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Strategic Planning

Once the need for facilities is established, Matrix helps to determine how to meet the need. We may prepare estimates of the size and anticipated cost of facilities. Development alternatives, such as combinations of new construction and re-use of existing facilities, may be considered and tested for economic feasibility. Our analysis may be expanded to include the operational cost impacts of program alternatives.

The result of Stage 2, often called a Development Plan, answers key questions related to the provision of facilities:

  • What functions will be accommodated?
  • What is the appropriate size for those facilities?
  • What will the facilities cost?
  • Where will they be located?

The Needs Assessment and Strategic Planning Stages often are conducted concurrently, since the options available can influence the services delivered.

Many of our projects have focused on the re-use of heritage buildings such as courthouses. This has including examining the implications of the historic designation, identifying criteria for the selection of an appropriate tenant, preparing urban design guidelines, developing a facilities program for the proposed tenant, and illustrating how the requirements could be met within the physical constraints of the building.

Projects

Law Courts Needs Analysis Model, BC


Update District Facilities Plan, Sooke School District, BC

Project Identification, Handsworth Secondary School, North Vancouver, BC

Update for Northeast Coquitlam, Coquitlam School District, BC

District Facilities Plan, Okanagan Similkameen School District, Oliver, BC

District Facilities Review, Qualicum School District, Parksville, BC

Long-Range Facilities Plan, Coquitlam School District, BC

School Site Acquisition Charge Update, School District 23, Kelowna, BC

Neighbourhoods of Learning, Southern Okanagan Secondary School, Oliver, BC

Osgoode Justice Precinct Criminal and Family Courthouse, Toronto, Ontario

Toronto East Criminal Courthouse, Ontario

Masterplan for Criminal, Civil and Family Courts, Toronto, Ontario

Project Identification, Argyle Secondary School, North Vancouver, BC

Project Identification, Windsor Family of Elementary Schools, North Vancouver, BC

Enrolment Forecasts, Nanaimo-Ladysmith School District, BC

Enrolment Forecast, Abbotsford Collegiate, Abbotsford, BC

Facilities Development Plan, Selby Street Site, Nanaimo, BC

Capacities for Seismic Upgrading Projects, North Vancouver, BC

Long-Range Facilities Plan, Prince Rupert School District, BC

Kainai Peacemaking Centre, Blood Tribe, Standoff, Alberta

Project Definition, Marie Sharpe Elementary School, Williams Lake, BC

Facilities Plan Update, Coquitlam School District, BC

Robron Centre, Campbell River, BC

Long-Range Facilities Plan, Southeast Kootenay School District, Cranbrook, BC

McKee Peak School Facilities Plan, Abbotsford, BC

Long-Range Facilities Plan, New Westminster School District, BC

Update Long-Range Facilities Plan, Sooke School District, BC

Facilities Plan Update, School District 68, Nanaimo, BC

Yukon Correctional Centre, Whitehorse

Facilities Plan Update, North Vancouver School District, BC

District Wide Facilities Plan, Cariboo-Chilcotin School District, Williams Lake, BC

