Crown Residential

520 Como Lake Ave, Coquitlam

The opening of Metro Vancouver’s $1.4B Evergreen Line Skytrain extension in 2017 boosts high-density development at the line’s suburban stations, making the Tri-Cities region more attractive to developers and new residents. Thousands of units were under development while the SkyTrain was under construction.

Among them the 26 storeys 180 units project is developed by Vancouver iconic Beedie Development Group. The building is angled to allow more units to take advantage of available views. It is close to Simon Fraser University, and just one block from the Skytrain station and five minutes from the hiking trails of Burnaby Mountain.

The owners of this building felt that the longboard soffit was one of this project’s key features in the design of the building. By using a combination of monorail and underhung beams we were able to minimize the penetrations to the longboard soffit below the upper roof and maintain its beauty.

Applications:

1. Building Roof top Maintenance (RTM)
2. Scheduled Exterior Building Maintenance

Products:

1. Fall Arrest and Restraint Anchors

The Spot

2888 Cambie Street, Vancouver

Developed by Shato Holdings, which is famed of its ownership of White Spot, this 8-story concrete commercial/residential building is on the site of an old White Spot restaurant on the Cambie and W 12th Street. It is just steps above Vancouver City Hall and has 160 condo units that range from 1 to 3 bed rooms.

The unique design of this building presented its own challenges with tapered cantilevers and large roof top decks making access some areas of the building a challenge. Atlas proposed a combination of single point anchors, horizontal life lines and underhung rope guides to provide safe access to the building façade.

Applications:

1. Building Roof top Maintenance (RTM)
2. Unscheduled Exterior Building Maintenance

Products:

1. Fall Arrest and Restraint Anchors
2. Horizontal Lifeline System (HLL)

Bill & Melinda Gates Foundation Campus

500 5th Ave N, Seattle, WA 98109, USA

Funded by Bill & Melinda Gates Foundation and designed by Seattle-based NBBJ, this $500 million campus has three six-story office buildings and will be the new home for the Foundation with total capacity of 2,100 staff. Adjacent to Seattle downtown landmark Space Needle, these buildings sit on 12 acres ex-parking lot and will be completed into 2 phases, 900,000 sf for the first two buildings and 400,000 sf for the third building respectively.

The project adopted lots of sustainable features including large living roofs, rainwater storage, thermal energy storage, smart light and ventilation, native and non-invasive landscapes etc. This campus is the world largest LEED Platinum non-profit building, and is planned to last 100 years instead of the typical 20 to 30 year timeline envisioned for typical office space projects.

Atlas US team worked closely with client to ensure this is the most efficient and best aesthetic solution for full coverage, and that critical construction timelines were achieved.

Applications:

1. Building Roof top Maintenance (RTM)
2. Scheduled Exterior Building Maintenance
3. Unscheduled Exterior Building Maintenance

Products:

1. Monorail System
2. Fall Arrest and Restraint Anchors

Five Ten Seymour

510 Seymour Street, Vancouver BC

This 10-storeys 82,000 sq. ft. LEED Gold office and retail building locates on the corner of Pender and Seymour, which bridges the Gastown and CBD. It is one of total 750,000 sq. ft. income producing properties portfolio owned by Serracan, a local private investor, owner, and developer of residential and commercial real estate. The partner of the development is Hardy Capital Partners, whose founder Mr. Roger Hardy is one of the most well-known Hi-tech entrepreneurs in Canada.

Atlas staff worked closely with client to insure this is the most cost effective solution for its coverage, and the critical construction timelines were achieved.

Applications:

1. Building Roof top Maintenance (RTM)
2. Scheduled Exterior Building Maintenance

Products:

1. Fall Arrest and Restraint Anchors

Big Bend Substation

5115 North Fraser Way, Burnaby
Burnaby’s Big Bend area is home to scores of small businesses, and BC Hydro forecasts show that the demand for electricity in Big Bend will increase by more than 20 per cent over the next 10 years. The new Big Bend Substation links between the BC Hydro transmission system and the distribution system, and will ensure continued, reliable power to this important business area.
The facility is composed of two buildings: The control building will house the substation’s telecommunication system; and the feeder building will house the equipment that distributes electricity from the substation to the underground distribution cables connected to customers.

Atlas provided a rigid rail system that fastens to the standing seam of the roof panel alleviating the need for roof penetrations and structural reinforcing as required with a fixed anchor pedestal and horizontal life line system.

