Journal of Commerce reports
The biggest living roof in Canada is surrounded by water on three sides, and the marine deck on which the building sits is supported by stilt-like piles. It also features slopes of up to 53 per cent.
Bruce Hemstock, of PWL Partnership, a Vancouver landscape architecture and consulting firm that worked on the project, said the roof portion of the job was one of the most technically challenging assignments his firm has taken on in its 35 years in the business.
Read the full article at the SOURCE: Journal of Commerce – Creating Vancouver Convention Centre’s green roof no simple task
February 11, 2010,CST at 7:35 pm
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