Projects
University of Toronto - Victoria University - Birge Carnegie Library (Heritage)
Completion: January 01, 2001
Location: Toronto
Total Construction Value: $80,000,000
The Birge-Carnegie Library was formally opened to students in 1910, and served as the library of Victoria University until the opening of the E.J. Pratt Library in 1961. After a decade of being underused, the Birge-Carnegie building was renovated and re-opened as the new home of the United Church of Canada Archives in 1972, and in 1984 the Victoria University Archives moved in to share its quarters. The University's archives are housed in the fireproof vault off the Librarian's Office. The Archives presently occupy the entire main floor and basement of the building; the second floor is currently used for professors' offices. The Birge-Carnegie Library building has been and shall remain an architectural jewel of the University.
Mechanical Systems
Unique and complex project due to special requirements to preserve literary artifacts. Open space building where our pipe needed to be concealed. Geo. A. Kelson Company Limited installed new plumbing, heating, cooling, and humidification systems.