Newfoundland

Newfoundland’s design team wanted to seamlessly meld bold architectural design with engineering excellence. To do so, they required a series of studies and assessments to be conducted. RWDI’s diverse array of capabilities meant we could offer a one-stop shop for this testing.

RWDI’s world-leading engineering team:

• Leveraged wind studies, including structural and cladding wind load tests, to assist the design team in providing a safe, comfortable space for tower users and achieving initial planning approval
• Performed wind tunnel testing to quantify the wind buffeting a new upwind structure would cause Newfoundland
• Installed a tuned sloshing damper to counter wind buffeting effects and make windy conditions comfortable for upper floor occupants
• Delivered an aeroacoustics study that determined there would be no wind-induced whistling noises or vibration because of the façade’s architectural elements
• Conducted an HVAC assessment to identify the optimal placement of intakes and exhaust locations around the façade
• Quantified the risk, based on decades of meteorological data, for falling snow and ice over a typical winter and applied our custom methodology to the tower’s design features to minimize problematic ice and snow hazards
• Conducted a stack effect study to ensure stack effect would boost the tower’s performance and eliminate the possibility of stack effect causing adverse effects such as whistling noises and difficult-to-open doors

Ultimately, our efforts helped the designers of Newfoundland to achieve a safe, optimized, and eye-catching building.