The Construction Source

10 | Altius Architecture Something may also occur in the building process that requires change. May- be a design element needs to be corrected in order to accommodate for an environmental condition, or a particular view is so desirable that a window placement needs to be recon- sidered, what then? Smith says architectural involvement allows one to take advantage of those opportunities as they arise. And collaboration isn’t simply a by- product of doing business with Altius, it is the very foundation on which the business was built. Onmany Altius projects they pro- vide full Construction Management services to the client so that the team is not only col- laborative but also fully integrated. Smith, alongwithother colleagues that include Principals Cathy Garrido and Trevor McIvor were formerly enrolled together as students in The School of Architecture at the University of Waterloo. For years, they respectively completed a curriculum of in- class training complemented by on-the-job internships that offered plenty volunteer op- portunities during the recession of the early nineties, but not so many paying jobs. All