Richmond Speed Skating Oval
CLIENT
City of Richmond
LOCATION
British Columbia
DELIVERY MODEL
Design-Bid-Build
PRIME CONSULTANT
Cannon Design
SECTOR
Buildings | Civil Infrastructure
PROJECT VALUE
$23.6 million
COMPLETION DATE
April 2008
Project Overview
This 400 m long speed skating oval has seating for 8,000 and was built for the 2010 Olympic and Paralympic Winter Games. Contract work included all foundation and structural concrete construction.
Work was completed under an aggressive schedule, including concrete work in approximately seven months. Work included the construction of pile caps, a raft slab, columns and post-tensioned slab bands that support the oval track one level above the indoor parking garage, utility rooms, and storage spaces.
Among the many unique features are 30 exposed concrete buttress walls that support the steel arches framing the wood roof structure. Sixteen of the buttresses, approximately 15 m high, feature aboriginal and contemporary cultural artwork cast into the concrete face.
One of the numerous awards received was the BC Awards of Excellence in Concrete Construction (Specialty Construction and Grand Connie).
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