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Fenwick Place mechanical plans

File contains drawings by Dumaresq & Byrne Limited and D. J. Morris Engineering for Fenwick Place, including: area lighting plot plan; TV antenna, intercom and telephone system risers; electrical distribution schemes; and owner distribution system risers and details.

Drawings for a residence for Mr. W.R. MacInnes

File contains a set of ten construction blueprints for a three-story house with six bedrooms and a maid's room, designed by Willam R. Cobb. The house was built in 1926 for William MacInnes (of W.R. MacInnes & Co, General Insurance Agents and Investment Bankers) at 18 Oxford Street, Halifax. In 1975 Dalhousie University purchased the house (then 135 Oxford Street) to convert to student housing. By 1984 the house had been replaced with a condominium complex called Oxford Court. The drawings are labelled sheets 1-10, and include plans, elevations, sections and roof details.

Drawings and plans for the Life Sciences Centre, the Arts and Administration Building, and Gerard Hall

Box contains shop drawings and rebar schedules and plans for the Life Sciences Centre at Dalhousie University, including the biology, oceanography, and psychology departments. The box also contains files with tenders, contracts, specs, and other information about the Arts and Administration Building and Gerard Hall. The specs in the box include spec IDs 89 and 72.

Drawings and plans for the Life Sciences Centre

Box contains shop drawings and plans for the Life Sciences Centre at Dalhousie University. Drawings are related to fire alarms; duct and cable trays; a diesel generator; metal components; general mechanical systems; general electric and lighting systems; and other components. Plans in the box include spec IDs 80-82.

Drawings and plans for the Life Sciences Centre

Box contains shop drawings and plans for the Life Sciences Centre at Dalhousie University. Drawings include plans for sprinklers, metal components, mechanical components, structural concrete, and greenhouse additions. Plans include spec IDs 74-77.

Dalplex constuction : Legend

Item is a legend to accompany the photographs of the Dalplex construction. The legend shows the location of the six "views" from which the photographs were taken. The diagram also shows where Dalhousie Street, South Street, Oakland Road, and Studley Avenue are in relation to the construction.

Dalhousie University's Medical Science Building

Subseries comprises records created or collected by the Office of the Architect and Facilities Management at Dalhousie University related to the design, construction and renovations/additions to the Medical Science Building (renamed the Burbidge Building in 1970), designed by Halifax architect Andrew Randall Cobb and built between 1922-and 1924. Cobb's plans allowed for a third floor addition, which was built in 1978.

Dalhousie storage facility drawings

File contains four sets of drawings produced by Chebucto Engineering, Donald T. Matheson Engineering, Brandys McBride Richardson Engineering, and W. Roberts Engineering. Drawings include site plans, sections, electrical and floor plans.

Dal magazine / fall 2021

  • MS-1-Ref, Box 158, Folder 2
  • Item
  • 2021
  • Part of Dal Magazine

Item is a copy of Dal Magazine (Fall 2021), which features an article about the fiftieth anniversaries of the Dal Arts Centre, Killam Library and the Life Sciences Centre; and interviews with alumni Mona Challa (MPA '21, BSC '19), Rene Boudreau (BA '15), Paul Gauthier (BSC '94), Rafaela Andrade (PHD '15), and George Cooper (BSC '62, LLB '66, LLD '04).

Construction drawings for Dalhousie Arts Building

File contains an incomplete set of ink on waxed-linen construction drawings for Dalhousie University's arts building, which was designed by Andrew Cobb and Frank Darling and built in 1921 on Studley Campus. Sheet no. 5 is missing, but is extant in a set of blueprints located in Box 1, Folder 7. Sheet no. 4 is a version in pencil on tissue. Most of the drawings were made by A.M.K., traced by P.K.A., and checked by A.R.C. (Andrew Cobb).

Central Services parkade drawings

File contains three sets of drawings for the Central Services parkade produced by Chebucto Engineering Limited Consulting Engineers, Brandys McBride Richardson Engineering, and Rendan Fabricators.

Blueprint construction and heating plans for Dalhousie Arts Building

File contains a set of construction and heating blueprints for the Arts Building for Dalhousie University (now the University Club), which was designed by Halifax architect Andrew R. Cobb with consulting architect Frank Darling of Toronto and engineer Charles Harrington. The file also contains an electrostatic print set reproduced on polyester, which is missing sheet no. 4.

Arts building for Dalhousie University : longitudinal section

Item is sheet no. 10 of an original set of ten construction drawings of Dalhousie's arts building (now the University Club), which was built on Studley Campus in 1921. The longitudinal section was drawn by A.M.K, traced by A.M.K. and checked by A.R.C. (Andrew R. Cobb).

Addition to Pharmacy Building drawings

File contains plans for the third floor addition to the Pharmacy Building, known now as the Burbidge Building. Drawings include floor plans, sections, roof plan, mechanical and plumbing plans.
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