Nexii Building Solutions has partnered with PEG Companies to deliver the exterior building envelope for the long-awaited Courtyard by Marriott hotel in Nanaimo on Vancouver Island.
The hotel is adjacent to the new Conference Centre, which will help to attract larger conventions with the addition of more hotel rooms in the downtown core. The 172-room hotel will be the first Marriott north of Greater Victoria on Vancouver Island.
The Marriott Courtyard hotel is the first project where Nexii has partnered with PEG, one of the fastest-growing commercial real estate investment firms in North America. Nexii was selected by PEG due to its capability to fast-track the construction process while delivering high-quality products. Nexii’s innovative technology has accelerated PEG’s construction timeline by 8-10 weeks. The Nexii system will also significantly reduce the climate impact of the hotel’s construction and reduce on-site construction waste to near-zero.
“Given the size of this project and its location on Vancouver Island, the cost and time to install a traditional exterior system was prohibitive. Nexii overcame that challenge and, even better than that, the product has increased the project’s thermal properties, which contributes to a more sustainable outcome,” said Robert Schmidt, president of the Development Division at PEG.
Nexii will produce the building envelope of the nine-storey hotel at their production facility in Squamish, British Columbia, with 140 unique structural panels. The high-performance green building products are manufactured in plants to client specifications using 3D software.
The company explains the process means that the panels are able to fit together like jigsaw pieces onsite to create an airtight building envelope, improving the building’s energy efficiency and significantly lowering energy costs for ongoing building operation. The panels are developed using Nexii’s proprietary material, Nexiite.
“We are thrilled to be partnering with PEG on this project. At Nexii we are proud to form partnerships that solve construction challenges, accelerate timelines and reduce the environmental impacts of their buildings,” said Gregor Robertson, executive vice president of Strategy & Partnerships at Nexii.
In December 2020, Nexii constructed a first-of-its-kind sustainably built Starbucks drive-thru store, and in May 2021, Nexii announced a partnership with Popeyes to deliver a new sustainable restaurant in Abbotsford.
