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Become career ready fast Invest in your future 200 - 541 Howe Street Vancouver 8.C. call MEG 101 - 60 Bth Street FROM PAGE 11 The 600,000 square foot building linking the -ter- -minals of the Séa Bus connecting to downtown Vancouver and the in- terurban buses serving North Vancouver was to have been completed by - September, 1982. However, because a strikes and other delays, ' probably” will-not be ready for occupancy before the end of next year. It. already exists, of course, in drawings and scale models and -in his mind’s eye, Tudor can see it down to the last detail, a spectacular, airy looking building, brightly blue against its backdrop of the North Shore mountains. HUGE COMPUTER The stepped back steel frame is clad in dazzling white porcelain enamel and the outside core elements faced with reflective ceramic tile shading from a muted blue to white and blending softly with the purple brown paving at the plaza level. The main floor of the office building covers 80,000 square feet while the top floor has been stepped back to 17,000 square _ feet devoted entirely to the huge computer facility which will be integrated with existing systems across the con- tinent. For instance, said Tudor, if a Vancouver motorist happened to be driving to Florida and was involved in some traffic offence, it would only take the authorities on the scene a September is arthritis month. _ few second to obtain from’ Vancouver any: information they might need.. The computer facility will have its own emergency power supply so that it can operate without interruption in the event of a B.C. Hydro power failure, and will also have a separate air con- ditioning system. Efforts to accommodate — the structure to the func- _ tional’. requirements. . staying within the” “height” guidelines have given rise toa - number of innovations. while In one sense the designer has turned the building inside out by having the - seismic and wind bracing of the steel frame on the outside instead of the mside. “T don’t know of any other building of this size in Canada which has this particular feature,” he says. Dominion Bridge Com- pany Limited, whose widespread B.C. operations are based on Annacis Island, is supplying approximately 1600 tons of steel for the project as well as erecting the steelwork. “It makes an interesting project for us,” said Dominion Bridge’s Construction manager. Ken Pensak. “Because _ the building is tered, a carefully planned sequence erecting the steel is cntcal. The restricted space in which to operate our equipment also adds to the challenge. In another departure. washrooms and stairs have been positioned on_ the outside, rather than the inside, of the building. The central core is designed, instead, to bring hght into the structure and at the same time to manage the flow of traffic by the use of escalators in the light wells connecting all the floors. “The interior of the building is wide open. Everyone will be within 30 feet of light.” Tudor said. Mindful of the humps and bumps which can proliferate with the installation of electric and telephone wiring to serve more than 1,200 people, the designer has used a new form of steel MINING MILLING EQUIPMENT for ° + deck; the Robertson Irwin taproot system, whereby the necessary. receptacles “ are pre-installed . right into the floor, one for every 25 square feet, providing easy access when necessary, but eliminating the usual en- cumbrances on the surface. 7 GROUND-POUNDING Bvery stage ’ of the _ development has presented its ‘own; problems, beginning ‘with. the’ preparation of the site. ‘Reclaimed from the old B.C. rail line, the ground was filled with all sorts of ‘debris from the various uses it had been put to over the years. Instead of driving pilings through it to bedrock, Tudor and his colleagues opted for the new dynamic com- paction method (pounding the ground with a 20-ton weight), with a consequent saving of about four months in time and half a million dollars in costs. “We monitored the whole Operation very carefully and it was so successful it was extended to other parts of the quay,” he said. Aside from the economic and monetary advantages, the method also eliminated a “slip layer” of fine black sand. This layer, which is unaffected by pile driving can be a seismic hazard because of its tendency to ship during a quake, he said. The official opening of the ICBC Head office building will naturally be a proud day for Graham Tudor. But by then he will doubtless be working on a new project. wrestling witha new batch of problems, and -_enjoying himself hugely in the process. 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