RJC Engineers (RJC), a Canadian structural engineering firm, has announced its participation in the seismic testing of the Natural Hazards Engineering Research Infrastructure (NHERI) TallWood project, currently underway at the University of California, San...
Tag: British Columbia
The terraced design of a proposed mixed-use development by the Gyro Beach in Kelowna reflects a unique response to adjust the buildings’ massing to harmonize with the size and surroundings of the neighbouring structures...
A team of students from the University of British Columbia (UBC) have built a near-zero embodied carbon building on campus using hempcrete, wood, and steel as primary materials.
The findings of the annual BC Construction Association (BCCA) industry survey expose the operational stresses construction employers across B.C. are facing.
British Columbia’s zero-carbon buildings community recently recognized a group of properties demonstrative of leadership in producing minimal carbon pollution from their component materials and during their construction.
The Government of Canada has committed an investment of more than $2.3 million towards the Skills Centre Eco-Renovation Project in the city of Trail, British Columbia.
The B.C. Lumber Trade Council (BCLTC) finds U.S. President Joe Biden’s Buy American stance, revealed in the state of the union address at Capitol Hill, to be a point of concern.
False Creek Neighbourhood Energy Utility (NEU) in Vancouver will use five more wastewater energy transfer (WET) systems, provided by SHARC Energy, to increase the capacity of the current WET system—making it the largest such...
Aecon-EBC General Partnership (AEGP), a consortium between the two construction firms, will work on the first phase of a $245 million two-phase civil construction contract for the John Hart Dam Seismic Upgrade project in...
British Columbia’s construction industry is entering into dire straits, according to statistics reported in the Fall 2022 BC Construction Association (BCCA) Industry Stat Pack, further supported by findings from a recently published economic and...