Dalhousie School Elevator Addition

location 
262 Dalhousie Dr., Winnipeg, Manitoba, Canada 

client 
Public Schools Finance Board
Pembina Trails School Division  

consultants
S/ Wolfrom Eng. Ltd
M+E/ KGS Group
EL/Prairie Elevator & Lift Consultants

contractor 
Westland Construction Ltd.

area 
700 sf 

cost 
$1.2 million

status
Completed in 2017 

photography
Lindsay Reid

The scope of the Dalhousie Elementary School addition consisted of 2 distinct areas. First, a new 4500 lb capacity elevator was added at the front of the school to increase accessibility for students staff and visitors; which will include a brand new vestibule. Second, an existing Lift in the centre of the school will be replaced. The school was built in 1969 and has 6 distinct levels (2 main floors plus 4 split level floors). The school was never outfitted with a lift or elevator and a lift was added to the centre to the school in the 1980’s. It had outlived its use, but is essential to being able to access all of the split levels in the centre of the school. The addition and renovation will provide an elevator to the main 2 floors and modernize and enlarge the existing lift. The new entry vestibule provides for a new prominent entrance to a once sunken facade.