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Re:      Fairmont Pacific Rim – Window Washing Equipment

            Vancouver, British Columbia, Canada

The Fairmont Pacific Rim is a new building adjacent to the new convention center in Vancouver, British Columbia. The Tower is 475 feet tall with a Podium at Levels 6 through 9 with pools and gardens.

Tractel Swingstage worked with the architect (James Cheng and Associates) and the owner/general contractor (299 Burrard Street Development) to develop a system to meet the long term property requirements for window washing and building maintenance.

The Tower is over 300 feet tall so a platform must be used to access the façade instead of boatswain’s chairs. The upper roof is occupied by 2 large private terraces along with lower terraces where the owner did not want equipment used or stored. The optimum solution was to use a roof carriage mounted on the upper roof in-between the 2 private areas. A hedge will be planted on either side of this space to hide the equipment from the tenants. The roof carriage has a 72 foot maximum length telescoping boom and mast to power above the hedges and swing around past all of the lower terraces.

As part of the Tractel Group, Swingstage Division is one of the largest international manufacturers of exterior building maintenance equipment in the world. Tractel Swingstage supplies and installs systems that meet or exceed all local and National codes including Canada CSA Z271, ASME A120.1, IWCA I-14.1, OSHA 1910.66, as well as State and Provincial requirements.