New BC Place Stadium Roof

  • BC Place prior to the start of construction for the new roof, during control survey, 2010

  • BC Place after the new roof construction

  • 3D Laser scanning for as-built check of one of the masts for the new BC Place roof, 2010

  • Checking the control network prior to removal of the existing roof of BC Place, 2010

  • Layout of baseplates for the new roof of BC Place, 2010

  • Baseplate to support 135 ton mast for the new BC Place roof, 2010

  • One of the worlds largest cranes was used to lift the 135 ton masts to the top of BC Place

  • Masts and cable net for the new BC Place roof.

  • Masts and cable net for the new BC Place roof.

    Masts and cable net for the new BC Place roof. Each mast is 14 storeys tall, and 135 tons, the cable net is made up...

  • Surveying high atop the new BC Place roof, T. Hill, 2011

  • Masts, cable net, and central tower of the new BC Place roof, 2010

  • Surveying to position the crane prior to a mast lift, T. Hill, 2010

  • Reflectorless Leica 1" Total Station used in positioning the masts of the new BC Place roof, 2011

  • Surveying the new roof of BC Place, T. Hill, 2011

  • Surveying steel for the new BC Place roof, J. Cormier, 2011

Date

2011

Sector
Construction, Historical Projects
Services & Technologies
3D Modelling, Construction Surveying
About This Project

Underhill was contracted to provide survey services for the erection of the new cable-stayed roof for BC Place stadium in Vancouver.

Completed in the fall of 2011, the new BC Place roof is the largest cable-supported retractable roof in the world. The roof is supported by 36 masts, each 14 stories high, and weighs 135 tons. Thirty-five kilometres of cables arranged as 18 suspension bridges form the main part of the roof, over which 76,000m2 of fabric is laid.

This survey project included;

  • Construction-related surveys
  • 3D laser scanning
  • engineering surveys

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