UNDERPINNINGCALGARY
Demonstration project 02

HAYSBORO

Underpinning + Renovation

Illustrative unfinished Haysboro bungalow basement with ducts and copper line across low joists

Clear height · illustrative

6′7″ → 7′10″

Area
1,050 sq. ft.
Structural phase
11 weeks

Illustrative, excluding design & approvals

The challenge

A practical bungalow with a renovation already sketched out. The difficulty sat overhead: a main service run crossed exactly where the new room wanted its clearest ceiling. Sorting that out on paper first meant the structural plan and the renovation plan could finally agree.

Objective
Coordinate underpinning with a wider basement renovation.
Constraint
An existing service route affected the proposed design.
Concept
Resolve the structural and service plan before finishes.
Conceptual planning section for HaysboroExisting clear height 6′7″. Proposed clear height 7′10″. Conceptual support extensions shown below the existing footings. GRADECEILING · FIXEDCONCEPTUAL SUPPORTEXISTING SLABPROPOSED FLOOR · CONCEPT6′7″7′10″
Conceptual planning diagram · not a construction drawing

Scope summary

  • 01Underpinning to the assessed design
  • 02Service route coordination
  • 03Slab-related work
  • 04Handover to the renovation team
Illustrative taller structural shell in the same Haysboro basement with services rerouted
After · structural shell · illustrative
Concept of a bright renovated basement family room with built-in shelving
Finished-space concept · beyond the structural scope

A structural layout better aligned with the renovation concept.

Illustrative review
“No quick promise that everything would be easy. They took measurements, explained what still needed to be checked and came back with a scope we could follow.”
★★★★★ Martin D. — Haysboro

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basement like this?

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Bowness