Part of:

• Fonds: John C. Parkin fonds, 1929-1987
•    Series: Architectural projects, 1945-1986
•      Project: Office Building Feasibility Study, St. John's, Newfoundland (1974-1975), 1975

People:

• John Cresswell Parkin (archive creator)

Title:

Office Building Feasibility Study, St. John's, Newfoundland (1974-1975)

Date:

1975

Level of archival description:
Project

Extent and medium:

• Approximately 24 drawings (including 6 reprographic copies)
  0.026 l.m. of textual records

Scope and content:
This project series documents a feasibility study for an office building in St. John's, Newfoundland from1974-1975. The office identified the project number as 7433.
This project consisted of an investigation into the feasibility of an office building at the corners of Torbay Road and Highland Drive. This project was commissioned by Craig Dobbin of Omega Investments, and was to be a 400,000 square foot building with four storeys and parking for 272 cars.
The project is recorded through drawings and textual records dating from 1974-1975. The drawings consist of plans, elevations, sections, details, and structural, mechanical and electrical drawings for building schemes, while the textual records consist of specifications, conference reports, and query sheets regarding building details.

Reference number:

AP018.S1.1974.PR01

Arrangement:
Materials in this project series have been kept in their original order and/or arranged by material type.

Location:

Saint John's Newfoundland and Labrador Canada

Related units of description:

• Records for related projects are also included in this fonds, see: AP018.S1.1975.PR02, Office Building Second Feasibility Study, St. John's, Newfoundland.

Contains:

• AP018.S1.1974.PR01.001, Plans, elevations, sections, details, and structural, mechanical and electrical drawings for scheme A and B, Office Building Feasibility Study, St. John's, Newfoundland, 1975
• AP018.S1.1974.PR01.002, Contract scope specifications, Office Building Feasibility Study, St. John's, Newfoundland, 1975
• AP018.S1.1974.PR01.003, Conference reports and query sheets on building details, Office Building Feasibility Study, St. John's, Newfoundland, 1975