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March 5, 2008
Up On the Roof
DESIGN ROOFING & SHEET METAL LTD.
A foreman monitors workers during the expansion of The Douglas College David Lam Campus in Coquitlam.
The $26 million project includes more than 58,000 square feet of roofing.
Crewmen are also being tied-in as they prepare the barrel roof for S.B.S. membrane application.
Contractors working on this project include: general contractor Vanbots Construction Inc., roofing contractor Design Roofing & Sheet Metal Ltd, structural engineer Read Jones Christoffersen Ltd and civil engineer Hunter Laird Engineering Ltd.
Occupancy is scheduled for early 2008.
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