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• MOve Over Australia - Canada Takes First Place this MOvember! Halsall is proud to have helped Canada raise $36.6 million for MOvember - a global charity that raises funds and awareness for prostate cancer. Halsall’s 41 Mo bros raised over $18,000 by sporting MOstashes all November. Thanks to Mo bros and sistas everywhere for contributing to improving men’s health through this important and fun campaign.
• Canadian Engineers Recognized for Pro Bono Haitian School Reconstruction Project - Halsall was one of four engineering firms to receive the WoodWORKS! Engineer Wood Advocate Award at the 11th Annual Wood Gala in Ottawa on November 3, 2011 for their collective effort in using wood on the Saint Joseph School in Embouchure, Haiti. Check out Dan Carson’s interview on CBC Ottawa Morning here.
• Halsall Helps “The Castle” Earn 2011 Ottawa Urban Design Award – Halsall is honoured to be on the team that won an Award of Excellence in the category of Urban Infill – Mid-High Rise for the Victoria Memorial Museum Building Rehabilitation Project. We provided structural engineering services and seismic upgrades on the project and are continuing to work on the underground expansion, extensive internal renovations and the iconic new “Queen’s Lantern.” Congratulations to all team members!  
• Sweet Win for Sugar Beach at Toronto Urban Design Awards – Halsall is proud to be on the team that earned an Award of Excellence in the Large Places/Neighbourhood Designs category for Canada's Sugar Beach (at the foot of Jarvis Street). Halsall provided structural consulting services for the $14.3 million project, which opened in August 2010. We kept sustainability as a core focus by incorporating local materials into the design. Congratulations to the Halsall team, Claude Cormier Architectes Paysagistes and Waterfront Toronto on making this project an award-winning success!
• Big Recognition for Small Ottawa Project – Halsall is proud to have made a big difference on the ‘Front to Back’, 43,  45 Grant Street project, which earned an Ottawa Urban Design Award of Merit – Urban Infill (low-rise). We helped our client realize their vision of providing unobstructed views and overcame the many challenges presented by this tall and narrow three-storey building. The project also won the Ontario Association of Architects’ (OAA) People’s Choice Award this past April. Congrats to Halsall’s Albert Celli and Colizza Bruni Architecture!
• Michael Van Dusen Named New President – Veteran Halsall employee Mike Van Dusen has been named the new President of Halsall Associates, effective September 12, 2011. Peter Halsall continues as Chairman of the overall Canadian operating company. Read full release.
• Ottawa Office Featured on City of Ottawa Website – Halsall’s Ottawa office, which achieved LEED-CI Platinum, is one of five projects included in the City of Ottawa’s Green Buildings in the Community portal. The City is highlighting green projects that "demonstrate a drive to innovate, find creative solutions to big problems and keep raising the bar for environmental performance” (City of Ottawa website).
• Halsall Engineer in Canadian Museum Renovation Documentary - Dan Carson, one of Halsall’s Senior Structural Engineers, was featured in “A Modern Castle: The Rebirth of the Canadian Museum of Nature” which aired August 26, 2011 on Discovery World HD. The movie documents the makeover that transformed the 100-year-old Victoria Memorial Museum Building into a museum of natural history for the 21st century. Halsall did a major seismic retrofit of the Museum – which is the third highest rated heritage building in Ottawa.