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Sustainable Infrastructure: Reconstruction of the Little Mountain Reservoir
The Greater Vancouver Water District (GVWD) owns and operates the water transmission system that serves approximately 2 million residents in the Greater Vancouver area, located in British Columbia, Canada with an average water consumption of 1.2 million cu. m per day, making the system one of the largest in Canada. The Little Mountain Reservoir located in Queen Elizabeth Park, in the City of Vancouver is the largest and most important of the 22 reservoirs in the GVWD system. The reservoir was originally constructed as an open basin in 1910 and a roof structure was added in the mid 1960s. Because of seismic and structural deficiencies of the structure, it was decided to demolish the reservoir and construct a new one on the same site with increased capacity and enhanced operational flexibility. Demolition began in September 2002 and construction of the new facility was completed by December 2003 on schedule, within budget. This paper summarizes the options evaluated before deciding to reconstruct the reservoir and details of GVWD's seismic performance criteria. Design features of this 175 million litres (38.5 million gallons) capacity reservoir will be presented with the challenges and constructability issues faced by the project team in building a major infrastructure in an urban park setting. The paper will show how the principles of sustainability were applied effectively by addressing social, environmental and economic issues in a balanced manner.
Sustainable Infrastructure: Reconstruction of the Little Mountain Reservoir
The Greater Vancouver Water District (GVWD) owns and operates the water transmission system that serves approximately 2 million residents in the Greater Vancouver area, located in British Columbia, Canada with an average water consumption of 1.2 million cu. m per day, making the system one of the largest in Canada. The Little Mountain Reservoir located in Queen Elizabeth Park, in the City of Vancouver is the largest and most important of the 22 reservoirs in the GVWD system. The reservoir was originally constructed as an open basin in 1910 and a roof structure was added in the mid 1960s. Because of seismic and structural deficiencies of the structure, it was decided to demolish the reservoir and construct a new one on the same site with increased capacity and enhanced operational flexibility. Demolition began in September 2002 and construction of the new facility was completed by December 2003 on schedule, within budget. This paper summarizes the options evaluated before deciding to reconstruct the reservoir and details of GVWD's seismic performance criteria. Design features of this 175 million litres (38.5 million gallons) capacity reservoir will be presented with the challenges and constructability issues faced by the project team in building a major infrastructure in an urban park setting. The paper will show how the principles of sustainability were applied effectively by addressing social, environmental and economic issues in a balanced manner.
Sustainable Infrastructure: Reconstruction of the Little Mountain Reservoir
Sukumar, A. P. (Autor:in) / Huber, Frank (Autor:in)
Structures Congress 2005 ; 2005 ; New York, New York, United States
Structures Congress 2005 ; 1-12
18.04.2005
Aufsatz (Konferenz)
Elektronische Ressource
Englisch
Sustainable Infrastructure: Reconstruction of the Little Mountain Reservoir
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