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SUMMARY:Celebrate World Bee Day with BCIT
DESCRIPTION: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 sustainability and enhances natural spaces on campus. \nOn World Bee Day we’re celebrating these powerful pollinators with a special event. \n\n  \n12:30 – 1:30 pm: Learn more about pollinators and their role at BCIT. We will be building solitary bee habitats out of logs harvested from BCIT projects\, and making bat boxes to be installed on campus. \n\nLocation: Townsquare D\n\n1:30 – 2:30 pm: Join us on a walk to the south end of campus to learn more about rewilded and restored  areas of BCIT that support pollinators. \n\nStarting from Townsquare D\n\nJoin us for one or both of these activities. If you are only joining us for the walk please make sure to arrive at Town Square D by 1:30. Please help us out by registering\, so we have enough supplies for everyone to take part in the activity. You can also register for just the walk.
URL:https://www.bcit.ca/event/world-bee-day/
LOCATION:Building SE02\, TownSquare D\, 3700 Willingdon Avenue\, Burnaby\, BC\, V5G 3H2\, Canada
CATEGORIES:Special Event
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SUMMARY:Overcoming geotechnical and structural design challenges for the Concert Properties Centre for Trades and Technology
DESCRIPTION: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. \nAs well as the building\, the project also includes daylighting a section of Guichon Creek that currently runs underneath the campus in a culvert. \nThese unique site conditions mean that geotechnical and groundwater engineering is a challenging but crucial part of the design and construction. \nIn this special Living Labs lecture\, geotechnical consultants Frontera Geotechnical\, structural engineers WSP\, and architects Architecture49\, will discuss how structural and geotechnical teams collaborated to maximize the efficiency of the structural design\, and allow for daylighting of Guichon Creek\, while managing the groundwater in a site that borders Guichon Creek. \nTopics include how early soil and groundwater investigation guided excavation planning\, foundation and drainage design\, and planning for the project basement spaces. The team will also look at how the design integrates with the City of Burnaby’s groundwater requirements. \nOur presenters: \n\nRoselle Abanador: Architect\, Architecture49\nMike Indelak: Geotechnical Project Manager\, Frontera Geotechnical Inc\nChris Jacques: Principal\, WSP\n\n\nRoselle Abanador: Roselle Abanador is an Architect AIBC and RHFAC Professional involved in delivering complex\, technical\, and multi‑phase projects across the transportation\, science & technology\, healthcare\, and industrial sectors. \nHer portfolio includes major facilities such as the School of Biomedical Engineering at UBC and TRIUMF’s Institute for Advanced Medical Isotopes. At BCIT’s Concert Properties Centre for Trades & Technology—a major campus gateway project delivered in collaboration with Patkau Architects—Roselle serves as Lab Planner and Project Lead for the Architecture 49 scope\, helping shape interdisciplinary\, technology‑integrated learning environments. \nMike Indelak: Mike is a senior geotechnical engineer and project manager at Frontera Geotechnical. He has over 15 years of experience in geotechnical engineering consulting on development and infrastructure projects throughout the Lower Mainland and Interior regions of British Columbia.  Through his experience he has developed knowledge and skills in several areas of geotechnical consulting engineering including project management\, site characterization\, foundation design\, consolidation settlement analysis\, pre-load design and slope stability assessments\, and has a particular interest in design of geostructures such as deep excavation shoring and retaining walls. \nChris Jacques: Chris Jacques is a Principal with WSP’s Property and Buildings sector in Vancouver\, with over 25 years of structural engineering experience on major high-rise and complex projects in Canada and the United Kingdom. Chris has served as Engineer of Record on a wide range of building types\, including high‑rise\, cultural\, retail\, seniors’ care\, and backcountry facilities. \nChris is closely involved in the Concert Properties Centre for Trades and Technology project\, leading his team in collaboration with architects\, geotechnical engineers\, and other consultants to address the project’s structural challenges. He is also the Engineer of Record for this project. \nSince 2015\, Chris has taught the Seismic Design in Structural Steel course through SEABC and has served on the CSA S16 Technical Committee (“Design and Construction of Steel Structures”) since the 2019 edition cycle. He also leads WSP’s Structures timber sector in BC.
URL:https://www.bcit.ca/event/geotechnical-concert-properties-centre/
LOCATION:Building SE02\, TownSquare A\, 3700 Willingdon Avenue\, Burnaby\, BC\, V5G 3H2\, Canada
CATEGORIES:School of Construction & the Environment
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SUMMARY:Building as a Living Lab: Mass Timber and Wellness in BCIT’s Campus Services Centre
DESCRIPTION:The Campus Services Centre is one of the key components of the Trades and Technology Complex\, currently under construction at the Burnaby Campus. \nThe 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 occupants. \nIn this Living Labs Lecture\, Carol Phillips and Troy Wright from Moriyama Teshima Architects who were part of the architectural team who developed this project alongside Carscadden Stokes McDonald\, will be joined by Benedict Angus from structural engineers Fast+Epp will look at how Mass Timber construction technologies have been applied in this building and the relationship between Mass Timber and health and wellness. \nThe presentation will also discuss how the Modern Methods of Construction like off site prefabrication\, which are used in this building are being applied nationally. \n\n\n\nBiographies \nCarol Phillips \, Partner at Moriyama Teshima Architects\, is a recognized leader with over 30 years of experience shaping transformative places for communities. A Fellow of the Royal Architectural Institute of Canada\, she has been at the forefront of sustainable design\, pioneering low-carbon and mass timber construction while advancing net-zero carbon strategies. Her portfolio spans academic institutions\, cultural landmarks\, and civic buildings across Canada and internationally\, each project marked by innovation\, inclusivity\, and environmental responsibility. \nGuided by a design philosophy that emphasizes the connection between people\, place\, and nature\, Carol creates architecture that fosters collaboration\, cultural sensitivity\, and ecological stewardship. Her empathetic and collaborative approach ensures that every project not only responds to the climate crisis but also strengthens community bonds and enhances the human experience through beautiful\, inspiring\, thoughtful\, and context-driven design. \nTroy Wright is a Senior Architect with over 25 years of experience in residential and institutional projects. He takes an intuitive and diligent approach\, working closely with principal architects\, colleagues\, and clients through all stages of design and construction administration. From broad conceptual ideas to focused detailed problem solving\, Troy explores the full potential of all projects in a positive and co-creative atmosphere that endeavours to elevate the practice of architecture to a level that exceeds expectations. \nBenedict Angus is a Chartered Structural Engineer with over ten years’ experience in construction. Since joining Fast+ Epp in 2022\, he has worked on numerous mass timber and hybrid structures\, with a focus on design for fabrication\, buildability\, and collaborative delivery. His work integrates innovative structural systems\, particularly mass timber and prefabricated construction\, alongside low-carbon materials. \nThrough his Master’s research\, he tested traditional Japanese timber connections fabricated from glulam\, exploring how historic principles can inform modern engineered wood systems. His portfolio spans projects from the expansion of Kelowna Airport to sensitive structural interventions within the historic fabric of Buckingham Palace. \nHis work reflects a belief that innovation emerges not only from new technologies\, but from a deep understanding of material history\, craft\, and construction and fabrication logic. \n 
URL:https://www.bcit.ca/event/mass-timber-wellness-csc/
LOCATION:Building NW04\, Room 1072\, 3700 Willingdon Avenue\, Burnaby\, BC\, BC\, V5G 3H2
CATEGORIES:School of Construction & the Environment
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