Building Envelope

August 25, 2008

Victoria’s Dockside Green community achieves LEED Platinum certification

The first phase of Dockside Green, a 1.3-million-square-foot community built on a former brownfield site in the heart of Victoria, has achieved LEED Platinum certification from the Canada Green Building Council.

August 25, 2008

Scott Construction’s Opal condo project promises to add sparkle to Richmond’s skyline

General contractor Scott Construction Group is building the Opal condominium for developer Kamdo Tower Inc.

August 13, 2008

Association seeks support for national deconstruction standard for existing buildings

The Canadian Standards Association (CSA) is seeking support from industry stakeholders to kick-start development of a national standard on “deconstruction” of existing buildings.

August 11, 2008

Korky Koroluk: Prospects for concentrated solar power burn bright

Advocates are calling a new concept called “concentrating solar power” — the use of mirrors to increase the amount of power sunlight generates — the most important form of carbon-free power in the 21st Century, writes Daily Commercial News columnist Korky Koroluk.

August 4, 2008

Fort Edmonton Park’s Welcome Centre aims for LEED Gold

Long known for its view of the past, Edmonton’s historic Fort Edmonton Park now has its eyes set on the future, as it prepares to greet visitors with a new, green Welcome Centre.

July 2, 2008

IFD Library Partners work to establish standards for BIM software

In April 2008, four groups collectively called the “IFD Library Partners” — along with buildingSMART Alliance and International Code Council (ICC)— co-sponsored a North American workshop in Washington, D.C. Construction Specifications Canada (CSC) was among the groups participating in the effort to promote standards that will help to bring BIM into wider use

June 25, 2008

Crews ready the rebar at Trout Lake ice rink project

Bird Construction Company (construction manager), Walter Francl Architect Inc. (architect) and Phillips Farevaag Smallenberg (landscape architect) are all involved in the Trout Lake Olympic ice rink project.

June 11, 2008

Graham Construction builds beautiful views into Alysen Place

The Alysen Place condominium development is under construction in Penticton, British Columbia.

June 9, 2008

Aecon wins $130 million contract to build Quantum Nanotechnology Centre

Aecon Group Inc. (TSX: ARE) announced today that its Buildings Division has been awarded a lump sum contract totaling approximately $130 million by the University of Waterloo to construct the Mike and Ophelia Lazaridis Quantum-Nano Centre. The building will be part of the University’s main campus in Waterloo, Ontario.

June 4, 2008

Environment forces us to change or be changed

The world’s changing climate will affect both the shape of our cities and the way we manage them, writes Daily Commercial News columnist Korky Koroluk.