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The Salmon Have Returned to Canada Way

October 31, 2017 by Sarah Campbell Leave a Comment

For another year the salmon have returned to the edge of the BCIT Burnaby Campus.

Filed Under: Uncategorized Tagged With: Guichon Creek

Guichon Alley Student Space

December 9, 2016 by Sarah Campbell Leave a Comment

Background Guichon Creek has been restored on the South side of campus, but travels through a culvert from the Student Recreation Centre (SE16) to Canada Way. For the last few years the salmon were able to travel up Still Creek then Guichon Creek to the edge of the BCIT campus, and in 2016 a few determined […]

Filed Under: Restoration Case Studies Tagged With: Completed, Guichon Alley, Living Lab, Restoration

Installing the Fish Designs in Guichon Alley

August 9, 2016 by Sarah Campbell Leave a Comment

Once Metal Fabrication finished creating the fish for Guichon Alley students from Joinery installed them on the wooden planters.  

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A Survey of the Soils in the Factor Four Area

August 6, 2016 by Sarah Campbell Leave a Comment

Background In order to understand potential factors in the ecological restoration of Factor Four we have to learn more about the current ecological status of the area. The first project to collect a baseline on the ecological condition of the area looked at the soil. Soils are important for growing plants, supporting human habitation and […]

Filed Under: Restoration Case Studies Tagged With: Living Lab, Restoration

Planters in Guichon Alley Draw Bees

July 6, 2016 by Sarah Campbell Leave a Comment

For those concerned about the loss of pollinators it’s nice to see the planters in Guichon Alley providing new resources for bees. Mason Bee homes have also been added to the AFRESH sustainable garden.

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New Doors on the Trades Buildings

June 8, 2016 by Sarah Campbell Leave a Comment

Facilities and Campus Development brightened up Smith Street with three new doors. New garage doors have been added to Building NE2 (Joinery), NE4 (Carpentry) and NE 8 (Piping).  Campus Development worked with a suggestion made by students from our Interior Design program. These students were asked what would improve the look of Factor Four, and presented […]

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Metal Fabrication Students Help Other Departments

June 8, 2016 by Sarah Campbell Leave a Comment

Usually when a Metal Fabrication foundation class learns new techniques they create a few projects that wind up as scrap metal, but for the 11 students in the recent ACE IT class their projects are going to help four other departments. As part of learning the basic techniques they built frames for the Center of […]

Filed Under: Uncategorized Tagged With: Energy, Living Lab

Creating the Fish Designs for Guichon Alley

June 6, 2016 by Sarah Campbell Leave a Comment

  The final design element in Guichon Alley was to add metal fish as decoration along the front of the planters. Created by Metal Fabrication, these metal fish celebrate the goal of one day seeing real salmon on our campus. Additionally, creating them from metal acknowledges the departments that surround Guichon Alley and work with […]

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Shine Light on Guichon

May 26, 2016 by Sarah Campbell Leave a Comment

A moss art wall was recently created by the students in Interior Designs Graphic Presentation class to brighten up Smith Street and draw attention to Guichon Creek. This project was a wonderful partnership between the Factor Four team, the BCIT Green Team, Facilities and Campus Development and the Interior Design department. The BCIT Green Team […]

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New Lights in Guichon Alley

January 6, 2016 by Sarah Campbell Leave a Comment

Electrical students and Facilities and Campus Development worked together to change the main lights in Guichon Alley to LED’s and add some additional decorative lighting. The lighting type is consistent with the overall campus lighting plan. This project engaged Electrical students in a Living Lab project on Campus, as they installed the decorative lighting. By switching […]

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