Medicine Hat Regional Hospital

666 5th Street SW, Medicine Hat, Alberta

As the first civilian hospital in Alberta, the original medical facility was opened in 1890 to service Saskatchewan, Assiniboia, Alberta and Athabasca. Now under the management of Alberta Health Service, the hospital has 325 beds serving the catchment of 117,000.

A $220 million redevelopment project for 30,800 square meters expansion of the hospital includes the construction of a six-storey addition of 23,200 square metres, and 7,600 square metres of renovations to the existing hospital which include a larger emergency department, more space for inpatient diagnostic services, a heliport, new diagnostic imaging area, an expanded day procedures department, expansions of day surgery and neonatal intensive care areas, physiotherapy & occupational therapy, and the Margery E. Yuill Cancer Center.

This expansion and renewal successfully addresses deficiencies in healthcare capacity in the growing southern Alberta catchment, updates infrastructure and elevates infection control standards at the hospital. The building targets LEED certification and is planned for service capacity increases and flexibility over the next 20-25 years.

Applications:

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

Products:

1. Monorail System
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

UBC – Student Union Building

6138 Student Union Blvd, Vancouver, BC

The University of British Columbia’s newest centrepiece at the Vancouver-Point Grey campus. Centred around an impressive, airy atrium with a bird’s nest-shaped space and lounge-like amenity hovering high over the expansive concourse spaces. Wood was used extensively throughout the building. Incorporating elements of the Living Building Challenge. The Building was conceived as a means of shaping flows through space – flows of peoples, of materials, ecologies, energies…and ideas.

Atlas was involved early in the design of this project, providing Pre-Engineering and Analysis support to this signature project’s design team. Close coordination between Atlas and the Architect and Structural engineering teams was critical to ensure a safe and functional system was provided while not compromising the aesthetic views of the large internal atriums known as “The Nest”.

During the construction portion of this project, it was important to follow the tight schedule and coordinate with other subtrades; including Glu-Lam, Glazing and Roofing contractors. After the successful completion of the supply and installation of this complicated project, Atlas provided training to the client and UCB on the systems function and maintenance.

Applications:

1. Roof Top Maintenance
2. Scheduled Interior Maintenance
3. Unscheduled Interior Maintenance

Product

1. CSW-9100-1W
2. CSW-4100-1W
3. ASP-8100-1R
4. Horizontal Lifeline
5. Monorail Track

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

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

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

UBC Services Building, Canopy

2329 West Mall, Vancouver BC

This 125,000 sf two-story building is the home of various of departments and units in the UBC campus, which include building operation, project service, capital planning & strategic project development, parking and access control service, child care service, campus mail, , financial service, risk management service, VP of human resource etc. It is also the center of teaching, learning and technology, as well as the digital media technologies.

The system is a rigid rail attached to the structure steel roof of the canopy, to facilitate maintenance operations on top of the UBC fleet trucks. It was designed for 2 person working simultaneously, and to accommodate an existing gantry crane to become a complete system.

Applications:

1. Transportation and Loading Facility(RTM)

Products:

1. Monorail

Coast Mountain Bus Company

3855 Kitchener Street, Burnaby
Located at 3855 Kitchener Street in Burnaby, B.C., the Coast Mountain Bus Company Burnaby Transit Centre (BTC) has a fleet capacity of 238 buses (101 hybrid and 137 diesel vehicles).
The transit centre is home to the vehicle maintenance centre which provides fleet overhaul, paint and fabrication services for the entire conventional and articulated bus fleet. Signage, farebox and bus stop maintenance operations are also run out of the location. There are 10 bus bays available for repairs, maintenance and rebuilds and four paint booths. The fleet parts warehouse, fabrication and machine shop and inventory control functions are all co-located in the immediate vicinity

ATLAS installed and designed a Rigid Rail Monorail with a suspended life line system above the Coast Mountain Bus Bay for use with their Hybrid buses. Battery packs for the Hybrid buses are located on the roof of the bus and Translink required a system that would allow the worker to move freely and safely to disconnect the batteries whilst servicing the vehicle.

Application

1. UnScheduled Interior Maintenance

Products:

1. Monorail System

The Bella Concert Hall, Mount Royal Gate SW Calgary

The Bella, a 773-seat concert hall, studio space and musical classroom at the Mount Royal Conservatory on the Mount Royal University campus in southwest Calgary is city’s newest jewel of a performing arts venue. The Bella’s has a unique western Canadian-tinted design translated into bricks and mortar. The Bella is a state of the art, medium-sized concert hall, featuring 43 soundproofed practice studios, an early childhood instructional suite, six ensemble rehearsal halls for choirs, chamber groups and orchestras, a percussion room, and master class rooms.

Atlas designed and installed an HLL and rigid rail for interior maintenance of the concert hall which allowed for the safe rigging of lighting and theater equipment. An exterior rigid rail and ladder for roof maintenance and single point anchors for Building Maintenance. Building complexities made for challenging locations for securing the HLL and rigid rail.

Worker safety and building aesthetics were both of importance to the owner. Atlas blended our equipment with their surroundings by using matching custom champagne and copper color powder coating of the rigid rail fall protection systems and ladder while maintaining the required tolerances for the trolleys.

Applications:

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

Products:

1. Monorail System
2. Fall Arrest and Restraint Anchors
3. Horizontal Lifeline Systems (HLLs)
4. Special Industry Safety Products

Gordon and Leslie Diamond Health Care Center

2775 Laurel St. Vancouver
The Gordon and Leslie Diamond Health Centre is an 11-story, 365,000-square-foot health care facility, with 600 underground parking stalls, at Vancouver General Hospital (VGH). It supports 600,000 patients annually, as well as several hundred medical students and medical professionals

Applications:

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

Products:

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