A good example of a permeable interlocking concrete pavement (PICP) can be found at the Marine Way Market in Burnaby, B.C. The pavement consists of approximately 35,000 m2 (376,737 sf) of PICP.
Tag: British Columbia
B.C. hospital gets an expansion makeover
(04/23/2013)
Opening last month, the 5400-m2 (58,125-sf) addition and renovation to St. Mary’s community hospital (Sechelt, B.C.) boasts new services and energy-efficient features.
Okanagan RCMP detachment revamped
(04/04/2013)
Located in British Columbia’s South Okanagan Region, the new Royal Canadian Mounted Police (RCMP) Summerland detachment building has replaced the force’s out-dated facility with an energy-efficient, high solar-performing station.
The new 14,864-m2 (160,000-sf) five-storey Earth Sciences Building (ESB) at the University of British Columbia’s (UBC’s) Point Grey Campus in Vancouver is due to open in September. It will house the earth and ocean...
Last year, Thompson Rivers University (TRU) in Kamloops, B.C., opened the country’s first new law school in more than three decades. As a result, the push was on to move the new cohort of...
Opening in 2009, the Vancouver Convention Centre West was designed by LMN Architects in collaboration with Vancouver’s Musson Cattell Mackey Partnership and DA Architects and Planners. The structure was the first convention centre to...
Specifying fibre-cement for a high-end home
(02/12/2013)
With its uninterrupted ocean vistas of pristine blue water and views of the city, West Vancouver is home to some of the most sought-after and expensive real estate in the region. When custom homebuilder...
The phrase “think globally, act locally” is a good way to describe how sustainable design projects are conceptualized. From the building to the community scale, the goal is to minimize the initial and ongoing...
Laboratories and education facilities are among the most energy-intensive building types. On average, a lab consumes five to 10 times more energy per square foot than an average office building. For example, a laboratory...
The Sky’s The Limit: Designing airports with wood
(09/01/2012)
Before the 1850s, wood was commonly used as a primary structural building material in myriad types of non-residential construction around the world. Many of these timber-built structures remain standing and are still in use...
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