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 […]
New Building Automation Living Lab Initiative Launched
[You can also read this story from a different perspective.] Once again, BCIT demonstrates its focus on making its campus into a living lab for instructors and students. Faculty can now request access to enteliWEB which is a powerful web-based tool used by BCIT Facilities Services to monitor the campus DDC system to maintain a […]
Wood-Waste-to-Energy September 2016 Update
Construction is well underway. Here are some of the latest photos taken on September 26th, 2016. Click here for a case study on the project. Contact alexandre_hebert@bcit.ca for more information.
Installing the Fish Designs in Guichon Alley
Once Metal Fabrication finished creating the fish for Guichon Alley students from Joinery installed them on the wooden planters.
A Survey of the Soils in the Factor Four Area
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 […]
Planters in Guichon Alley Draw Bees
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.
New Doors on the Trades Buildings
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 […]
Metal Fabrication Students Help Other Departments
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 […]
Wood-Waste-to-Energy June 2016 Update
Good news! Construction for BCIT’s Factor Four Wood-Waste-to-Energy project has started. Here are a few progress photos. A big thank you to all our project partners making this idea become a reality: BC Ministry of Advanced Education through the Carbon Neutral Capital Program (CNCP) BC Bioenergy Network Stuart Olson Canfor Real Estate Foundation of BC […]
Creating the Fish Designs for Guichon Alley
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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