Tallest Building In Vancouver

Well after almost a year of working on drawings, our work is now complete on the 61 storey Shangri-La project located at 1128 West Georgia in Vancouver, BC. The 119-room hotel will occupy the first fifteen floors of a new 61 story landmark building, making it the tallest in Vancouver. TND worked with Dave Husson of DH Glass Solutions to produce shop drawings for multiple areas of the building that included hand rails, showers, steam showers, lounge glazing, canopies and many other unique glass applications. The hotel is scheduled to open in January 2009.

http://www.shangri-la.com/en/property/vancouver/shangrila

Record Breaking Mountain To Mountain Journey

True North Drafting recently completed the shop drawings for the “Peak 2 Peak” gondola base stations at Whistler/Blackcomb. This is one of the most exciting and publicized projects that TND has been involved with. Randy Goodwin (owner of Whistler Glass) had to overcome many unprecedented challenges that included driving up and down Whistler Mountain on a daily basis in a pick-up truck, an experience that is far from the average commute to a job site. Randy also indicated that weather played a large role in this project, given the elevation and exposure to extereme winds. This new gondola ride spans 4.4km/2.73 miles and reaches a height of 436m/1,427ft above the valley floor below. We look forward to being there for the grand opening on December 12, 2008.

See more at the official Peak 2 Peak site: http://ww1.whistlerblackcomb.com/p2pg/

Visit Whistler Glass’ website here: www.whistlerglass.com