FactsFacility Stats

Construction Statistics

The Markin MacPhail Centre at Canada Olympic Park is one of the most unique athletic environments in the world and the focal point of what will become Canada’s first winter sport institute.

• 160,600 cubic metres of soil has been removed to accommodate the complex.
• Approximately 15,000 cubic metres of concrete will be needed to complete the project, topping the scale at 36,000 tonnes.
• More than 2,500 tonnes of rebar and 1,900 tonnes or 3,300 pieces of steel have been used.
• 1,139 tones of BC Douglas Fir wood-and-glue-laminated beams have been installed.
• Between 150 and 185 labourers have been employed through CANA to complete the athletic ice complex project, working approximately 473,000 man-hours.
• 1,473 concrete piles, approximately 9 km long, were buried from 6 to 14 metres deep to create the foundation.

The Facility

The Markin MacPhail Centre will bring together state-of-art training facilities, coaching, programming, clinicians, sport medicine, research and much more in one place:

• One international ice surface with room for 3,000 specators.
• Three North American ice surfaces accommodating 227 spectators each.
• High performance training facility with the latest equipment including running track, skating simulators, shooting galleries, power lifting and much more.
  
• Public sport development facility.
• Five-storey office tower.
• Conference and meeting centre.
• Catering venues, commissary, concessions and the Garden Café.
• Outdoor Victory Plaza - approximately one acre of open space for celebrations and gatherings.
• The Ice House will be adjacent with an adjoining doorway.