HOW WE DO IT

Most of our finishing work is completed off-site in our fabricating facility.  Only utilities connections and building envelope sealing is completed on site once the modules are placed.

This allows  us to repeatedly manufacture mixed use mid-rise and high-rise buildings which are a:

• standard repeatable design,
• highly energy efficient,
• built faster and
• at a lower cost.

 Once all the modules for the building are finished inside and out, they are shipped from our off-site fabricating facility to the building site for placement around a conventionally constructed central elevator, stairwell and utility services core at a rate of about 5 to 10 modules per day including utility services connections.  Each floor is completed in about  1 week. 

Each floor is completed on site, in days , rather than months, 

• mitigating weather issues, 
• reducing on-site construction traffic, 
• minimizing road closures and 
• eliminating on-site construction materials waste.(Part of our contribution to the environment)

By using 3 proprietary "standard" steel modules we can produce the appropriate mix of suites in our standard building floor-plate to serve the demographics of the area we build in.  We have 6 standard suite layouts available in our standard template floor-plate - Studio, One Bedroom, Bedroom + Den, Two Bedroom, Two Bedroom + Den and 3 Bedroom.  (Two Bedroom Suites available with ensuites in each bedroom)

The same standard floor-plate is used to construct buildings from 2 to 21 storeys, keeping design costs low and completion times short, and  the design is engineered for use in seismic regions up to Zone 5 and is forest fire and smoke tolerant with non-combustible exterior finishes and air tight living units with high efficiency (75%) heat recovery air exchange units.

The residential tower can be situated on a slab on grade or on a commercial retail pedestal, with or without  underground parking.

At Mercidian we have committed to become intimately familiar with and responsible for every aspect of our developments, from concept to occupancy and beyond, to control costs and provide a a high standard of quality.  This includes:

• land acquisition, 
• building design, 
• off-site manufacturing of building modules,
• on-site placing and connecting of the building modules
• project management, 
• general contracting, 

as well as conventional construction of: 

• underground parkades,
• commercial/retail pedestal
• elevator, stairwell & utility services core

and we also provide:

• marketing services,
• sales and rental services,
• property management services and
• licensing & support services for developers/builders in other geographic regions, who want to do what we do.

We construct new, affordable homes

• in a controlled environment,
• with skilled trades
• to a high degree of precision and 
• of consistent quality.

We don't construct "cheap" homes, we construct "affordable" homes, that take into account both the short term cost of acquisition and the long term cost of ownership.