Tsawwassen Mills Mall

5000 Canoe Pass Way, Delta, BC

Jointly developed by Tsawwassen First Nation and Ivanhoe Cambridge, the newly opened Tsawwassen Mills Mall includes 1.2 million sq. ft. of retail space with a unique mix of 200 premium fashion brands, factory outlets, restaurants and first-to-market retailers, as well as a 1,100-seat food hall.

Atlas worked closely with Ledcor Construction to provide the fall protection system on portions of this massive Mall development.
Cooperation by Atlas with several subtrades was crucial to ensure that the anchors not only functioned as necessary, but that there was no visual impact on the architectural design of the building. Special attention was paid to design of a custom lag screw solution that would satisfy the requirements of the project structural engineer as well as Atlas’s on Staff P.Eng.

Applications:

1. Building Roof top Maintenance (RTM)

Products:

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

Manitoba Hydro

820 Tylor Ave, Winnipeg MB

Constructed between 1957 and 1958, this L-shape 60,000 square feet towering structure was originally constructed as a head office for the newly created Manitoba Hydro Electric Board established in 1953. The company became Manitoba Hydro in 1961, a crown corporation of the government of Manitoba. Subsequently, in 1963, the Manitoba Power Commission (MPC) amalgamated and all 375 staff relocated to this building.

Applications:

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

Products:

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

Fairmont Hotel Vancouver

900 West Georgia Street, Vancouver

Fairmont Hotel Vancouver is known as the ‘Castle in the City’ and reflects timeless luxury and history of Vancouver. Constructed at 111 metres (17 stories) high, it became part of the Canadian Pacific Hotels chain after that company purchased CN Hotels in 1988. CP Hotels was later purchased by Fairmont Hotels and Resorts, and this building is the third hotel to be named “Hotel Vancouver”.

Atlas developed and installed permanent equipment to meet OHS Regulations, in conjunction with Owner Representatives and contractors performing major renovations. This allows window washing, exterior building maintenance and seasonal lighting operations to occur.

Challenges included the discovery and adaption to deal with the various building materials and structure implemented over the building’s unique history of the past century. Continued installations occur as portions of building are changed, renovated and modernized.Applications:

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

Products:

1. Fall Arrest and Restraint Anchors

Westbank Rental Housing Tower

Broughton Street, Vancouver

A 186 unit, 26-storey rental apartment building located at the northwest corner of Comox and Broughton Streets in the West End of Downtown Vancouver. Each unit features contemporary architectural design, sophisticated interior finishes and thoughtful environmental features. The building is part of the city plan that would increase the pool of affordable housing in the area.

Applications:

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

Products:

1. Fall Arrest and Restraint Anchors

Rio Tinto Alcan, Cafeteria & Change House

Smelter Site Rd, Kitimat

As part of the Rio Tinto Alcan Kitimat Modernization Project, this 2 storey, 4500sm complex is designed to contain a 350 seats Cafeteria, a Change House of 2000 lockers for male and female workers and a Guard House, which will be the main secured gateway for the whole aluminum smelter complex. This complex will present itself as a signature gateway building and will be one of the first non-processing buildings completed within the smelter complex.

ATLAS provided a full perimeter rooftop maintenance solution using ATLAS standard weld in place anchor pedestals.

Applications:

1. Building Roof top Maintenance (RTM)

Products:

1. Horizontal Lifeline System (HLL)

Millenium Water-Parcel 4 Canada House

Athletes Way, Vancouver

Part of the Olympic Village, Canada House was home to Team Canada athletes during the 2010 Winter Olympics and Paralympics that Vancouver hosted. Canada House features a subtle twist in design, east at the back and west at the front that reflects practical as well as aesthetic considerations. The taller height of the West building would have blocked a public garden from the sun at certain times of the day. To solve this problem, the architects bent the west side in and then counterbalanced it by leaning the east side in on the opposite side for earthquake safety. The combined effect produces a striking twist most visible from the north side of False Creek.
The shape of Canada House resembles a bulging square with a façade of alternating horizontal glass and steel panels. These metal panels even change colour as they reflect the sun’s movement, producing a stunning “sequential sunset” when driving over Cambie Bridge at the right time. A stack of vertical balconies rising at an angle on the north and south sides creates a balanced structure. The roof-line steps down toward the seawall, offering units breathtaking views of False Creek while preserving light and air intake for the buildings behind it.

Atlas analyzed the building and its various structures with the Architect and relevant professional partners. The solution required an assortment of standard and custom equipment used in unique applications of fall protection work to allow for roof top, exterior building maintenance and window washing operations.

Applications:

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

Products:

1. Special Industry Safety Products
2. Fall Arrest and Restraint Anchors

Mandarin Residence

6180-6300 No 3 Road, Richmond BC

Mandarin Residences is a two tower concrete and glass project with 348 homes. Rising 18-storeys and showcasing contemporary West Coast architecture. Located in the heart of downtown Richmond, Mandarin Residences is adjacent to Richmond Center.

The scope of this project included anchors to provide maintenance of Green Roofs and enable Window Cleaning on the two towers.

Several large Architectural overhangs required the use of Atlas’s rope guide devices to ensure that window cleaners could properly service these set-back windows.

Applications:

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

Products:

1. Fall Arrest and Restraint Anchors

Mountain Equipment Co-op (MEC) Head Office

Great Northern Way, Vancouver

MEC Headquarters is a next-generation green building and is designed to meet one of the world’s highest green standards. Outdoor amenities include water management, extensive landscaping, walking paths, seating and a rooftop patio with vegetable planters and fruit trees. ‘blue roof’ which refers to a rainwater collection system to irrigate the entire campus grounds, a geo-exchange heating and cooling system, solar hot water and heating panels.

Applications:

1. Building Roof top Maintenance (RTM)

Products:

1. Fall Arrest and Restraint Anchors

Canada Place, Vancouver

Canada Place is the main cruise ship terminal for the region, where most of Vancouver’s cruises to Alaska originate. The building’s unique exterior is covered by fabric roofs resembling the sails of a ship. It is part of and adjacent to the Vancouver Convention Centre and includes the Pan Pacific Vancouver Hotel, Vancouver’s World Trade Centre, and FlyOver Canada.

Atlas has worked in conjunction with Canada Place over the the past 15+ years. Atlas has designed, supplied and installed a number of fall protection systems including a Horizontal Life Line to enable roof top maintenance, including the sails themselves, systems to enable the install of large LED Screens and anchors to provide the safe maintenance of raised planter boxes. Flexibility in design and cooperation with the client was key as needs have been identified and changes made at this iconic Vancouver building.

Applications:

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

Products:

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

Britannia Crossing

Elbow Drive SW, Calgary

Britannia Crossing is a five storey, mixed use, boutique commercial development located in a prestigious community on a prominent high exposure corner of Elbow Drive and 50th Avenue SW in Calgary.

Atlas was involved with this project from the early concept stage. A redesign of the Fall Protection system was required when solar panels were subsequently added to the roof after the initial design was completed. Close co-ordination with the contractor and solar panel supplier resulted in a safe and user friendly system for both fall protection when working on the roof, as well as window washing.

Applications:

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

Products:

1. Fall Arrest and Restraint Anchors