Heritage

Each heritage project is unique. As an award-winning prime consulting group with an extensive working knowledge of restoring historic buildings, KNH has the expertise and ability to bring our client’s dreams to life.

Over the years, we have developed close strategic working relationships with various Heritage stakeholders and regulatory Committees at the City of Winnipeg. Through hard work and dedication, we feel we have earned a reputation of fairness and integrity in what we do. Our clients can trust KNH to help navigate this process.

Since we are developers and own heritage buildings ourselves, we bring a unique level of experience and perspective to these projects. Our own office building redevelopment project at 128 James Avenue won a City Heritage Award in 2014. With this working knowledge, we strive to design projects that are functional and viable for our clients aided by viewing the project from their perspective.

Benefit of Service

As a full-service prime consulting firm, we work closely with you through each phase of your project design and identify design solutions that deliver functionality and the best overall value to your project.

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Our team carries out a thorough and honest structural assessment and code study beforehand to help the owner determine if the project is viable.
Before a client invests in a project, KNH can provide a sound structural assessment and code study. Building reviews and assessments are performed for all aspects of the building as deemed appropriate. We foster a close working relationship with our clients aided by honesty and transparency in our assessments. We provide trustworthy feedback that our clients can depend on.
KNH has proficient knowledge of the Richardson Report, which helps navigate through the redevelopment of historic buildings where regular code solutions cannot be applied.
KNH is adept at finding a way to help find equivalencies to meet present-day code requirements when features of a heritage building cannot be altered as they are historically listed and protected. The Richardson Report helps navigate through the redevelopment of heritage buildings in Winnipeg that don’t meet certain aspects of today’s codes. We strive to make a complicated process simple, based on our experience and expertise.
Our working knowledge of the detailed process for the redevelopment of heritage projects along with our excellent rapport and working relationship with heritage and urban design groups at the City of Winnipeg is a distinct advantage.
We have developed an exceptional working relationship with the various heritage groups and city officials who review the proposed designs for these projects. Based on this past experience and award-winning heritage projects completed, we feel we have built a level of trust and respect that we can leverage to assist in navigating our client's projects through the city review and approval process.
We strive to design projects that are functional and viable and profitable for each owner by treating each project like it was our own.
We understand the needs of developers since we are developers ourselves. We have a keen understanding of the development process from an owner’s perspective. Financial viability is extremely important, particularly with heritage projects. We implement strategic planning to help create the biggest impact for the project within the available budget. We design the project with the end use in mind including functionality, target market, building finishes, and expected revenue potential.