Toronto Criminal Courts, Ontario

Enrolment Forecast and Capacity Utilization Review, School District 5, BC

Needs Analysis, BC Corrections

Port Clements Elementary School, Port Clements, BC

Dufferin Elementary School, Nanaimo, BC

Long-Range Facilities Plan, Comox Valley School District, BC

Education Facilities Plan, Ladysmith and South Nanaimo, BC

Long-Range Facilities Plan, Vernon School District, BC

Educational Facilities Plan, Yellowknife, Northwest Territories

Long-Range Facilities Plan, Sooke School District, BC

Framework for Facilities Planning, Coquitlam School District, BC

Happy Valley Elementary School, Langford, BC

Alternatives to a New Secondary School, Nanaimo, BC

Lonsdale School Area Study, North Vancouver, BC

Masterplan for Courthouse Facilities, Halifax, Nova Scotia

Options Evaluation, École Régionale Victor Brodeur, Victoria, BC

Shared Services Study, Maintenance/Public Works, Nelson, BC

Enrolment Trends and Facilities Plan, North Vancouver School District, BC

Capital Regional District Headquarters, Victoria, BC

Information Services, BC Assessment Headquarters, Victoria, BC

School Site Acquisition Charge, School District 23, Kelowna, BC

Kitsap County Masterplan, Port Orchard, Washington

Saint Lawrence Valley Treatment Centre, Brockville, Ontario

École Régionale Victor Brodeur, Victoria, BC

Facilities Plan, Nanaimo School District, BC

Glenlyon-Norfolk School, Victoria, BC

School Site Acquisition Charge, Big White Ski Resort, BC

Near North Correctional Complex, North Bay, Ontario

Emily Carr Institute of Art and Design, Vancouver, BC

Anahim Lake School, BC

North Slave Correctional Facilities, Yellowknife, Northwest Territories

Environmental Services Headquarters, Capital Regional District, Victoria, BC

Service Delivery Plan, Law Courts, Lower Mainland, BC

John Stubbs Memorial Elementary School, Colwood, BC

Salmo Secondary School, BC

Long Term School Facilities Plan, Powell River, BC

Long-Range Facilities Plan, Delta School District, BC

School Site Acquisition Charge, School District 48, Squamish, BC

School Site Acquisition Charge, School District 62, Colwood, BC

School Site Acquisition Charge, School District 69, Parksville, BC

School Facilities Studies, Creston, Crawford Bay and Salmo, BC

School District Support Facilities, Victoria, BC

Corrections Headquarters, Victoria, BC

Saint Michaels University School, Victoria, BC

Central Saanich Municipal Hall, BC

Kitchener Courthouse, Ontario

Downtown Toronto Criminal Courthouse, Ontario

Ontario Correctional Institute, Brockville, Ontario

Thunder Bay Courthouse, Ontario

Chilliwack Courthouse, BC

Colquitz Secondary Area Study, Victoria, BC

McBride Elementary School, BC

Development Strategy, Highway Maintenance Yards, BC

Aurora College, Inuvik, Northwest Territories

Yellowknife Courthouse, Northwest Territories

Highways Maintenance Yards, Business Case, BC

Chilliwack Senior Secondary School, BC

Steveston Secondary School, Richmond, BC

Municipal Courts and Jail, Kennewick/Richland, Washington

Fraser Valley Regional Justice Centre, Chilliwack/Abbotsford, BC

Qualicum Beach Middle and Secondary Schools, BC

Trail Middle School, BC

Bench Elementary Area Study, Cowichan Bay, BC

Chemainus Area Schools Study, BC

Thomson Centre Expansion, Whitehorse, Yukon

Elementary Attendance Areas, Qualicum School District, BC

School Busing Review, Whitehorse, Yukon

Criteria for Private Highway Maintenance Yards, BC

Long Term Facilities Plan, Trail School District, BC

Rural Yukon Schools Facilities Study

Saint Bartholomew's Health and Healing Centre, Lytton, BC

Delta Highways Maintenance Yard, BC

Victoria Conservatory of Music, BC

Campbellton Elementary School, Campbell River, BC

Regional Correctional Centre, Port Coquitlam, BC

Highway Maintenance Yards Facilities Study, BC

Options Analysis, Victoria Law Courts, BC

Royal BC Museum, Victoria, BC

Colquitz Secondary School, Victoria, BC

Cowichan and Chemainus Secondary Schools, Duncan and Chemainus, BC

North Rutland Schools, Kelowna, BC

Qualicum Beach Elementary School, BC

Silver Creek Elementary School, Hope, BC

