BCIT - Deconstruction Management (XCIR 7510) This course provides the skills to manage a building's decommissioning (end-of-use) in a way that realizes the highest social, environmental and economic benefit. Students will learn how to create a deconstruction plan utilizing the Zero Waste hierarchy of highest and best use and circular economy principles. Regional policies and…  Read more

District of West Vancouver - Annual Barry Downs Lecture Series: “The B.C. Idiom” Revisited: Contemporary Domestic Architecture in the Age of Upheaval A part of West Coast Modern Week, the Inaugural Barry Downs Architecture Lecture will feature Dr. Michael Prokopow. A cultural historian and curator, Dr. Prokopow has written widely about material life, aesthetics and…  Read more

District of West Vancouver - The 16th Annual West Coast Modern Home Tour with After Party Since 2006, the West Vancouver Art Museum has been offering the popular annual mid-century and contemporary West Coast Modern Home Tour. Private access allows you to explore spectacular mid-century and contemporary West Coast modern homes, perched on the rocky…  Read more

Vancouver Regional Construction Association - Supervisory and Management Skills This course will enhance your ability to build a collaborative team culture, improve morale, and effectively communicate with people on their job sites. Participants will learn about leadership, motivational theory and application, improving group and individual performance, psychographic testing, time and stress management, staff training, substance…  Read more

Vancouver Regional Construction Association - Bluebeam Revu Basics These sessions provide the knowledge and skills to create, edit, markup, and collaborate on architecture, engineering and construction (AEC) documents using Bluebeam Revu. Create and navigate smart, information-rich document sets from converted Microsoft Office and CAD files. Annotate drawings with customizable markup and measurement tools, and work…  Read more

Vancouver Regional Construction Association - Bitesize Bluebeam for Administrative Professionals Administrative teams have unique document workflows that demand a different set of tools compared to design and construction teams. A typical Bluebeam class concentrates on design markups, estimating and collecting field data, but this class is very different! In just two hours you’ll be ready…  Read more

Cascadia Windows & Doors - Tackling Window Pain: Understanding the Benefits of High-Performance Fenestration As jurisdictions across North America introduce more stringent building energy performance standards (BEPS)—such as the BC Step Code and Seattle 2018 update—developers, architects, and contractors are left wondering the best way to meet the new benchmarks while controlling costs. This balance…  Read more

Passive House Canada - The Toronto Green Standard Version 4 and the Synergies with Passive House Momentum around net-zero ready buildings is building up in Toronto, with the acceleration of the Toronto Green Standard implementation timeline. Zac Zandona and Austin Barton, from the Environment & Energy Division team from the City of Toronto, will present…  Read more

Cascadia Windows & Doors - Mind the Gap: Better Exterior Wall Performance Through Cladding Attachments Many North American jurisdictions are moving beyond ASHRAE performance requirements for exterior wall assemblies, shifting instead to a holistic, building energy performance standard (BEPS) approach. While this evolution offers benefits—such as design flexibility and lower operating costs—it also requires a…  Read more

JRS Engineering - Airtightness Testing The BC Energy Step Code came into effect in December 2017. Numerous municipalities have already adopted the code and many others have shown interest and are studying it. Airtightness testing is a mandatory requirement of the BC Energy Step Code. This presentation introduces the concept of airtightness testing, testing standards,…  Read more