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Guichon Creek Weir

Daylighting Guichon Creek: Challenges and Opportunities in the BCIT Context

Building SW03, Room 3615 3700 Willingdon Avenue, Burnaby, BC, Canada

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 […]

Building Rendering created by MTA

Achieving net zero carbon emissions for sustainable buildings, case studies in design

Building SW01, Room 2030 3700 Willingdon Avenue, Burnaby, BC, Canada

A Living Labs Lecture Join Carol Phillips (Architect, Partner Moriyama Teshima Architects), and Kevin Shea (Engineer, Passive House Designer, Principal Introba) for a presentation on the principles to achieve net zero carbon emissions for sustainable building operations.  These principles identify strategies and pathways that are under consideration in the design of the new Campus Services […]

Concert Properties Centre for Trades and Technology

Early Design Analysis & Challenges of High-Performance Buildings

Building NE01, Room 239 3700 Willingdon Avenue, Burnaby, BC, Canada

A Living Labs Lecture, November 1, 2.30pm-4pm, NE01-Room 239 BCIT’s new Buildings are designed to reduce the Institute’s Green House Gas (GHG) emissions and to meet the highest level BC Energy Step Code 4. To achieve this requires buildings that minimize energy use and maximize operational efficiency. But what does design for a high-performance building […]

Structural Steel in a Mass Timber Building: A Living Labs Lecture

SW01, Room 4076 3700 Willingdon Avenue, Burnaby, BC, Default, Canada

Tall Timber Student Housing is a mass timber building with steel at its core. The BCIT Tall Timber Student Housing tower is supported by a two-way spanning cross-laminated timber (CLT) […]

Building Envelope of High Performance and Passive House Buildings, a Living Labs Lecture

Building NW03, High Performance Building 3700 Willingdon Avenue, Burnaby, BC, BC, Canada

BCIT’s new buildings in the Trades and Technology Complex project are being designed to meet the highest performance standards for energy efficiency. This supports the Institute’s Greenhouse Gas reduction strategy. To achieve this each of the major elements of the building’s design must contribute to that overall performance standard. This lecture will focus on one […]

Tall Timber Student Housing Building Model
Event Series Living Labs

Designing a mass timber system for BCIT’s Tall Timber Student Housing

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

BCIT’s new Tall Timber Student Housing is one of the largest buildings in the Lower Mainland to make use of mass timber assemblies. The design features a hybrid Cross Laminated Timber point-supported structure, consisting of mass timber (CLT) floors supported on steel HSS columns. Each CLT panel is prefabricated to exact specifications from multiple alternating […]

Event Series Living Labs

Creating a Prefabricated Modular Envelope & Curtainwall system for BCITs Tall Timber Student Housing Building

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

BCIT’s new student housing building makes use of prefabricated elements to allow for faster and more efficient construction. A key part of this is a specially designed prefabricated Modular Envelope (PME) & Curtainwall system that is installed onto the mass-timber assemblies. The core of this design is a factory-assembled modular exterior wall that will deliver […]

Aerial image of the Student Housing project site- February 2024
Event Series Living Labs

Construction management of mass timber buildings: A Living Labs Lecture

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

The last few months have been an exciting time for construction on the Tall Timber Student Housing Project. Construction of the structural steel frame has been completed and work to install the mass timber assemblies is well underway. Building with prefabricated mass timber assemblies require careful coordination with subcontractors and consultants to ensure they can […]