vancouver millennium line:
gilmore station


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Gilmore Station

Busby + Associates

Vancouver Millennium Line
Vancouver, British Columbia

 

Project Information:

Gilmore Station uses a combination of steel framing and stressed wood panels to create the canopy that covers the platform waiting area.

Architect: Peter Busby + Associates
Contractor: Dominion Construction
Steel Fabrication and Detailing: George Third & Son, Vancouver, B.C.
Steel Erection: George Third & Son, Vancouver, B.C.

Project Images: Construction (images courtesy George Third & Son)

Aerial view of construction.
View along side of platform, structural frames shored to brace during erection.

View of shoring to steady the frames.
Overall view of station during construction.

View down centre of station, roof nearing completion.
Closer view of station during construction showing the spider like steel pieces that are stressed to hold the wood panels in place.
Project Images: Completed Station
View along platform of complete station.
Exterior view of station.
Round HSS columns support the wide flange sections that span across the station.
Detail of steel spider section that induces stress into the wood roof panels.

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