Canada Post Albert Jackson Processing Centre

The project is a 585,000 square foot building comprised of a 515,000 square foot state of the art parcel processing plant and a 70,000 square foot office area. The office area includes employee cafeteria, wellness centre, training rooms, and locker rooms. The highly automated parcel processing area operates twenty-four hours a day seven days a week.

The facility is Canada Posts largest, fastest, and most sustainable sorting facility. The facility can handle 1 million packages a day and 60,000 parcels an hour. The facility is Canada Post’s first zero carbon building and the largest industrial project in Canada with the Zero Carbon Building Standard designation.

Location
Toronto, ON
Client
Canada Post Corporation
Year
2019-2023
Status
Completed

Program
Sort Facility and Support Office
Principal
Glenn Piotrowski
Team
Geza Tormasi
Barbara Konieczny-Young

An emphasis placed on employee health and well being was made priority when designing the building. The plant area is complete with ample natural light via sky lights. The skylights are detailed with integrated photovoltaic panels, and the interior is painted white to maximize daylight reflectivity throughout the plant.

In addition to the skylights and integrated mechanical and electrical systems, rest pods, multi faith rooms and a wellness centre are all provided within the building for employee health and productivity.