the space and really ties everything together,” custom lighting and an operable partition that hides a pub space. “It was a really amazing project to be part of,” Fulop said. He said he and his team were particularly proud of the highquality result and project timeline. Despite facing a series of challenges, he said Turner handed the project over Jan. 26, 2023, only two days after the original deadline. Achieving that timeline was not simple. Fulop said it required “clearing some hurdles” and doing some “major schedule resequencing.” He said that without resequencing, the project likely would have taken until March. Fulop said Turner completed the project under budget with a “significant amount of overall construction contingency that we were able to basically hand back to the client after the project.” “So we were really happy with what we were able to accomplish. And we were particularly happy with the collaboration with our trades, which was what allowed us to get there.” The most complicated part of the project, Fulop said, was the interconnected steel stairway, which had to be craned in. It had to be manufactured in Alberta, and just getting it to the site in time was a challenge. In the lead-up to the anticipated delivery, the city of Vancouver was about to do roadwork on the street where Turner intended to pick up the stairway. “So we were at that pretty JANUARY 2024
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