The City of Vancouver National Works Yard on Chess Street in Vancouver is one of the most recent recipients of LEED Gold under the LEED BC rating system. The initial strategy of the City of Vancouver was to at least rank LEED Certified for this project, but it was found to be worthwhile to upgrade first to Silver then to Gold in terms of credits that were deemed within the reach of this project. The entire design of all systems and architecture of this building was under the direction of Omicron in Vancouver. For more information on this firm, please visit: www.omicronaec.com
Structural steel was used on the exterior of the building to support the roof extension that provides solar shading for the large glazed areas on the south facade/front of the building. Steel is also key in providing enhanced connections for the parallam structure for the roof of the building. |