Apr2010

Apr2010

Winter Garden looking Up

Winter Garden looking Up

EAP Winter Garden

EAP Winter Garden

Robotic welding

Robotic welding

First ever CWB robotic weld procedures of rebar and angle.

Transfer Truss Gussett

Transfer Truss Gussett

Concrete Core

Concrete Core

Iso View

Iso View

Embed Rendering

Embed Rendering

2-Story Transfer Truss

2-Story Transfer Truss

Winter Garden HSS Connection

Winter Garden HSS Connection

EAP Complete

EAP Complete

Location

Calgary, AB

Completion Date

2011

Tonnage

12000

General Contractor

EllisDon

Architect

Gibbs Gage Architects and Pickard Chilton Architects, Kendall Heaton Associates Inc.

Owner

SITQ, AIMCo

Eighth Avenue Place

This prestigious one-billion-dollar real estate project includes the erection of a futuristic 50-storey office tower in the heart of Calgary's financial district. The impressive architectural design is meant to be a metaphor for the Rocky Mountains.

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The AAA-class building is at the cutting edge of innovation and received a LEED Platinum certification. Supermétal completed phase 1 which included the 50-storey East Tower, a commercial space of 55,000 square feet, an interior winter garden, an exterior park and plaza, as well as parking for close to 1200 cars.

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Design Assist Elements

  • Two-storey transfer truss:

    • a modified assembly of a two-storey truss at the base of the 50-storey building allowing partial penetration welds and thicker plates (instead of full penetration welds). 

    • efficient splice locations for transport and erection, pre-assembly in shop.

  • Hybrid Bolted & Partial penetration connection around built-up box columns.

  • Shop welded cantilever beams.

  • Mock-up of embed in concrete complete with temperature sensors.

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