When the job site is on a mountaintop a mile high, the need for precision is even higher. Collaboration and precision are vitally important in any building project. But they take on even more importance when the job site is at 2100 meters (~1.3 miles) above sea level and so inaccessible that the only heavy equipment used is a heavy-lift helicopter.
That was the challenge facing Canada’s Apex Structural Design, Ltd., as they set about planning and building British Columbia’s SkyBridge at the Whistler Blackcomb ski resort. It’s thought to be the highest pedestrian bridge in North America. The company also built a neighboring structure, the Cliffwalk, a cantilevered observation deck offering breathtaking views of the surrounding mountainscape.
