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Request for Proposals Issued for Ontario Science Centre Relocation​

January 27, 2025
Infrastructure Ontario has invited three teams to respond to a request for proposals (RFP) to design, build, finance and maintain the new Ontario Science Centre project.
These teams were selected from the Request for Qualifications stage that was posted publicly in May 2024 and closed in August 2024. A rigorous evaluation process, including criteria such as design and construction capability, experience, qualified personnel and financial capacity to deliver a project of this size and scope was undertaken to pre-qualify the following teams to be invited to bid on the RFP:
DiscoverON Partners:
  • Applicant Leads: Fengate Capital Management Ltd and Pomerleau Capital Inc.
  • Design Team: Cumulus Architects Inc and Daoust Lestage Lizotte Stecker
  • Construction Team: Pomerleau Inc.
  • Facilities Management: Honeywell Limited
  • Financial Advisor: National Bank Financial, Inc.
EllisDon Infrastructure:
  • Applicant Lead: EllisDon Capital Inc.
  • Design Team: Belvedere Architecture and BDP Quadrangle Architects Limited
  • Construction Team: EllisDon Corporation
  • Facilities Management: EllisDon Facilities Services Inc
  • Financial Advisor: EllisDon Capital Inc.
Ontario Science Partners:
  • Applicant Leads: John Laing Limited, Sacyr Infrastructure Canada Inc, and Amico Major Projects Inc.
  • Design Team: Hariri Inc & D. Pontarini Inc, Snohetta Architecture, Landscape Architecture P.C.
  • Construction Team: Sacyr Canada Inc, and Amico Design Build Inc.
  • Facilities Management: Johnson Controls Canada L.P
  • Financial Advisor: N/A
 
northyorker1 said:

Request for Proposals Issued for Ontario Science Centre Relocation​

January 27, 2025
Infrastructure Ontario has invited three teams to respond to a request for proposals (RFP) to design, build, finance and maintain the new Ontario Science Centre project.
These teams were selected from the Request for Qualifications stage that was posted publicly in May 2024 and closed in August 2024. A rigorous evaluation process, including criteria such as design and construction capability, experience, qualified personnel and financial capacity to deliver a project of this size and scope was undertaken to pre-qualify the following teams to be invited to bid on the RFP:
DiscoverON Partners:
  • Applicant Leads: Fengate Capital Management Ltd and Pomerleau Capital Inc.
  • Design Team: Cumulus Architects Inc and Daoust Lestage Lizotte Stecker
  • Construction Team: Pomerleau Inc.
  • Facilities Management: Honeywell Limited
  • Financial Advisor: National Bank Financial, Inc.
EllisDon Infrastructure:
  • Applicant Lead: EllisDon Capital Inc.
  • Design Team: Belvedere Architecture and BDP Quadrangle Architects Limited
  • Construction Team: EllisDon Corporation
  • Facilities Management: EllisDon Facilities Services Inc
  • Financial Advisor: EllisDon Capital Inc.
Ontario Science Partners:
  • Applicant Leads: John Laing Limited, Sacyr Infrastructure Canada Inc, and Amico Major Projects Inc.
  • Design Team: Hariri Inc & D. Pontarini Inc, Snohetta Architecture, Landscape Architecture P.C.
  • Construction Team: Sacyr Canada Inc, and Amico Design Build Inc.
  • Facilities Management: Johnson Controls Canada L.P
  • Financial Advisor: N/A
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Hariri/Snohetta/John Laing are definitely the strongest team in terms of experience on large-scale cultural projects.

But Belevedere/Ellis Don is very interesting. Belvedere is an ex Renzo Piano partner and I think that design language will resonate very much with the marine site here and the original structures.
 
goodcitywhenfinished said:
Hariri/Snohetta/John Laing are definitely the strongest team in terms of experience on large-scale cultural projects.

But Belevedere/Ellis Don is very interesting. Belvedere is an ex Renzo Piano partner and I think that design language will resonate very much with the marine site here and the original structures.
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Agree on both..........

Or put another way..............not 'Discover'......
 
goodcitywhenfinished said:
Hariri/Snohetta/John Laing are definitely the strongest team in terms of experience on large-scale cultural projects.

But Belevedere/Ellis Don is very interesting. Belvedere is an ex Renzo Piano partner and I think that design language will resonate very much with the marine site here and the original structures.
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In fact the Toronto Courthouse was listed as one of Belvedere's project on their website.

AoD
 
Hariri Pontarini Architects have issued the following regarding the short list:

Hariri Pontarini Architects and Snøhetta are pleased to be shortlisted to design the new Ontario Science Centre on the waterfront. We are committed to a vibrant and public future for Ontario Place focused on community, the public realm and an investment in science, education and culture. Together with our trusted partners Amico, Sacyr and John Laing, we are focused on building a beloved new home for this cherished institution.​

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interchange42 said:
Hariri Pontarini Architects have issued the following regarding the short list:

Hariri Pontarini Architects and Snøhetta are pleased to be shortlisted to design the new Ontario Science Centre on the waterfront. We are committed to a vibrant and public future for Ontario Place focused on community, the public realm and an investment in science, education and culture. Together with our trusted partners Amico, Sacyr and John Laing, we are focused on building a beloved new home for this cherished institution.​

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Snøhetta has some pretty amazing designs under their belt. I am hopeful.
 
Look at all of the people reposing! Love it.
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evandyk said:
For Ontario place, you need to render in a 6 storey parking garage in the background.
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As long as it’s designed by Snöhetta! 🤣 But seriously I have a feeling that the monster garage is going to be scaled down little by little. Or how about we design it so that it can be easily converted to another use. Sneaky! 😏
 
I gots no problem with a parking garage. Families arrive in cars. I know we dream that they come by GO Train and TTC and bicycles and pogo sticks, but rude awakening - families travel in cars. And when they get there they'll need somewhere to park. But don't worry the parking garage will have an 'appropriate amount' of graffiti all over it. And I'm sure also people experiencing homelessness setting up permanently in certain corners or at least using it as an unsupervised injection site. So it it will be a mixed use parking garage. :)
 
hawc said:
I gots no problem with a parking garage. Families arrive in cars. I know we dream that they come by GO Train and TTC and bicycles and pogo sticks, but rude awakening - families travel in cars. And when they get there they'll need somewhere to park. But don't worry the parking garage will have an 'appropriate amount' of graffiti all over it. And I'm sure also people experiencing homelessness setting up permanently in certain corners or at least using it as an unsupervised injection site. So it it will be a mixed use parking garage. :)
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Honestly.... this one prolly will have surveillance... so it is unlikely it will have a lot of homeless ppl chilling for long. Tho I cannot tell you are being serious here... kinda hard to tell reading text.
 
Tyrang said:
Honestly.... this one prolly will have surveillance... so it is unlikely it will have a lot of homeless ppl chilling for long. Tho I cannot tell you are being serious here... kinda hard to tell reading text.
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I think tongue firmly planted in cheek 🤣
 
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