Applications:

1. Building Roof top Maintenance (RTM)

Products:

1. Monorail System

Tsawwassen Springs Phase III

5011 Springs Boulevard, Delta, BC

This is the 3rd phase of a master-planned community – Tsawwassen Spring, a total 490 housing units, from condos to single-family, developed by Shato Holding. Designed by Wayne Fougere and constructed by Talisman Homes, the project is one of the largest communities in the city of Delta, which includes a new 18-hole golf course, Pat Quinn’s Restaurant & Bar, and the high-end Springs Ballroom.

The project is known for some high-profile investors: Pat Quinn, Canada’s 2002 Olympic Gold Medal Hockey Coach; Bruce Allen, music industry leader; and world famous musician, Michael Bublé.

With the increasing demand to use all available floor space on projects including the ability to have roof top decks. The fall protection systems are becoming more complicated. Atlas worked closely with the contractor to design a system that works harmoniously with owner occupied roof decks on this project.

Applications:

1. Building Roof top Maintenance (RTM)
2. Scheduled Exterior Building Maintenance

Products:

1. Fall Arrest and Restraint Anchors

Eagle Creek Sound Stage

3510 Spectrum Court, Kelowna, BC

The $3.5m new-built facility includes 6,000-s.f. office space and 15,000-s.f. soundstage with clear-span 40-foot high ceilings. Replacing an old facility in Vernon, the Eagle Creek Studio in Kelowna provides Hollywood film production companies an alternative to Vancouver – one of the world largest production centers with more than 40 purpose-built soundstages and thousands of film workers.

Okanagan region has become a production base of film and TV series recently, and is now a home of 200-400 film workers, thanks to the provincial tax credits and region’s unique landscape.

Atlas worked closely with the contractor to design a functional system for this building.

Applications:

1. Building Roof top Maintenance (RTM)

Products:

1. Fall Arrest and Restraint Anchors

Lyra Residences

4027 Rainbow Street, Victoria, BC

Lyra Residences is a two-tower, 77-unit condominium two-phase development atop Saanich’s Christmas Hill community, knows as pristine Garry oak ecosystem.
Phase one is an eight-storey, 39 two-bedroom unit concrete & steel condominium to be completed in 2018, followed by the phase two to be completed in 2019.

The project is developed jointly by Aplomado Development and Maker Group, both of who had a series developments in the area.

Atlas worked with the GC to design a system that would facilitate Bosun’s chair window cleaning operations, for windows that were inaccessible by residences or other means.

Applications:

1. Building Roof top Maintenance (RTM)
2. Scheduled Exterior Building Maintenance

Products:

1. Fall Arrest and Restraint Anchors

One Sixty

160 East 6th Street, North Vancouver, BC

The 17-storey high-rise stands on the south easterly edge of Victoria Park in the Lonsdale area of North Vancouver. The building has 93 homes, in which 52 units are stratified and 41 units are rental housing.

The new tower came at the expense of an existing 12-unit rental building from 1954. In order to create a lot large enough to allow the density proposed for the 93 units, the developer bought the adjacent boulevard from the city at a cost of $1.8 million.

Atlas provided fall protection anchors to facilitate planter maintenance at each level of the building. The anchors were cast into the underside of the slab inside the elevator lobbies, so that when it comes time to do maintenance on the planters the workers will be in fall arrest before they reach the area of work. Atlas also provided anchors to facilitate exterior building maintenance and window washing.

Applications:

1. Building Roof top Maintenance (RTM)
2. Scheduled Exterior Building Maintenance

Products:

1. Fall Arrest and Restraint Anchors

The Peninsula at Port Royal

210 Salter Street, New Westminster British Columbia

Sitting at the tip of Queensborough and bordered by the Fraser River on three sides, the 22-storey 163 homes Peninsula is the only high rise in the Port Royal community. Queensborough, once the third largest port in Canada and famed for its long river front walkway, is one of the most rapid developing areas in Metro Vancouver. A new pedestrian and cycling bridge (Q2Q) and a new water taxi dock are soon to be built to improve the accessibility.

The building’s design reflects the character of its environment – a curving glass façade towards the water on one side and a more traditional brick exterior facing the community of Queensborough with its historic single-family homes. The most unusual draw is the private marina just outside the building, which is now very hard to find in the Metro Vancouver Area.

Atlas worked with Aragon project development and construction teams to ensure that some of the buildings larger overhangs were accessible for maintenance operations by way of hole sleeves. The hole sleeves allowed for maintenance workers to properly rig and set up for the recessed window cleaning below the overhangs. Hole sleeves were a cost effective alternative to a monorail option.
Applications:

1. Building Roof top Maintenance (RTM)
2. Scheduled Exterior Building Maintenance

Products:

1. Fall Arrest and Restraint Anchors