River District is a 130-acre master planned, waterfront community located in Vancouver along the Fraser River at Marine Drive and Boundary Road. River District will be a complete community with an elementary school, four child care facilities, restaurants, retail space including a grocery store, parks, office space, public plazas, and recreational amenities, all within walking distance or a short bicycle ride. At full build out the development is expected to have 7,000 new homes housing 18,000 residents and over 500,000 sq.ft. of commercial space.
FRPD participation in the construction of this new community included the installation of two hundred (200) 17” dia. & 24” dia. closed-ended pipe piles to support one of the highrise structures and the installation of 70m long sheet pile wall to facilitate construction of the underground parking at the Rhythm Building.