About the building: On May 3, 1983, the Welding Training Centre Building is officially opened by Hon. C. Stephen Rogers, Minister of Environment, Hon. Grace McCarthy, Minister of Human Resources, and Elwood Veitch, PVI Executive Director. Constructed at a cost of $2,461,600, the building was designated as the a component of the three-building Steel Industries Training Centre complex, Pacific Vocational Institute. (In 1981, Waisman, Dewar, and Grout, Architects are chosen for the new welding centre.)

General: The NE8 building , is located at 3700 Willingdon Avenue Burnaby, BC. 2,395 SM of space. The facility is composed of a one level building with mezzanino used for classroom, office and storage.

Substructure: The substructure construction of the building features concrete perimeter foundation walls on reinforced concrete footings. The facility has a concrete slab on grade.

Superstructure: The building has both load bearing CMU’s wall construction and steel columns and steel frame with concrete filled steel pan for the mezzanine floor framing and sloped steel open web joist with steel decking for roof framing.

Exterior Construction: Exterior walls at NE8 building includes metal cladding finishing’s construction. Exterior windows are double glazed metal framed assemblies. Entry doors are typically either glazed / unglazed hollow metal assemblies. The roof includes sloped metal roof system covering and adhered SBS modified roofing membrane covering.

Interior Construction Floor finishes throughout the facility are vinyl composite tiles, ceramic tiles and concrete floor. Restrooms/change rooms generally have ceramic tiles walls finish. Wall finishes are painted gypsum wallboard and painted block. The ceiling finishes are generally 600 x 1200 ACT or no finish (open to roof structural components). The interior doors are finished metal assemblies, some with glazed panels. Interior door hardware is typically a combination of knob with panic hardware where required at exterior door fire exit locations.

Occupancy Type According to the 2006 British Columbia Building Code, Article 3.1.2.1. (1), the NE8 building is classified as an Assembly Group A, Division 2 occupancy.