Squamish-based Nexii Building Solutions Inc. announced it will be playing a key role in building a new 172-room Marriott Courtyard hotel in Nanaimo.
Nexii said it partnered with PEG Companies to construct the exterior building envelope for what will be the first Marriott north of Greater Victoria on Vancouver Island.
The local company said it has the ability to fast-track the construction process to a point where the construction timeline is accelerated by eight to 10 weeks.
Nexii said its system will also significantly reduce the climate impact of the hotel’s construction and reduce on-site construction waste to near-zero.
“The innovative Nexii system allowed PEG to be much more efficient while building our beautiful Courtyard by Marriott property in Nanaimo by providing a complete exterior system, pre-manufactured,” said Robert Schmidt, president of the development division at PEG in a news release.
"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.”
The release says Nexii will produce the building envelope of the nine-storey hotel at their production facility in Squamish, B.C., with 140 unique structural panels.
What the company is calling its high-performance green building products are precision manufactured in a manner that allows them to fit together like jigsaw pieces onsite.
Nexii says this creates 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, which it brands as a sustainable alternative to concrete, significantly reducing end-to-end carbon emissions.
“Buildings and construction are the number one source of climate pollution and municipal waste, but essential to our way of life. We need to ensure that all new construction is smart green construction to keep our planet healthy and livable,” said Gregor Robertson, executive vice president of strategy and partnerships at Nexii, in the release.
“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.”
