Project Description
Sonco Gaming New Brunswick is building a $90 million casino and multi-use entertainment and convention center in the Magnetic Hill area. Opening in 2010, the Casino complex will comprise three buildings – a 128-room hotel, a multi-function entertainment, and a 1500-seat convention center named the Palladium and the casino. The buildings will be connected by an interior corridor that allows access to all three buildings. The corridor will be a gallery for pedestrians to accent the walking path with pictures of the province’s 69 lighthouses. A lighthouse theme will be a feature of the exterior design of the casino building, which will function as an exterior landmark – with a decorating compass fountain in the center – and entry for the casino.
Pro-Bel’s task was to engineer a window cleaning/suspended maintenance system for maintaining the exterior and interior lighthouse glass, which consists of an extensive and creative diamond pattern façade. Moncton is an inland city, and the nearest real lighthouse is probably about 25 km away.
Pro-Bel’s Engineering Approach
Starting at the top exterior deck of the lighthouse, two swiveling davit arm assemblies are used to suspend a powered chair with both ascent and descent capabilities, with rubber wheels (to allow controlled contact on the decorative glass). Workers also rig their uppermost interior suspension lines at this level via a localized window and use a special pole to connect and disconnect their lines. The powered chairs are launched from either the adjacent ground or from the lower roof level of the Casino.
Advanced Solutions for Interior and Exterior Glass Maintenance
The lighthouse’s interior also utilizes Pro-bel’s specialized equipment to suspend a powered chair to clean the interior glass. Starting at just the underside of the cupola, the chair (and lifelines) are suspended from U-bar ceiling anchors. At the under-deck level ceiling, a second set of suspension lines is rigged to a circular monorail system to service the lower portion of the lighthouse. The monorail is a complete circle at the interior perimeter glass, thus allowing the workers to traverse continuously and clean/maintain without interruption. Monorails are often used to access large overhangs that are inaccessible or inaccessible portions of buildings.
The lighthouse is a focal point for the entire casino, so the decorative windows are anticipated to be cleaned frequently.
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