Freres Mass Ply Displayed in Canada’s State-of-the-Art Sports and Recreation Centre
In 2018, Canada received its first Mass Ply Panel, purchased for a single-family home. Today, Edmonton’s state-of-the-art sports facility is raising the bar. The Coronation Park Sports and Recreation Centre features 60,000 square feet of exposed Mass Ply in the roof and walls, representing the largest installation of Mass Ply in Canada to date.
While early planning for the recreation centre began in 2007, the project was officially approved in 2021. Construction started in the spring of 2022, and crews first installed Mass Ply in early 2023. The panels shipped for this project measure 4 feet wide by 43 feet long with a thickness of 2”. Freres Engineered Wood was thrilled to work alongside another mass timber fabricator, CutMyTimber, to equip this facility and pave the way for more sustainable mass timber products being used in Canada.
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The Coronation Park Sports and Recreation Centre serves as a recreation hub for the community, while also creating opportunities for year-round triathlon and cycling training and events. The building includes a fitness center, walking/jogging track, gymnasiums, multi-purpose rooms and more.
Additionally, the sports center houses the third Union Cycliste Internationale (UCI)-sanctioned indoor cycling track in North America, also known as a velodrome. With a seating capacity of 750 spectators, the new velodrome provides ample space to host international cycling competitions and serves as a high-performance training resource. The Argyll Velodrome Association and the World Triathlon Series Edmonton partnered together to design and fund this new track, which connects to the newly renovated, award-winning Peter Hemingway Fitness and Leisure Centre. Coronation Park officially opened in early 2026.
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Download a PDF of the Coronation Park Sports and Recreation Centre