• Developing an Integrated Design Approach for an Infrastructure Project: A Case Study from BCIT’s SCIR Project 

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    Building NW04, Room 1072 3700 Willingdon Avenue, Burnaby, BC, BC

    BCIT’s South Campus Infrastructure Renewal Project is a complex initiative that combines major updates to underground infrastructure with upgrades to the public realm that enhance landscaping, accessibility, and sustainability.  The aim of the project is to prepare the Burnaby Campus for future development by addressing critical infrastructure needs, the replacement of utility systems, and realignment […]

  • Creating the Robert Bosa Carpentry Pavilion- a Living Lab for sustainable, wood first design

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    Building NW04, Room 1072 3700 Willingdon Avenue, Burnaby, BC, BC

    BCIT’s new Robert Bosa Carpentry Pavilion is now under construction at the Burnaby Campus. The completed building will be a state-of-the-art home for BCIT’s carpentry programs. However, the finished building will also be showcase for sustainable, wood focused design, that provides learning opportunities for the students who use it, In this special Living Labs lecture the […]

  • Building as a Living Lab: Mass Timber and Wellness in BCIT’s Campus Services Centre

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    Building NW04, Room 1072 3700 Willingdon Avenue, Burnaby, BC, BC

    The Campus Services Centre is one of the key components of the Trades and Technology Complex, currently under construction at the Burnaby Campus. The finished building will incorporate offices, trades shops and a logistics warehouse, but the design will be a showcase for mass timber construction and how this can contribute to wellness for the […]

  • Overcoming geotechnical and structural design challenges for the Concert Properties Centre for Trades and Technology

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    Building SE02, TownSquare A 3700 Willingdon Avenue, Burnaby, BC, Canada

    BCIT’s new Concert Properties Centre for Trades and Technology will be a state-of-the-art new home for Trades education, engineering, research and industry collaboration. As well as the building, the project also includes daylighting a section of Guichon Creek that currently runs underneath the campus in a culvert. These unique site conditions mean that geotechnical and […]

  • Celebrate World Bee Day with BCIT

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    Building SE02, TownSquare D 3700 Willingdon Avenue, Burnaby, BC, Canada

    Did you know that the Burnaby BCIT Campus is home to 27,000 bees? Our campus beehives, along with pollinator-friendly trees, shrubs, perennials, and ground covers are one way that BCIT supports […]