The massive steel superstructure of the $500-million BMO Centre expansion project in the Stampede Park grounds near downtown Calgary has been completed and skilled trades have turned their attention to enclosing the building and begin the inside work.
The three-storey, 560,000-square-foot expansion, to be completed in 2024, promises to be a state-of-the-art venue that will increase floor space of the centre to more than one million square feet, making it the largest convention facility in Western Canada and the second largest in the country.
Steel for the project was fabricated in seven steel shops across Alberta, Ontario and Saskatchewan and a few shops in Europe. In the ballrooms, there are steel spans up to 180 feet long and 19 feet deep – the length and depth of an Olympic-sized swimming pool and allowing for impressive column-free space.
The building is designed to support loads up to four times greater than typical assembly-type buildings. The load allowance in the exhibition hall allows for fully loaded semi-trucks to be driven inside. Crews broke ground on the expansion project in April. It is funded in equal parts by the governments of Canada, Alberta and City of Calgary.
The project has seen its fair share of challenges. In the early stages of construction, during the pandemic, the team had to host design meetings virtually.
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