Richmond Minoru Complex

7191 Granville Avenue, Richmond, BC

Sitting within the Minoru Park in the heart of Richmond, the $80 million complex, named the Minoru Centre for Active Living, will be an iconic 110,000 square feet facility located at the southwest corner of the Minoru Civic Precinct. The facility will house aquatic and fitness services, seniors’ services, and amenities to support the surrounding sports fields. It will replace the 57-year-old Minoru Aquatic Centre, Minoru Place Activity Centre and the former Minoru Pavilion.

This is Richmond’s most expensive owned and operated facility, and the second-most expensive public infrastructure project in history, after the city spent $118 million on the total $178 million Richmond Olympic Oval.

Atlas worked closely with the contractor to design a fall protection system that worked with the intricate roof design and multiple construction details that were used to build the roof on this project.

Applications:

1. Building Roof top Maintenance (RTM)

Products:

1. Fall Arrest and Restraint Anchors

MTU Maintenance Test Cell Building

6001 Grant McConachie Way Richmond BC
MTU Maintenance Canada is the North American member of MTU Maintenance network of companies, the largest independent provider of commercial engine maintenance services worldwide, under MTU Aero Engines. With 400 highly skilled employees, the company operates a shop in the immediate vicinity of Vancouver’s International Airport where it repairs and overhauls engines and accessories and performs engine tests.

A 130,000-square-foot facility, complete with full test cell capacity, services military and commercial customers in V2500, CF6 and CFM56 engine programs. A full in-house accessories repair division complements both the in-house MRO activities as well as 3rd party MRO and LRU requirements for these and many other engine types, such as GE90.

Atlas conducted in-house reviews with end users and field measurements with MTU to ensure all of their requirements were met and enable Atlas to propose a custom system to cover all areas of concern.
An existing gantry crane was utilized to enable a point of tie-off wherever the crane was positioned along with anchors installed in strategic locations on the test cell itself.
The anchors enable the safe maintenance of the test cell and any maintenance operations that need to be carried out on the jet engines.
Special care had to be taken to avoid any drilling to avoid any waste or debris which would potentially damage the engines being tested.

Applications:

1. UnScheduled Interior Building Maintenance

Products:

1. Fall Arrest and Restraint Anchors

Thomson River University – Industrial Training & Technology Center

900 McGill Road, Kamloops, BC
Building Description: The $30-million, 58,000-square-foot project in T.R.U. is part of the $185 million investment BC government to invest in trades training facilities and equipment throughout the province.

The new building will allow the university to expand its industrial trade and technology program by an additional 550 full-time equivalent student spaces (FTEs), for a total of approximately 2,050 FTEs. It will house instrumentation labs, labs for power-engineering, refrigeration and heating, ventilation and air conditioning, classrooms, display space and areas for students to gather.

Atlas worked closely with the contractor to provide a system that functions well with the design of the structure.

Applications:

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

Products:

1. Fall Arrest and Restraint Anchors

Yello on Yates

819 Yates Street, Victoria, BC

Located in the core of Victoria’s downtown, across the street from the Atrium, the purpose-built mixed-use development contains ground floor retail with 209 rental apartments above. It has a very intricate exterior design and includes three levels of underground parking, a rooftop deck as well as a communal patio area on level 12 that features a custom kitchen.

This is Chard Development’s 7th consecutive project in Victoria since 2003, and the project has been pre-sold to Realstar – a major Canadian investment group and operator who will own and manage the rental suites.

There were areas of the construction that required Atlas to provide a detail that compensated for the build-up on parapet walls. CST pedestals were used in a horizontal application as a spacer to get solid bearing on the concrete and still keep the anchor flush with the finished wall material. Eliminating any damage to the wall when anchors are in use.

Applications:

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

Products:

1. Fall Arrest and Restraint Anchors

Seaspan New Head Office

10 Pemberton Avenue, North Vancouver

The 8-storey 84,000 sf new corporate headquarters will house 350 Seaspan staff, up from current 130, from across its various companies. It includes state-of-art office space, meeting rooms, expanded bike storage, electric vehicle charging station, and a full service cafeteria. The building incorporates a number of green building standards such as passive heating and reduced water use.

The project is part of the National Shipbuilding Procurement Strategy (NSPS), which also includes the $170 million Shipyard Modernization Project, as it gears up to build 17 non-combat ships for the federal government.

Atlas worked closely with the GC to establish a functional window cleaning system for the East façade of the building. The challenge was, the façade was directly over the water and when there is a high tide, the landing for a window cleaner is non-existent. Atlas proposed 2 access and egress hatches at the North and South ends of the landing on level 2 so that the window cleaner could exit the ledge once at the bottom, without entering the water. A custom, under hung, aluminum beam was also fabricated to address the overhang on the East Façade. The beam allows for a window cleaner to be within reaching distance of the glazing that is located directly under the overhang.

Applications:

1. Scheduled Exterior Building Maintenance

Products:

1. Underhung Beam
2. Fall Arrest and Restraint Anchors

Seabus Terminal Buildings (North and South)

2 Chesterfield Road, North Vancouver, 495 West Waterfront Road, Vancouver

SeaBus carries approximately 16,000 passengers per day, carrying over six million people on an annual basis. Since the ferry service began operation in 1978, there have been few upgrades to the SeaBus terminals. To keep the riders and employees safe, a major overhaul of SeaBus terminals on both sides of Burrard Inlet and the administration building in Lonsdale is needed.

The $12.5M project is to retrofit the roof, metal cladding, and windows of the terminal buildings in Lonsdale Quay (North Terminal) and Waterfront (South Terminal).

Atlas worked closely with client and project participants to ensure all roof top maintenance requirements could be carried out safely and effectively. Using our rigid extruded aluminum rail we attached directly to standing seam roof, eliminating any penetrations through the roof itself. The system facilitates safe access to perimeter roof drains and mechanical equipment without the need to transfer between independent anchor points. Atlas provided a safe, functional and cost effective solution for this high profile project.

Applications:

1. Building Roof top Maintenance (RTM)

Products:

1. Monorail System
2. Fall Arrest and Restraint Anchors

Killarney Senior Center

6260 Killarney Street, Vancouver, BCbr />

Equally contributed from the Federal, Provincial, and Municipal Governments, the $7.5 million project provides 10,000 square feet space to the seniors in Fraserview – the south east Vancouver area.

The senior center is the addition to the existing Killarney Community Center. It offers instructor-led and drop-in recreation activities, hot lunches, off-site excursions and outings, special events and numerous support services, including educational and development programs.

Atlas provided the client with Welded anchors (CSW) in order to facilitate safe access for roof top maintenance operations.

Applications:

1. Building Roof top Maintenance (RTM)

Products:

1. Fall Arrest and Restraint Anchors

Vancouver Community College (VCC) Broadway Campus Re-Roofing

1155 East Broadway, Vancouver

Vancouver Community College (VCC) has been serving the Great Vancouver community for 50 years with 22,000 students annually across three campuses: Broadway, Downtown, and Annacis Island.

The Broadway campus houses the McGregor child care centre, auto shop, state-of-the-art health care training labs, simulated wards and pharmacies, and provides extensive food services offered by VCC’s Culinary Arts students.

Atlas worked closely with the project architect pre-tender to ensure the correct specification was provided and the correct product was selected for this retro-fit application.

Applications:

1. Building Roof top Maintenance (RTM)

Products:

1. Fall Arrest and Restraint Anchors