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obstacles. For Maat, the process and experi-
ence of a project like this was an arduous one,
filled with difficulties in working onmultiple
aspects of the projects simultaneously.
“Access was a huge challenge,” he said. “There
was a very significant and stringent, critical
path to the construction schedule. In order
to get items completed in succession it was
very difficult. Because of access you had to
complete step one before you could get to
step two.”
Along with access restrictions, issues pertain-
ing to geographic, physical and even design
limitations also presented themselves.
“Constraint of the rail, track on one side and
the Fraser River on the other side and one
access point from the south end, everything
had to come through that access point,”Maat
said. “At the construction stage in the critical
path, this was a major item.”
“All the custom detailing, too,” he added.
“There was a large timber structure that was
prominent architectural piece in the park
that was laser-fit by a large timber frame con-
tractor from Kootenay that was brought in,
positioned and assembled on site. Access
again was an issue, had to bring in the big
cranes to erect that structure.”
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