Over the last 45 years of successful business and continued growth, our established customer base has kept on adding renown names such as McDonald’s Restaurants of Canada, Royal Arch Masonic Care Homes, BC Ferries, A & W Restaurants, White Spot Restaurants, MDA, YVR Airport, Finning Inc., City of Vancouver Fire Department, UBC and Vancouver Hospitals, […]

The goal of this project is to assess the effectiveness of Concrete Canvas® in mitigating the radioactive radon gas exposure as well as methane infiltration into northern houses due to degrading permafrost. The outcomes of this research can provide northern communities with a relatively low-cost climate adaptation strategy to deal with toxic soil gas exposure […]

Finning is the world’s largest Caterpillar dealer delivering unrivalled service for over 80 years. We sell, rent and provide parts and services for equipment and engines to customers in various industries, including mining, construction, petroleum, forestry and a wide range of power systems applications. This project will provide us with support in developing our onboarding […]

Effective wastewater treatment is essential to the health of the environment. When operating wastewater treatment plants, utilities must ensure that the treated water meets environmental regulations, while balancing competing needs to minimize the cost of running the plant against the maximizing resource recovery. Additionally, most wastewater treatment plants include a combination of physical, chemical, and […]

Retrofitting aging commercial buildings from the exterior using wall panels can increase their sustainability and energy efficiency. The partner, RoBIM Technologies Inc., is developing an end-to-end automated solution by using robotic technologies and introducing more energy efficiency materials into the panel design. The combination of robotic prefabrication and sustainability of engineered wood products (EWPs) are […]

Geohazard risk assessments are performed when there is a known threat to humans, critical infrastructure, and the environment from natural hazards. In southwestern BC, these natural hazards include debris flows, debris floods, floods, and wildfires. These hazards are closely related to weather conditions, and with the effects of climate change, we may observe these hazards […]

Using metal frames for constructing residential buildings is gaining attention in North America. They would be advantageous over wood frames because: (1) metal has a higher strength-to-weight ratio, therefore, less framing would be required, (2) metal frames are lighter in weight than wood, so easier to carry them on site, and (3) they offer better […]

The proposal of the project Structure of Zero GHG Footprint Sustainable Community will benefit the community. The creation of the module design system using aquaponics methods, exploring the design of cooling system and thermal system will integrate the full process of producing sustainable food with zero pollution to the environment. As a researcher in this […]

To evaluate the overall performance of the newly developed Structural Insulated Panels (SIPs) in flexure, including deflections, stiffness and ultimate capacity, an experimental program has recently been launched. The program includes transverse bending tests of a total of 18 full-sized SIPs with various configurations using a vacuum chamber. Pressure and deflections are measured during the […]

Dans ce projet, le potentiel d’utilisation de l’essai de résonance par impacts pour faire du contrôle qualité en usine sur les enrobés bitumineux sera évalué. Cet essai est un essai non destructif, économique et simple à réaliser et il pourrait permettre de vérifier à la fois les propriétés volumétriques et les performances des mélanges formulés […]

Better Being œuvre dans le domaine du bien être corporatif en aidant les entreprises créatives ou Bcorp à améliorer leur culture de mieux être en créant des activités et programmes ludiques et instructifs à l’aide d’une équipe d’expert pluridisciplinaire et une approche holistique. Notre équipe d’experts est constituée de personnes passionnées, créatives et talentueuses (chef, […]

Innovation en méthodologies internes de génie-conseil – Développement durable & Appels d’offres à l’international Le but de ce projet est de définir des méthodes internes pour améliorer la réponse aux appels d’offres de projets à l’international pour l’organisme partenaire, EXP. Des équipes multidisciplinaires, des outils généralisés et des méthodes fonctionnelles sont nécessaires pour intégrer transversalement […]