Dominion Fairmile Construction Ltd. JANUARY 10 www. bus- ex. com 73 of the level 3 luxury suite area, including the construction of 52 new suites with the latest amenities. " We totally transformed the interior," says Yee. Older concrete finishes were softened with wood treatments, millwork, paint, comprehensive way- finding signage, graphics and other architectural changes. The new Edgewater Lounge restaurant inside the stadium was given makeovers, two new club lounges and a club seating area were constructed and better access for the disabled was provided by replacing some of the revolving doors with airlock sliding door vestibules as well. " In a lot of ways, this is a one- of- a- kind alteration," Yee says. For instance, part of the roof- preparation work- the roof itself will be installed under a separate contract- involved the decommissioning of a snow-melt plenum system within the perimeter ring beam meant to help the air- supported dome roof keep snow accumulation off the Teflon roof during the British Columbia winters, as well as extensive structural changes to enable the stadium to receive the new roof. However, before this could be done a temporary snow- melt system was constructed to ensure snow-melt protection of the air- inflated roof would still be intact. Once taken out of service, the snow- melt ring be turned over to the Vancouver Olympic organizing committee- was just one of a number of challenges on the multi- faceted project. Changes inside BC Place not only included structural upgrades to concrete footings, columns and shearwalls in preparation for the phase 2 roof work but also included extensive renovation of all restrooms and concourse concession areas, upgrades to ramps, concourses, kitchens, new seating platforms for the disabled and an entire revamp