Steel Structures Education Foundation

Home > Resources > Case Studies > Skytrain Sperling Station

Skytrain: Sperling Station

Burnaby
British Columbia

Interior view of the completed Sperling Station.

Interior view of the completed Sperling Station. View across the tracks, inside Sperling Station, showing the bi-level roof. The station uses fairly standard steel shapes. Here we see the frames that clear span across the station. A crane lowers a WF roof beam into place. A view from the ground towards the station during construction. A view through the steel framed roof to the sky above. A view into the station during construction taken from the centre of the tracks. The roof decking is now in place. Interior view of the station. View along the exterior of the glazed station wall. Detail of exterior wall showing steel bracing. View of exterior of station showing steel framing at stair and elevator.

Project Description Project Team

Project Description

Sperling Station makes sole use of structural steel framing to create the architectural expression of the station. Vertical members use round HSS sections. The primary spanning members use wide flange sections.

No centre support system is used. The WF beams clear span across both waiting platforms as well as the double set of tracks that runs down the centre of the station. A clerestory breaks the building half way down its length, adding interest to the building as well as allowing in more daylight.

photos: George Third & Son, Solid Rock Steel, Terri Meyer Boake

Sperling Station

Sperling Station makes sole use of structural steel framing to create the architectural expression of the station. Vertical members use round HSS sections. The primary spanning members use wide flange sections.

©2005- Steel Structures Education Foundation
Legal Disclaimer
Privacy Statement