The Explosive Ordnance Disposal* Squadron (EOD) Building is a mixed-use faculty. Offices, a dining area, workshops, and classrooms, are enclosed in a low (5 m) masonry volume adjoining a taller (7 m), metal-clad volume housing storage bays for trucks and trailers, warehouse space, and space for storage and maintenance of remotely operated vehicles (ROVs).

The design accommodates DND security requirements while still providing generous daylight and access to the exterior. The south-facing main entrance opens to the main surface parking lot, while a secondary entrance opens to an outdoor training area on the building’s east side. A deep overhang along the north and south elevations of the warehouse/garage shelters the overhead doors and creates a covered outdoor work area.

The floor plan includes wide corridors to permit the movement of equipment between the vehicle and warehouse spaces—where it is stored—and the classrooms—where it is demonstrated. Three “lanterns” raised above the roof are located over major nodes of the interior circulation design to bring daylight to the core of the building, where light from windows cannot reach.  

The facility includes a variety of sustainable design elements:

The EOD Building is targeting LEED Silver certification.

The project also includes a separate storage garage for the EOD unit (1 075 m²), a bunker on the Northern Demolition Range, and several smaller buildings.