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Fit for Champions, Built for Community: Richmond, B.C. Richmond Olympic Oval Debuts Legacy Design at 2010 Winter Games (2MB PDF)
Digne des champions, construit pour la collectivité : Richmond (C.-B.) L’anneau olympique de Richmond, un premier trésor patrimonial aux Jeux d’hiver de 2010 (2MB PDF)
Vancouver Convention & Exhibition Centre: Not Your Typical Green Roof (934KB PDF)
Centre des congrès de Vancouver: plus qu’un simple toit vert (1.2MB PDF)
Products from Dow Building Solutions Installed in Whistler Sliding Centre (1.04MB PDF)
Produits de Dow Solutions pour construire installés au Centre des sports de glisse de Whistler (1.03MB PDF)
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A Gold (and Green) Destination
Protected by the largest green roof in Canada – a six-acre protected membrane roof with no flat surfaces and no two surfaces the same size or shape – the Vancouver Convention & Exhibition Centre (VCEC) is an impressive structure viewed from any angle. The high profile, sustainable building has generated excitement throughout Vancouver and all of Canada, not to mention the global design and building community.
Olympic athletes are not the only ones going for the gold in Vancouver. The VCEC was designed with the goal of achieving LEED Gold Certification. The green roof was an important part of meeting the building's sustainability objectives from an energy efficiency, moisture management and durability standpoint. At the same time, the innovative roof design helps seamlessly connect the building with a surrounding ribbon of park. As thousands of indigenous plants take root on the massive roof, lightweight STYROFOAM™ Brand XPS Foam Insulation placed on top of the waterproof membrane will withstand wet environments, heavy soil loads, weather extremes and foot traffic, without sacrificing insulation performance.
| Project Snapshot | |
| Vancouver Convention & Exhibition Centre | 1.2 million ft2 expansion (473,523 ft2 of pre-function, meeting, exhibition and ballroom space) |
| Completion | 2009 |
| Architects | Musson Cattell Mackey Partnership DA Architects + Planners LMN Architects |
| Building Envelope Consultant | Morrison Hershfield |
| General Contractor | PCL Constructors Inc. |
| Roofing Contractor | Flynn Canada LTD |
| Landscape Architect | PWL Partnership |
| Dow Products Used: | |
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Roof Below Exhibition Hall/Parking Area |
> 2.5 million board feet of STYROFOAM™ Brand ROOFMATE™ XPS Foam Insulation > 500, 000 board feet of STYROFOAM™ Brand HIGHLOAD XPS Foam Insulation |
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