Gymnasium viewed from the Heritage sections 4th floor fitness area.

3rd floor fitness area in Heritage section takes shape - installation of air ducts.

Gymnasium seen from 5th floor viewing window.

Atrium and central staircase with 4th floor fitness area in top left corner.

Central stair in Atrium.

City view from the site of the 6th floor child care playground.

The Heritage windows are beginning to be installed.

Inside the Gymnasium looking towards the Strength and Cardio room and Family Development Centre above.

The view through windows from the 4th Floor Strength and Cardio room.

View from Barclay St. Open windows are at 4th Floor Strength and Cardio room.

View from Barclay St - ready for glazing.

Heritage section ready for windows.

Scissor lift working in the Gymnasium.

Looking into the Gymnasium from the 4th Floor of the Heritage section of the building.

View into the Atrium from the 5th Floor.

View from Barclay Street showing the new section of the Robert Lee YMCA at the same height as the original building. When complete, the new section will be 2 stories higher than the original building.

Steel structural members for gym wall are seen stored on gym floor ready for erection.

Gymnasium’s steel roof girder, finally installed.

Lifting the gymnasium’s 5 foot deep steel girder roof-beam into place.

A steel worker connects the steel roof girder to its supporting steel wall column.

Pool tunnel pipes and filters being installed.

Pool tunnel pipes and filters being installed.

Gymnasium floor being temporarily used as a construction staging area.

Trusses in the 3rd floor interstitial space that will be used to accomodate the buildings HVAC air handling units.

Trusses in the 3rd floor interstitial space that will be used to accomodate the buildings HVAC air handling units.

Looking north through the 6 storey atrium from the 3rd floor atrium bridge.

All the Natatorium’s steel trusses are shown installed and ready to support the pre-cast concrete floor sections.

Lifting a single giant steel truss into place using western Canada’s largest mobile crane.

Installation of the giant steel trusses that span the swimming pool area [Natatorium], was done in less than ideal weather conditions.

Left hand side shows Level 2 with main floor and pool tank to the right.

Progress on Level 2 on the left.

Barclay Street entrance stairs.

Main transformer being lifted into place.

Mens Membership Plus whirlpool tank.

Installing re-bar and electrical on YMCA lower level.

Beginning form work for main floor level of new portion of YMCA.

Brick work restoration on heritage front completed.

Main level of YMCA, concrete formwork.

Concrete forms for walls of main pool are shown in lower right hand corner of the picture. Main level of YMCA on left side of photo.

View of the main floor of the Robert Lee YMCA with pool tank on left side. The Heritage section is in the background.

View looking west from heritage building.

View of parking level six looking east.

Looking down at tower core at parking level six.

Two pump cranes pouring tower foundation.

View west from YMCA heritage building showing concrete foundation work.

Looking east from bottom of excavation towards YMCA heritage building, with wood bracing.

Steel reinforcing for the tower.

Trucks pumping concrete into steel reinforcing.