vancouver millennium line:
renfrew station


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Renfrew Station

VIA Architecture
(formerly Baker McGarva Hart)

Vancouver Millennium Line
Vancouver, British Columbia

 

Project Information:

Renfrew and Rupert Stations in Burnaby, B.C, are "sister" stations that make use of a similar structural vocabulary. Steel wide flange Y columns support round HSS beams that support glue laminated wood beams that cantilever over the platform area. Tie down support or bracing is provided by steel outriggers that assist in defining the exterior architectural language of the station.

Architect: VIA Architecture (formerly Baker McGarva Hart Architecture)
Contractor: PCL Constructors (Canada)
Steel Fabrication and Detailing: Solid Rock Steel, Vancouver, B.C.
Steel Erection: Solid Rock Steel, Vancouver, B.C.

Project Images: Construction (images courtesty of Solid Rock Steel and George Third & Son)

The first Y column is erected.
The glue laminated beams are wrapped to protect them during erection. Shoring supports the cantilevered sections prior to completion of the steel ties along the exterior.

View down the centre of the tracks.
Exterior view during construction -- HSS structure forms the shaft for the elevator.

Roofing operations in progress.
Exterior view showing round HSS ties that stabize the cantilevered structure.
Project Images: Completed Station
End view of completed station.
View of Y column showing attachment to wood beams.
View along platform edge showing ties.
Detail of brace across stairwell.

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Updated May 29, 2006 x

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