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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 […]

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 […]

Event Series Living Labs

Solar Power and Campus Cogeneration: A Living Labs Lecture

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

In the time since BCIT installed the solar tower at SE01, its first solar power demonstration project in 2003, solar has grown from an unusual, costly electricity source (0.01% of world electricity use) to a leader in power generation growth (6% of world electricity use - enough to power all of Canada, the UK, France, […]

Event Series Living Labs

Sinkhole to Fishway: Solutions to daylight Guichon Creek.

Building SE14, Room 303 3700 Willingdon Avenue, Burnaby, BC, Canada

Guichon Creek is a major feature of BCIT’s Burnaby Campus. While the south section is a vibrant riparian habitat, on the north of the campus the creek runs underground in a culvert, which was installed in the 1960’s. BCIT eventually plans to daylight as much of the creek as possible on campus.  This is on […]

Event Series Living Labs

Electrical systems in a mass timber building: Design challenges and opportunities

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

A Living Labs Lecture: October 9, 2024 Over the last few months, work has been continuing to install the curtain wall assemblies and encapsulate the mass timber on the Tall Timber Student Housing project. Now with this complete, attention can turn more fully to the building’s mechanical, electrical and plumbing systems. In a building as […]

Event Series Living Labs

The Trials & Tribulations of a Quantity Surveyor

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

A Living Labs Lecture Budget control matters in construction, whether your project is a small repair or a new building complex requiring major capital investment. Quantity Surveyors work with both owners and contractors in planning and managing the contractual and financial side of construction. This role helps support projects from initial planning, through design, tendering, […]

BeeCIT Experience, Burnaby Campus

Burnaby Campus, NE25-116

Did you know there's a working bee hive on your campus roof? The Student Life Ambassadors are excited to co-host the BeeCIT Experience with BCIT Facilities and Alveole! Join us and learn about BCIT’s Pollinator Program, meet your Bee Keeper, and maybe even take home some free BeeCIT honey. Wednesday November 6th 2:30pm - 4:30pm Space is […]

Event Series Living Labs

Mass Timber Projects from a Fire Engineering Perspective

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

A Living Labs Lecture BCIT’s Tall Timber Student Housing building makes use of innovative mass timber technology. The explosion of interest in mass timber construction has led to a rapid evolution in the Building Code to allow the construction of larger and taller buildings. These changes are underpinned by improved fire engineering knowledge base. In […]

Event Series Living Labs

The Concert Properties Centre for Trades and Technology: A Journey from Pre-Programing to Design Development

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

Location NW4 (HSC), Room 1072 The Concert Properties Centre for Trades and Technology will be the centrepiece of the upcoming Trades and Technology Complex. However, designing a building which will incorporate technical labs, research labs, classrooms, offices, and a lecture theatre creates a complex web of requirements and objectives. The design team, led by the […]

Event Series Living Labs

Tall Timber Student Housing - Mass Timber and Prefabrication, Design Process and Lessons Learned

Building NE22, Room 105 120 Goard Way, Burnaby, BC, Canada

A Living Labs Lecture: Location NE22, Room 105 BCIT’s Tall Timber Student Housing building is nearing completion on the south side of the Burnaby campus. The project will provide 469 new student beds while meeting ambitious goals around carbon and energy efficiency. It showcases an innovative hybrid mass-timber design that has provided a living lab […]