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Trowel Magazine Article
building RENOVATIONS Rise of the Renovation Photos courtesy of NovaCrown By Jessica Kirby Despite Canada’s economical ups and downs, home and commercial renovations have remained relatively steady over the past ten years, and according to analysts are on a steady rise for 2015 and 2016. According to TD Economics, single family and multi-unit residential housing spending has increased an average seven percent annually over the last decade. Although spending is expected to plateau for 2014, 2015 and 2016 will see a gradual increase. Industry Trends by Scotia Bank says although renovations may be in order, the majority tend to take place within the first year of new home or building ownership and then taper off. Tailing a constrained market, the amount spent on individual projects is expected to remain tight, placing emphasis on on finding budget-friendly solutions. NovaCrown is a manufacturer of polystyrene moulding components that can help create an upscale, eye-catching space for a fraction of the time and cost of traditional building methods. For instance, the company completed an 800-square-foot office space renovation at MDA Corporation’s Richmond office that provided a beautiful, sophisticated coffered ceiling and coffer accent in an upscale boardroom. 24 » The Trowel building RENOVATIONS MDA was pleased with the overall look of the crown moulding and traditional coffered ceiling, but wanted to try something more cost effective and timesavvy than a boxed and drywalled coffer on an adjacent kitchen area. Stunning Ceilings MDA is a world leading information and space systems and services company. Among its many world class products are the Space Shuttle and space station robotic arms and the Radarsat satellites. Given its clientele and the scope of its work, MDA management was looking for a boardroom that would impress. The work was required in three distinct areas of the building. The client requested an authentic coffered ceiling in its main 600-square-foot board room, which would be accented in the recess by NovaCrown’s crown moulding product. An adjacent 300-square foot kitchen area and additional 250-squarefoot board room would receive complete ceiling overhauls using NovaCrown’s Coffered Ceiling Tile suspended ceiling system. On the main ceiling, 5x5-foot coffers received crown molding detail at the recess, adding shape and style to the application. The lightweight, easy to install components are created in attractive, economical profiles out of polystyrene and wrapped in drywall paper. The ease of installation and finishing made MDA management take notice. The company was pleased with the overall look of the crown moulding and the installation of the traditional coffered ceiling, but wanted to try something more cost effective and time-savvy than a boxed and drywalled coffer on an adjacent kitchen area. The company selected NovaCrown’s Coffered Ceiling Tile, which is essentially a suspended ceiling tile system shaped to look like coffered ceiling panels. The 2 x 2 and 2 x 4 foot tiles are dropped into any standard grid, transforming this particular room in less than four hours. “If you were to do the regular ceiling work of building coffer boxes and then putting the crown in, on the big coffer ceiling it would have taken approximately eight days and cost around $6,000 or $7,000,” says Dale Forsberg, sales manager with NovaCrown. “With our ceiling system it took four hours and costed under $1,000 to do the adjacent room.” “A board room has to look nice,” he says. “It’s the big selling point with major distributors. People say they don’t believe it’s a tile—it looks that good.” STURDY, “THE NAME SAYS IT ALL” NEW Rolling Stackable Interior Scaffold ‘The Red Line Scaffold’ NEW Sturdy Extension Plank ‘The Extender’ Sizes6'-9'; 7'-11';8'-13',10'-16' NEW Frame Scaffolding ALU/PLY Deck 7'x19"or10'x19" 5' x 5' POWDER COATED FRAME Framesinclude-2connectors Aluminum Sawhorse Series 130 Mustang •300lbs1Aratedsawhorse •Solidrivetconstruction •Non-slipfeet •Foldingcompactdesignforeasytransportation STURDY LADDER inc. 4209-17A Street S.E., Calgary, Alberta T2G 3X1 Tel: (403) 264-2934 Fax: (403) 264-2998 wallandceiling.ca » June / July 2014 » 25 building RENOVATIONS CEILING TILE & GRID DRYWALL INSULATION STEEL STUD - Roofing Products - Doors & Windows - Kitchen Cabinets - Flooring Products - Structural Floor Joists WE DELIVER! 3955 QUADRA STREET PH: 250-479-7151 EXT. 201 WWW.LUMBERWORLD.NET Whether you call it drywall, gypsum wallboard or plasterboard, it’s all 100% recyclable to us. Documentation for LEED certification is available. The objective was creating the nicest board room they could, and the designer selected the elegance of a big coffer, he says. “But then they they saw what our product could do for a fraction of the price.” Like any suspended ceiling tile, the Coffered Ceiling Tile is diverse and a snap to install. Its gyprock backer means light fixtures can be secured without additional support, and the additional weight is minimal at 3.5 lb per board. In fact, the added weight helps the tiles sit properly, says Forsberg. e ffecting Wher ely A eW itiv eL s o P iv “You see these gaps all the time in some drop ceilings made of light composite ... In ours, you can’t tell there’s a grid because they have the weight to sit in that track perfectly.” “You see these gaps all the time in some drop ceilings made of light composite,” he says. “In ours, you can’t tell there’s a grid because they have the weight to sit in that track perfectly.” NEW WEST GYPSUM RECYCLING W eA RE G yc ypsu m R e c li n g Tiles are generally 2x2 or 2x4 in size, but NovaCrown can custom manufacturer any size for specialty applications and to size at the edge of irregularly shaped ceilings. Gypsum is a true closed-loop product, designed for your safety and to be infinitely recycled in to new drywall. “We have a 72-hour turnaround time for specialty orders because they are manufactured locally,” he says. “They are fire-rated and arrive bubble wrapped and ready to go.” 604-534-9925 • www.nwgypsum.com For more information about NovaCrown, please visit www. novacrown.ca. For more renovation case studies, please visit www. wallandceiling.ca n 26 » The Trowel