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Edmonton Valley Cincinnati Zoo, Henry Doorly Zoo, Zoo, Entry and African Savanna, Stingray Beach Wander Exhibits Phase IV Touch Tank

Opened in May, COST was Opened in June, Stingray The Valley Zoo is located in awarded the Africa phase IV Beach is Henry Doorly’s latest the heart of Edmonton along project after successfully interactive exhibit, featuring the Saskatchewan River. The completing the African phase several species of rays Zoo transformed the simple III and Cat Canyon. Our pre- (cownose, Southern, and entry and admission building, construction team was Atlantic stingrays) for guests and gift shop into a newly brought in during the design to touch and feed. Housed in constructed gathering place, phase to assist in budgeting, a tensile fabric structure, the complete with an otter exhibit, shop drawings, engineering, exhibit was designed by ASD education building along with and ¼” scale models. Africa Stanley & How Architects and new admissions and gift shop phase IV includes many built by general contractor buildings. The Entry and species; lesser kudu, impala, Cormaci Construction, Inc. Wander Pavilion serves as prairie dog, Thomson’s COST was selected for the heart into the remainder gazelle, ostrich, and the constructing the 80’-0”L x of the zoo. Guests that enter Painted Dog Valley, where 12’-0”W x 2’-0”D pool and the zoo and follow the guests will encounter the waterproofing. Our scope Wander path will experience endangered African painted also included a simulated the sights of Alberta from the dog. rock work waterfall near the prairies to the mountains. entry to the attraction. COST’s construction services The project involves several included footings for rock new exhibits. The otter play work, streams, waterproofing, TECH Forum area includes both indoor and Kopje-style rock, earth bank outdoor view areas into the retaining walls, dens for the habitats. The exhibits are African painted dogs, and a designed with numerous large rift valley rockwork features including cascading escarpment with 12’ tall waterfalls, streams, waterfalls. The prairie dog underwater viewing, and even exhibit includes an interactive an otter slide! As patrons "pop-up” dome inside the make their way slightly south exhibit space, where kids can and west, they will encounter actually experience a day in a trout pond and then finally the life of a prairie dog. arrive at an interactive play area called the melt water, The project team includes COST’s new 5 Axis Computer complete with an ice cave. general contractor HGC Numerically Controlled (CNC) Construction, principal machine has helped simplify COST’s responsibilities architect Cornette Violetta the fabrication of scenic included shop drawings, Architects, and exhibit elements. CNC machines exhibit models, fabrication fabricator COST of are beneficial as they have and construction of the otter Wisconsin, Inc. software programs that are exhibits, the trout pond, and capable of scanning an the melt water area. element, manipulating it during the programming The project team included process to fit specific criteria, Stuart Olson Dominion Current Projects and creating new and exciting Construction (GC), Studio thematic pieces to exacting Hanson-Roberts (exhibit specifications. These designer), Number 10 Fresno Chaffee Zoo, Africa machines improve production Architects and COST of schedules, as they are Canada Contractors, ULC Assiniboine Park Zoo, JTC capable of running 24 hours a (exhibit contractor). day without an operator. Wonder of Wildlife, swamp The Natural History Museum Sequoia Park Zoo, otters of the Adirondacks in Tupper 2014 Trade Shows Lake, NY recently benefitted Bass Pro, Memphis from this technology. This project required creating a WIGA/NWIGC: This year’s Lincoln Park Zoo forty foot tall, sixteen foot Northwest Indian Gaming diameter pine tree. The Conference will be held at the Audobon Zoo intent was to fabricate a tree Lucky Eagle Casino. COST that was truly authentic. Due will be highlighting our 50 Century Link, water features to the fact that a tree of this plus Native American Casino diameter would be nearly projects in booth # 612. Brookfield Zoo impossible to find, let alone mold, typical mold making AZA: Please join Jeffrey Silverleaf water park approaches were quickly Sheiber, Glenn Barnard and disregarded. The team Chris Foster at the upcoming Rosemont, IL water falls determined that scanning a AZA Conference in Orlando, more common size tree and FL, September 15th – 17th at Museum of the Adirondacks then manipulating the data, booth # 700. We will be would allow us to create showcasing our latest work RV1 theme work larger mold patterns for this including a few of the projects exhibit. Once the highlighted in this newsletter. programming was completed, we sent the data to our 5-Axis Global Gaming Expo (G2E): CNC machine where the Jeffrey Sheiber and Chris larger bark features were Foster will be representing custom cut. When the master COST at this international pieces were completed, we gaming tradeshow in Las were then able to mold each Vegas September 29th – 30 in piece and fabricate glass fiber booth # 3408. reinforced concrete (GFRC) panels. These panels will be sent to the jobsite and erected to complete the tree finishes. COST PM Jason Burnie states “this technology enabled us to create highly detailed and realistic bark finishes off of scanned data taken from an actual tree.” "This process will provide the very best finishes in a more timely schedule than with a typical sculpting process,” says Burnie. Future Newsletters will highlight the completed project.

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