Originally posted Posted on BCIT Update on March 18, 2014 by Andrea Bellamy, to see the original story click here. BCIT’s Burnaby Campus is getting an environmental facelift. The Centre for Architectural Ecology, in conjunction with the School of Construction and the Environment, is building the campus’s first environmental research lab, known as the Elevated […]
Exploring the Factor Four Area
For anyone interested in the Factor Four Area we now have a Factor Four Self-Guided Tour Brochure. This guide allows you explore the Factor Four Area and learn about the projects that are underway. The guide includes a map that highlights 15 different locations. At these locations you will find signs that detail projects, buildings’ […]
BCIT and City of Burnaby Agree to Protect and Restore Guichon Creek
The City of Burnaby and BCIT signed a Memorandum of Understanding (MOU) in 2001 to protect and restore Guichon Creek. The MOU is intended to provide a higher level of environmental protection than is offered by the BCIT Campus Master Plan. It is a formal agreement with the City and was hailed in 2001 as […]
New Welding System Dedicated
Originally posted Posted on BCIT Update on December 4, 2013 by Dave Pinton, to see the original story click here. A new ventilation system in the welding shop at BCIT is reducing energy consumption and lowering greenhouse gas emissions as students train for a career in the welding industry. The completion of the $2.7-million upgrade […]
Video: The Chums of Still Creek
For the second year in a row salmon have made their way up Still Creek, almost to the BCIT campus. They are not able to get through the culvert under Canada Way to Guichon Creek. The BCIT Rivers Institute is working with Campus Development to identify an appropriate strategy for daylighting the central portion of […]
Smith Street’s New Look is More Than Skin Deep
Originally posted Posted on BCIT Update on October 1, 2013 by Andrea Bellamy. Over the summer months, BCIT’s Smith Street was given a new look. But unlike most makeovers, the improvements are more than just skin deep. Located on the north end of the BCIT Burnaby Campus, Smith Street is a primary east-west connection […]
New Student Built Workstations in Welding
It is not just the ventilation system that is getting upgraded in the welding shop. The grinding room is also being improved, including the addition of some new, student built, work stations. As part the upgrade, the Welding department was able to replace four grinding tables in addition to purchasing six new tables. “We have […]
Yellow Fish Raise Creek Awareness
Students in BCIT’s Ecological Restoration Program participated in a yellow-fish storm-drain marking project in the Factor Four area. The previous markings on the drains had faded beyond recognition. The project is part of the School of Construction and the Environment’s Eco-Streets initiative to raise awareness among members of the BCIT community about the importance of […]
New Signs Highlight Projects and Programs
Do you want to learn more about the Factor Four projects? Sixteen new signs went up last week on Smith Street and Guichon Alley.
New Table and Benches by NE1
Our colleagues from Campus Development are working at making some improvements to public spaces located on the Burnaby campus. The Factor Four Eco-Streets initiative benefited from their work with the new addition of two benches and a picnic table. The new amenities are located by the main South entrance of NE1 and has already been proven to […]
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