Nexen Building, Calgary, Alberta
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| Nova Building | |
| Designer | J.H. Cook, Architects and Engineers, Calgary, Alberta, Canada |
| Location | Calgary, Alberta, Canada |
| Date | to 1982 |
| Building Type | Skyscraper |
| Construction System | steel stub-girder |
| Climate | Cold Temperate |
| Context | Urban |
| Architectural Style | Corporate Modern |
| Builder | CANA Construction Co. Ltd., Calgary, Alberta, Canada |
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| Building Details | |
| Client | Nova Corporation |
| Area | 70,000 square meters ( square feet) |
| Stories | 37 |
| Height | 152 meters (499 feet) |
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The 1982 Nexen Building (formerly the Nova Corporation headquarters building) employs a composite stub-girder steel frame floor system[1], originally developed in part by Joseph P. Colaco.[2]
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- ↑ Stringer, David C. "Staggered Truss and Stub Girder Framing Systems in Western Canada." Technical paper published by the Canadian Steel Construction Council. 1982. Retrieved on January 20, 2009.
- ↑ Colaco, Joseph P. "A Stub-Girder System for High-Rise Buildings." Technical paper presented at the AISC National Engineering Conference, New York. May 1972. Retrieved on January 20, 2009.
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Nexen Building, Calgary
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- "Stub-Girder Composite Structural System," by D. Matthew Stuart, ArchitectureWeek No. 459, 2010.0120, p B1.1.