Capital Regional District Headquarters, Victoria, BC

Metropolitan Toronto Law Courts Study, Ontario

Ministry of Forests Regional Office, Vernon, BC

Willow Point Elementary School, Campbell River, BC

Law Courts Development Plan, Victoria Region, BC

Northeast School Redevelopment Plan, Burnaby, BC

Attendance Area Analysis, Parksville, BC

Mount Baker Senior Secondary School, Cranbrook, BC

Mandate Review, Provincial Capital Commission, Victoria, BC

South Delta Senior Secondary School, BC

Marian High School Assessment, Burnaby, BC

Long Term Care Facility Plan, Victoria, BC

Malaspina College, Nanaimo, BC

Pemberton Secondary School, BC

Parksville Middle and Secondary Schools, BC

Saanich Theatre, Victoria, BC

Greater Victoria Arts Facilities Study, BC

School District Facilities Plan, Port Alberni, BC

Comparative Analysis of School Sites, Powell River, BC

Kootenay Lake District Hospital, Nelson, BC

Chilliwack General Hospital, BC

School District Facilities Plan, Powell River, BC

Justice Institute of BC, New Westminster, BC

Nunatta Campus, Arctic College, Iqaluit, Nunavut

Thomas Haney Centre, Maple Ridge, BC

Legislative Library, Regina, Saskatchewan

Keewatin Boarding Home, Winnipeg, Manitoba

Central City Mission, Vancouver, BC

Mount Royal College, Downtown Campus, Calgary, Alberta

BC Institute of Technology, Burnaby, BC

BC Institute of Technology, Burnaby, BC

KAON Factory, TRIUMF Research Facility, Vancouver, BC

North Island College, Port Alberni, BC

Legislative Library, Victoria, BC

Court Facilities, Needs Assessment Study, Yukon

Maximum Security Young Offender Facility, Yellowknife, Northwest Territories

Eastern Arctic Young Offender Secure Custody Facility, Iqaluit, Nunavut

Young Offender Secure Custody Facilities Study, Northwest Territories

Law Court Facilities Planning Study, BC

Canadian Centre for Toxicology, Guelph and Toronto, Ontario

Funding Proposal, Canadian Centre for Toxicology, Guelph, Ontario

Yukon College, Whitehorse, Yukon

Yukon Justice Centre, Whitehorse, Yukon

Keyano College, Fort McMurray, Alberta

Indian and Inuit Affairs, Whitehorse, Yukon

Keyano Cultural Centre, Fort McMurray, Alberta

Riverbend Lutheran Church, Edmonton, Alberta

Circuit Courthouses, Facilities Standards Study, Alberta

Courts Refit, Fourth Avenue Residence, Whitehorse, Yukon

Family and Youth Court, Edmonton and Calgary, Alberta

Youth Development Centre, Edmonton, Alberta

Southern Alberta Youth Development Centre, Strathmore, Alberta

Ophthalmology, University of Alberta, Edmonton, Alberta

Government Computing Centre, Calgary, Alberta

Michener Centre, Red Deer, Alberta

Highways Vehicle Maintenance Facilities, Whitehorse, Yukon

Medicine Hat Courthouse, Alberta

Alberta Hospital, Heritage Building, Ponoka, Alberta

Legislature Annex, Edmonton, Alberta

Edmonton City Hall, Alberta

Law Courts and Remand Facilities, Calgary, Alberta

Redevelopment, Whitehorse Correctional Centre, Yukon

Tyrrell Museum of Paleontology, Drumheller, Alberta

Law Court Facilities, Saint John's, Newfoundland

Court of Appeal, Calgary, Alberta

Calgary Remand Centre, Alberta

Lindsay Park Athletic Centre, Calgary, Alberta

Alberta Transportation Headquarters, Edmonton, Alberta

Mental Health District Offices, Calgary, Alberta

Alberta Vocational Centre, Lac La Biche, Alberta

Child Welfare Residential Facilities, Northern Alberta

School for the Deaf, Edmonton, Alberta

Terrace Building, Edmonton, Alberta

Government Computing Centre, Edmonton, Alberta

Court Facilities Inventory, Alberta

Medical Examiner Facilities, Edmonton and Calgary, Alberta

Edmonton Area Courthouses, Alberta

Hinton Courthouse, Alberta

Court Facilities Planning Strategy, Alberta

Lethbridge Courthouse, Alberta

Correctional Services, Lower Mainland, BC

Edmonton Remand Centre, Alberta

Strategic Plan, Corrections Planning, Alberta

Calgary Correctional Institution, Alberta

Mount Pleasant Remand Centre, Vancouver, BC

Task Force on Correctional Services and Facilities, BC

Vancouver Remand Centre, BC

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