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MTE Consultants Acquires RIZZ Engineering, Strengthening Expertise in Structural Design and Precast Concrete

Birchmount Green
Residential

Birchmount Green Condominiums

Partners

Canada Mortgage and Housing Corporation (CMHC), Chamberlain Architects, City of Toronto, Community Living Toronto

Key personnel

Kayam Ramsewak, P.Eng., C.E.T., Dan Finelli, P.Eng.

Project overview

The Birchmount Green Condominium, situated at 1236 Birchmount Road, Scarborough, is a newly developed project by Birchmount Green Inc. This initiative is designed to cater to low- and moderate-income households, providing 220 new rental homes that include a mix of affordable and supportive housing options.

Tenant selection for Birchmount Green will be conducted in collaboration with not-for-profit referral partners, who will facilitate the placement of individuals into 98 units equipped with various support services. Of these, 88 units will be available as rent-geared-to-income (RGI) housing, with rents capped at 30 percent of the household’s income. The remaining 10 units will be offered at average market rent (AMR), as defined annually by the Canada Mortgage and Housing Corporation.

The remaining 122 units will have rents set at or below 100 percent of AMR, ensuring affordability for a range of low- to moderate-income households.

The Birchmount Green development features the following amenities:

  • A spacious amenity room with access to outdoor greenery and barbecue facilities
  • An accessible rooftop garden, a library, indoor and outdoor children’s play areas, and bicycle storage
  • Offices for support service organizations
  • An on-site coffee shop, “The Social Brew, Café, and Marketplace”

MTE's Involvement

MTE was proud to provide civil and structural engineering services for the development of Birchmount Green.

MTE’s role in the project as the civil consultant included the external sanitary sewer capacity assessment, detailed site grading, servicing and stormwater management design, and contract administration and construction inspection for the civil works.

More specifically, our civil team provided an overview of the site engineering design approach, showing the site’s functional serviceability with respect to watermain, storm and sanitary sewers.

Utilizing the final Site Plan, finished site grading, servicing and stormwater management, the project was designed in accordance with the Ontario Building Code, City of Toronto and TRCA guidelines.

As the structural engineer, our Structural team provided the structural design of the 220 new unit building.