Nexen Building, Calgary
| Nexen Building | |
|---|---|
|
Nexen Building south and east facade | |
| General information | |
| Type | Office |
| Location |
Calgary Canada |
| Coordinates | 51°02′47″N 114°04′46″W / 51.04639°N 114.07944°WCoordinates: 51°02′47″N 114°04′46″W / 51.04639°N 114.07944°W |
| Completed | 1982 |
| Height | |
| Roof | 152 m (499 ft)[1] |
| Technical details | |
| Floor count | 37 |
| Design and construction | |
| Architect | CPV Group Architects and Engineers |
| Main contractor | CANA Construction Company |
The Nexen Building is a high rise office building in downtown Calgary, Alberta, Canada.
It is a 37-storey skyscraper, with a height of 152 m (499 ft).[1] The commissioner and main tenant of the building is the Chinese-owned energy company Nexen.
It was designed by CPV Group Architects and Engineers Ltd and built by CANA Construction Company Limited. The late modernist building was completed in 1982.
The Nexen Building (formerly the Nova Corporation headquarters building) employs a composite stub-girder steel frame floor system,[2] originally developed in part by Joseph Colaco.[3]
See also
References
- 1 2 Emporis. Nexen Building
- ↑ Stringer, David C. "Staggered Truss and Stub Girder Framing Systems in Western Canada." Technical paper published by the Canadian Steel Construction Council. 1982. Retrieved on January 20, 2009.
- ↑ Colaco, Joseph P. "A Stub-Girder System for High-Rise Buildings." Technical paper presented at the AISC National Engineering Conference, New York. May 1972. Retrieved on January 20, 2009.
| ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
This article is issued from Wikipedia - version of the Saturday, January 23, 2016. The text is available under the Creative Commons Attribution/Share Alike but additional terms may apply for the media files.