YWCA Vancouver Public Library

730 East Hasting Street, Vancouver
Vancouver’s newest full-service public library locates in Strathcona – one of the oldest inner-city neighborhoods, is part of the $28.5million LEED Gold partnership project between the City of Vancouver, YWCA, and Vancouver Public Library.

The 11,000 square feet library takes up the first two floors of a six-storey building and is one the largest branches in the city’s library system. Cause We Care House -the residential part of the project includes 21 units of various bedrooms for low-income single mothers and their children. It is the second collaboration between the city and the YWCA to reflect the desire to build value-added affordable housing opportunities into civic amenity projects.

Atlas worked closely with client to insure the critical construction timelines were achieved.

Applications:

1. Building Roof top Maintenance (RTM)

Maintenance

Products:

1. Fall Arrest and Restraint Anchors

Park Plaza

10611 98 NW Ave, Edmonton AB
Park Plaza is a 16-story mixed use high-rise built in 1986, with residential units on top of the offices at the lower part.

The building sits between Edmond Downtown and North Saskatchewan River, and is one of the few apartments in Edmonton, which offers “The Art of Living.” This exclusive complex is distinguished from other buildings by its remarkable amenities, and stunning views of the River Valley and Legislature.

A bespoke engineering solution designed to function with the existing roof slab without requirement for access to the underside of the concrete slab.

Applications:

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

Products:

1. Fall Arrest and Restraint Anchors

Kahanoff Center

1202 Central Street South, Calgary AB

The Kahanoff Centre is a unique facility in the heart of the Beltline district of Calgary, run by the Kahanoff Centre For Charitable Activities (KCCA), providing office and conference space to Calgary charities and non-profits at discounted rates, to the benefit of the Calgary community. In February of 2014 the Centre began construction on an expansion building known as Kahanoff Two, which would be attached to their existing building. The 12 storey office building features a 270 seat performance space and two floors of dance studio space along with other office floors.

Atlas worked closely with the client’s Structural Engineering firm to coordinate the placement of Anchors on the Post-Tensioned roof slab.Applications:

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

Products:

1. Fall Arrest and Restraint Anchors

West Vancouver Police Services and Municipal Hall

750 17th Street, West Vancouver, BC

The District of West Vancouver employs more than 875 employees servicing more than 44,000 residents and 3,200 businesses. The $36 million two-storey building is to replace the existing primary but deficit facility on Marine Drive, in order to provide exemplary service to the community in the event of a major earthquake.
The new building has 57,000 square foot, and its interior will be connected to municipal hall through a shared atrium designed to host gathering opportunities. A pedestrian-friendly landscaped area outside the building will feature a canopied seating area, bike racks and public art.

Atlas Worked closely with SBW Construction Team to ensure the anchor system would work with certain architectural details. Atlas utilized a custom attachment method into the CLT roof in order to avoid any unsightly penetrations to the underside of the CLT roof.

Applications:

1. Building Roof top Maintenance (RTM)

Products:

1. Fall Arrest and Restraint Anchors

Concord Gardens – Central Estates

3233 Ketcheson Road, Richmond BC

Central Estates, the 128 units 16-floor building is one of the total seven luxurious high-rises in Concord Gardens, the largest community in Richmond, B.C. Developed by the iconic Concord Pacific in 5 phases, the Concord Gardens project sits on 7.55 acers of land with over one million square foot floor space for 1,150 resident units. Most of buildings are 47 meters high, the maximum height permitted by the airport city.

Atlas provided a combination of Anchors and holes sleeves for this concrete structure to facilitate safe access for maintenance crews to wash windows and provide maintenance to the exterior façade.

Applications:

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

Products:

1. Fall Arrest and Restraint Anchors

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)

BCIT School of transportation

1608 Cliveden Ave, Annacis Island, BC

The Annacis Island Campus is BCIT’s newest location, and opened to students in September 2014. The 142,000-square-foot facility is home to motive power programs offered by BCIT and Vancouver Community College. These programs train heavy-duty mechanics, transport trailer mechanics, diesel mechanics, commercial transportation mechanics, railway conductors and forklift operators.

Clients were looking for solutions to ensure the safety of their students and staff when offloading equipment onto elevated loading bays.

Applications:

1. Unscheduled Interior Building Maintenance

Products:

1. Fall Arrest and Restraint Anchors

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

Strathcona Village

933 East Hasting Street, Vancouver

Claimed as the first ever industrial, retail, office, and residential mixed-used development in North America, the boxy 283-unit project takes cues from the nearby shipping containers at Vancouver Harbour, employing an irregular red and orange palette that easily catches the attention of passersby. Three towers of varying heights comprise the multi-faceted complex, which is designed to LEED Sliver standard by the award-winning GBL Architects.

The complicated design of this project proved to be a challenge for all involved. Our experienced staff were able to design a system that functions well with the building.

Applications:

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

Products:

1. Fall Arrest and Restraint Anchors