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Millenium Rail Line
Vancouver, Canada
Busby + Assoc. Architects, Hancock Brückner Eng + Wright Architects, Hoston Bakker Architects, Merrick Architecture, Santec Architeure & VIA Architecture

Click for specific stations:
Gilmore Station by Busby + Associates Architects
Sapperton Station by Hancock Brückner Eng + Wright Architects
Holdom, Production Way & Sperling Stations by Hotson Bakker Architects
Lougheed Town Centre Station by Merrick Architecture
Braid St. Skytrain Station by Stantec Architecture
Lake City Skytrain Station by Stantec Architecture
Vancouver Community College (VCC) Skytrain Station by Stantec Architecture
Commercial Station by VIA Architecture
Renfrew Station by VIA Architecture
Rupert Station by VIA Architecture

the People   the Products
   
Gilmore Station   Return to top
     

Architect
Busby + Associates Architects

Engineer(s)
Structural:
Fast & Epp Partners

Electrical:
– Agra Simmons
– Robert Freundlich & Associates

Mechanical:
Klohn Crippen Consultants

Genral Contractor:
Dominion Construction
www.dominionco.com

 

Exterior Cladding
Composite panels:
Structure Craft

Lighting
Uplights:
Elliptipar www.elliptipar.com

   
Sapperton Station   Return to top
     

Architect
Hancock Brückner Eng + Wright Architects

Principle-in-Charge:
James M. Hancock

Project Architect:
Thomas Anielski

Team:
Bruce Beaudry, Salim Kumar Narayanan, Jun Nan, Ray Wolfe

Engineer(s)
Structural:
Glotman Simpson
www.glotmansimpson.com

Mechanical:
Reid Crowther

Electrical:
Reid Crowther

Civil:
Reid Crowther

Consultant(s)
Landscape:
Phillips Farevaag Smallenberg

Public Art:
Alan Storey

Genral Contractor:
Dominion Construction
www.dominionco.com

 

Exterior Cladding
Outside Walls:
Aluminum storefront glazing system

Canopy over escalators and elevator enclosures:
Four-sided structural silicone glazing

Roofing
Upper Roof:
Partially exposed steel structure with composite aluminum cladding

Lower Roof:
Painted steel deck on exposed structural steel structure and prefinished standing seam metal roof cladding

Interior Finishes
Wall Cladding:
Aluminum panels

Floors:
Porcelain tiles.

 

   
Holdom, Production Way & Sperling Stations    Return to top
     

Architect
Hotson Bakker Architects
www.hotsonbakker.com

Primary key player:
Norman Hotson

– Production Way Station:
   Jean Pierre Mahe
– Holdom Station:
   Michael Geary
– Sperling Station:
   Joyce Drohan

Engineer(s) - all three stations
Structural:
C.Y. Loh Associates Ltd.

Mechanical/Electrical :
– Reid Crowther
– Partners Ltd. (now Earth Tech)
www.earthtech.com

Consultant(s)
Landscape:
Durante Kreuk Ltd. www.dkl.bc.ca

Code/Life Safety:
Locke MacKinnon Domingo Gibson & Associates Ltd. www.lmdg.com

General Contractors
Production Way Station -
Westpro Constructors Group Ltd.

Holdom Station -
Dominion Construction Company Ltd. www.dominionco.com

Sperling Station -
Westpro Constructors Group Ltd.

 

All three stations
Exterior Cladding
Concrete Block:
Shouldice Stone Architectural Collection. www.shouldice-stone.com

Cladding:
Flynn

Roofing
Soprema/Flynn Canada Ltd.

Conveyance
Elevators/Escalators:
Thyssen Krupp (Thyssen Dover) www.thyssenkruppelevator.com

Floor Tile:
Olympia Tile International Inc.

Ceilings:
Intalite Ceiling Systems

   
Lougheed Town Centre Station   Return to top
     

Architect
Merrick Architecture

Architectural Design:
Christopher Mooi, B. Eng., B.Arch., M.A.I.B.C., M.R.A.I.C.

Roof Design:
Roger Bayley, B.E. Structural, P. Eng.

Engineer(s)
Structural:
Earthtec

Mechanical:
Klohn-Crippen Consultants Ltd.

Electrical:
Klohn-Crippen Consultants Ltd.

Consultant(s)
Lighting:
Robert Freundlich & Associates Ltd.
www.rfa.ca

General Contractor
Dominion Construction www.dominionco.com

 

Structural System/ Exterior Cladding
Sand-blast patterned concrete pavers

Tempered - laminated glass

Hot-dipped galvanized common steel sections with stainless steel pressure plates

Roofing
Amec www.amec.com

IMSA Galvanized roof panels

     
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