The Trials & Tribulations of a Quantity Surveyor
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 […]
Mass Timber Projects from a Fire Engineering Perspective
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 […]
Electrical systems in a mass timber building: Design challenges and opportunities
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 […]
Sinkhole to Fishway: Solutions to daylight Guichon Creek.
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 […]
Solar Power and Campus Cogeneration: A Living Labs Lecture
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 […]
Construction management of mass timber buildings: A Living Labs Lecture
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 […]
Creating a Prefabricated Modular Envelope & Curtainwall system for BCITs Tall Timber Student Housing Building
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 […]
Designing a mass timber system for BCIT’s Tall Timber Student Housing
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 […]
Building Envelope of High Performance and Passive House Buildings, a Living Labs Lecture
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. […]
Structural Steel in a Mass Timber Building: A Living Labs Lecture
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) […]
Integrating Mechanical Services in a Mass Timber Building: A Case Study at Tall Timber Student Housing
A Living Labs Lecture: November 16 BCIT’s Tall Timber Student housing will feature a system of specially designed mass timber assemblies throughout the building. Using these prefabricated panels allows for […]
Early Design Analysis & Challenges of High-Performance Buildings
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 […]