Daylighting Guichon Creek: Challenges and Opportunities in the BCIT Context

A BCIT Living Labs Lecture

Building SW3 – Room 3615

Join Caroline Charbonneau (Stormwater Engineer) Andrew Kolper (Senior Hydrotechnical Engineer), and Alan Jonsson (Ichthyo Fluvial Specialist) from Kerr Wood Leidal (KWL) for a special presentation on the challenges and opportunities of daylighting Guichon Creek on BCIT’s Burnaby Campus.

This event will be part of BCIT’s Guichon Day which is an annual celebration of Guichon Creek which is one of the most significant tributaries of Still Creek and runs directly through BCIT’s Burnaby campus.

KWL are part of the team working to daylight a section of the Creek that runs through a culvert under the north part of the Burnaby Campus. This is part of the Trades and Technology Complex project. They are also part of the team working on the remediation works for the sinkhole downstream of the existing weir on campus including a small section of creek daylighting.

The presentation will focus on what is required to successfully restore an urban stream like Guichon Creek, including how to create a natural channel in an urban setting while ensuring that it can provide suitable habitat for plants and animals, while also allowing for fish passage along the length of the creek.

The team will also look at examples of similar projects elsewhere in the Lower Mainland.

KWL is a Vancouver based engineering firm who are recognized across Canada as a leader in developing innovative and environmentally beneficial applied science solutions that address challenges in the natural and built environment. Their goal is to develop engineering projects that improve areas and communities, by providing them with water, a safe community and energy infrastructure solutions to better serve them.