Site Address: 151 West Cordova Street Vancouver
Customer Name: The City of Vancouver
Job Stages:
Stage 1: Site Assessment
Issue/s:
- Canopy with missing & damaged glazing
- The old glazing design had flaws which caused all the glass to break without any impact
Solution/s: Install New Glass Panels for Canopy (Material hoist required to do the job)
Solution Outline:
- Contacted by the city of Vancouver regarding a safety hazard caused by damaged glazing on West Cordova Street.
- Conducted assessment to identify the cause of the glass breakage.
- Designed a new canopy system with dimensions of 5.56m x 3.35m.
- The new canopy glass will have a combination of 12mm Lami Glass (w/ flat polish edge) and a 12mm Temp Lami Glass.
- Requested a traffic closure in the area to ensure safety during installation.
- Used a crane crawler machine to remove damaged glass and install new panels.
- Utilized glass lifter, scaffolding, and roofing hooks for team safety during installation.
Stage 2: Solution Design
Proposed Glass Schedule
Scaffold Plan
Stage 5: Materials
12mm Temp Lami Glass
- Clear Glass
- w/ clear 060 PVB Interlayer Film
- Makeup – 6mm
- Tempclr – 060
- PVB – 6mm tempclr
- Overall Thickness – 9/16”
Stage 5a – Machinery Setup
Crane Crawler
Glass Lifter
*used for awning and skylights 14′ reach
Scaffolding
Roofing Hooks
*For safety harness tie-off
Traffic Closures
Stage 6: Installation
6a – Before
Damaged canopy glazing
6b – During
Removal of old damaged glazing
Glass installation using a crane crawler
Glass installation using a crane crawler
6c – After
New installed canopy glass completed as per design and looking clear and beautiful. Another successful project.
