Dynamic Structures

Dynamic Structures of the World is a Canadian company with a history of steel fabrication dating back to 1927. They create amusement rides, theme park rides, observatory telescopes and other complex steel structures.

Dynamic Structures of the World is a Canadian company with a history of steel fabrication dating back to 1927. They create amusement rides, theme park rides, observatory telescopes and other complex steel structures. ==History== Dynamic Structures' history dates back to 1926, when Vancouver Art Metal was founded. The firm was renamed Coast Steel Fabricators Limited in 1952. In 1976, the firm was purchased by AGRA Inc., before being renamed AGRA Coast Limited in 1994. AGRA Inc. and its subsidiaries were acquired by British firm AMEC in 2001, with the company changing its name to AMEC Dynamic Structures. In 2007, AMEC sold the company to Empire Industries, who operate it as Dynamic Structures. In 2011, Dynamic Structures' amusement ride manufacturing was spun off into a sister company named Dynamic Attractions. ==Astronomy projects== Dynamic Structures has been involved in the design and construction of most of the world's largest observatories. These include: Canada France Hawaii Telescope - Enclosure, Hawaii Isaac Newton Telescope - Enclosure, La Palma (Canary Islands) William Herschel Telescope - Enclosure, La Palma W.M. Keck Observatory, Phase 1 - Enclosure, Hawaii Owens Valley Radio Observatory - 3 Radio Telescope Support Structures, California Starfire Optical Range - Enclosure, New Mexico W.M. Keck Observatory, Phase 2 - Enclosure, Hawaii W.M. Keck Observatory, Phase 2 - Telescope Structure, Hawaii Subaru Telescope - Enclosure, Hawaii Gemini North and Gemini South - 2 Enclosures, Hawaii & Chile Atacama Cosmology Telescope Currently the company is busy with the design of what will be the largest telescope in the world, called the Thirty Meter Telescope ==Steel structures== Other structures that Dynamic Structures have constructed include: Helix Pedestrian Bridge, Seattle, WA Vancouver Olympic Ski Jumps, Whistler, BC Richmond Olympic Oval, Richmond, BC Lougheed Skytrain Station, Burnaby, BC, ===Projects=== ==List of roller coasters== ==Gallery== File:William_herschel_Telescope_Dome.jpg|William Herschel Telescope File:Isaac_Newton_Telescope,_La_Palma,_Spain.jpg|Isaac Newton Telescope File:KeckTelescopes-hi.png|Keck Telescopes File:MaunaKea_Subaru.jpg|JNLT Telescope File:Atacama_cosmology_telescope_night.jpg|Atacama Cosmology Telescope Image:TmtSummitComposite.jpg|Thirty Meter Telescope File:Soarin%27_Over_California.JPG|Soarin' Over California File:TestTrackEpcot.JPG|Test Track File:Disneyland_Mark_VII_Monorail_Red.jpg|Mark VII Monorail File:Richmond_Olympic_Oval_front_view_2.jpg|Richmond Olympic Oval File:Lougheed-stn-platform.jpg|Lougheed Skytrain Station File:Ski_jumps_at_callaghan_valley.jpg|Vancouver Olympic Ski Jumps ==References==

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