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This year’s recipients for the Home Builders Association Vancouver (HAVAN) Centra Cares BCIT Scholarship award are Ciaron Driscoll, Luke Evans, Marcus Capaz and Farokh Alipour. HAVAN, in partnership with the Centra Cares Program, provides four annual scholarships in support of students in the BCIT Carpentry Framing and Forming Program. Funding for the scholarships is raised at the HAVAN Annual Fall Classic … Read more
The third annual BCIT Engineering Panel and Info Session was held on March 13 with numerous prospective BCIT students in attendance to learn more about program offerings, especially those in the School of Construction and the Environment, the School of Energy, the School of Transportation, and the School of Health Sciences. The panel of BCIT students and faculty shared … Read more
Where there’s metal, there are welders. Welding is everywhere, from transportation to infrastructure and everything in between. As the demand for welders continues to grow, there is a need for specialized courses to train apprentice and certified welders in providing service unique to specific fields, such as marine. With collaboration from the National Shipbuilding Strategy and Seaspan, … Read more
BCIT is pleased to announce that Michael Currie has been appointed Associate Dean, Building Design and Construction Technology, School of Construction and the Environment (SOCE). Michael comes with a wealth of experience in academia. Previously, he was the Program Head of the Architectural and Building Technology Diploma (ABT) program at SOCE. In this position, his primary responsibilities included … Read more
BCIT welcomed the first graduating cohort from the pilot program of Associate Certificate in Industrial Wood Processing (IWP), School of Construction and the Environment (SoCE). The first cohort graduated from the pilot program in December 2018. The success of the pilot program has created another cohort of students who started in January 2019 and an additional to … Read more
As a sponsor of the Greater Vancouver Home Builders’ Association (GVHBA) Builders’ Breakfast Series, the BCIT School of Construction and the Environment (SOCE) led an informative session on topics related to constructing high performance buildings and new green strategies in construction. BCIT speakers for this session included Alexandre Hebert, Manager, Zero Energy Buildings, Dr. Christine Thuring, Faculty, Centre for … Read more
Richard (Rick) Chester, Faculty of Forest and Natural Areas Management (FNAM) at BCIT, has received the 2018 BC Council on Admissions & Transfer (BCCAT) Leadership Award joint with Norm Shaw, former BCIT Instructor and Association of BC Forest Professionals (ABCFP). This award is presented in recognition of exemplary leadership having a significant and positive impact on advancing the theory and … Read more
The BCIT Joinery Department was awarded the Architectural Woodwork Manufacturers Association of Canada (AWMAC) WorkSafeBC Safety Innovation Award 2018. Faculty and staff worked together on improving the awareness and quality of safe work procedures in the Joinery shop: signage was posted throughout the shop, safe work procedures were placed on all machinery, and a complete Student Orientation Booklet was … Read more
The charitable Halloween Pancake Breakfast is an annual tradition for the community at BCIT. Organized by the School of Construction and the Environment (SOCE), the 2018 Halloween Pancake Breakfast fundraiser was Harry Potter-themed with a record-breaking $5,060 raised in support of the United Way of the Lower Mainland (UWLM). New this year, Chartwells made this the … Read more
BCIT Joinery alumnus, Alvin (Koko) Relleve of Citta Group received the Best Apprentice Award in the Special Achievements category from the 2018 Construction Achievements and Renovations of Excellence (CARE) Awards of Vancouver Island. Managed by the Victoria Residential Builders Association, the 2018 CARE Awards presented 60 awards with more than 300 builders, renovators, designers, and suppliers in attendance. The … Read more