A unique and extraordinary spiral staircase has been constructed in the KF Aerospace Centre for Excellence in Kelowna, BC, Canada. The staircase consists of a timber-concrete composite system (TCC) and spans a length of approximately 70 ft and a height of approximately 23 ft without intermediate supports.
The accessible outdoor recreation structure Malahat SkyWalk viewing tower and walkway is an exciting new tourism project located on southern Vancouver Island.
In late 2018, Naikoon Contracting Ltd. announced the location of their new global headquarters in Vancouver, BC, with a grand opening in spring 2019. The new office is centered around a stunning cross-laminated timber (CLT) staircase which utilizes a profound gluing technology developed by Timber Structures 3.0 (TS3). This marks the first time TS3 has been used in North America.
With an area of 110,000 ft², the North Surrey Sports and Ice Complex includes three ice rinks, event rooms, and restaurants, as well as outdoor areas.
StructureCraft, a customer of Dlubal Software, was selected as the structural engineer and builder of the roof structure for this exciting local project in Surrey, Canada, after proposing a turnkey, value-engineered solution in late 2017.
Following remodeling, the TD Place Stadium in Canada’s capital, Ottawa, can hold up to 24,000 visitors. The sports complex is located at Lansdowne Park and is primarily used for Canadian football and soccer. The architectural highlight of the stadium is the curvilinear timber veil.
St. Elias Church is designed in the architectural style known as “Boyko”, from the western part of Ukraine. This distinctive style features iconic copper-clad domes, 76 feet high at their peaks and visible from a great distance around the church.
Brock Commons is an 18‑story mass timber hybrid student residence currently under construction at the University of British Columbia in Vancouver, Canada.
When completed in summer 2017, it will be the tallest mass timber hybrid building in the world, at 174 feet high.
The "Little Flower" monastery was built in 2015, situated in beautiful scenery of green meadows, mountains, and crystal-clear lakes. The little monastery is equipped with 18 bedrooms, a chapel, a dining room, a kitchen, and a conference room.
Since March 2011, a glass pedestrian bridge with a length of 98.4 ft has connected St. Michael's Hospital with the Li Ka Shing Knowledge Institute research center. The supporting structure consists of several oval steel rings which are twisted together. The bridge, with a section height of 15 ft and a width of 12.4 ft, was designed by Diamond and Schmitt Architects Inc. from Toronto.