is presently elbows-deep in Vienna House budgeting sheets. Assuming the design pencils out, and following a favourable rezoning application, their team will put it all together. 

September 9, 2021

Prefab’s Plentiful Possibilities

Parts of the Vienna House project will be built on-site in East Vancouver—but other sections will come together elsewhere. Here, modular and offsite construction experts outline some of the options.