SSEF Steel Project Case Study Gallery: Vancouver Millennium Line: Sperling Station

	vancouver millennium line: sperling station

Sperling Station

Hotson Bakker Architects

Vancouver Millennium Line
Vancouver, British Columbia

Project Information:

Sperling Station makes sole use of structural steel framing to create the architectural expression of the station. Vertical members use round HSS sections. The primary spanning members use wide flange sections.

Architect: Hotson Bakker Architects
Contractor: Westpro Contractors
Steel Fabrication and Detailing: Solid Rock Steel, Vancouver, B.C.
Steel Erection: Solid Rock Steel, Vancouver, B.C.

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


Purlin member being lifted into position.	Crane positions beam member while ironworkers fix it in place.


View of crane lifting column into place.	View looking down centre of track during construction.


View from ground of nearly completed roof structure.	Roofing near completion, cladding operations in process.

Project Images: Completed Station

View inside station complete.	View down glazed exterior wall showing steel tension members used to brace structure.


Exterior view of completed station.	Detail of diagonal bracing along wall of station.

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Updated May 29, 2006 x