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CONVENTION CENTRE REACHES CONSTRUCTION MILESTONE
November 6, 2008

VANCOUVER - Minister Bennett joined Premier Gordon Campbell to plant some of the final vegetation on the Vancouver Convention and Exhibition Centre expansion project's living 'green' roof – the largest of its kind in Canada.

The living roof measures 2.5 hectares – the size of 15 hockey rinks, with more than 400,000 indigenous plants and grasses, from 19 Northwest species. The expanded facility also features a restored marine habitat underneath the building, built into the foundation. The project won the Association of Professional Engineers and Geoscientists of BC Award for Innovative Marine Habitat Design in 2006.
The living roof measures 2.5 hectares – the size of 15 hockey rinks, with more than 400,000 indigenous plants and grasses, from 19 Northwest species. The expanded facility also features a restored marine habitat underneath the building, built into the foundation. The project won the Association of Professional Engineers and Geoscientists of BC Award for Innovative Marine Habitat Design in 2006.
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Minister Bennett talks with Bruce Hemstock of PWL Partnership on VCEC's living roof.
Minister Bennett talks with Bruce Hemstock of PWL Partnership on VCEC's living roof.