Engineers and Geoscientists BC - Geotechnical Earthquake Engineering Short Course The course provides the participants with the fundamental concepts of geotechnical earthquake engineering, and expands those to the key issues related to dynamic soil properties, local site effects and seismic site response analysis, soil liquefaction during earthquakes and the related assessments, seismic slope stability, basics…  Read more

Passive House Canada - PHPP10 (New Features) In this PHPP v10 course, participants will receive information on the updates seen to the recent update from PHPP v9.6 to PHPP v10. Participants will learn through lecture and in-class exercises the main aspects of the PHPP software which have undergone changes with the latest version. This course…  Read more

Keynote speech with world renowned urban planner and author Alain Bertaud. Alain Bertaud is the former Chief Urban Planner of the World Bank and author of the internationally acclaimed book Order Without Design. Alain will be sharing his insights from his five decades of planning cities starting with his first job working for le Corbusier…  Read more

This event has been planned as a celebration of the conclusion of the successful John A. Di Castri Architect exhibit. The event will feature an in-person panel discussion of the use of Architectural Exhibits for Architectural Evaluations, Criticism, and Architectural Conservation. This event is supported by the Wentworth Villa, Victoria Hallmark Society, and the UNESCO…  Read more

RAIC - Vancouver Island South Network presents: Campus Planning - An Update on Planning and Design at the University of Victoria This webinar will be focused on discussions on general and advancing campus planning topics of our times and will introduce changes to University of Victoria, both underway and planned, considering growth and up-dating aspirations…  Read more

This Pulse event will focus on two Rapid Housing Initiative projects that deliver high performance housing quickly and to a Passive House quality. The projects are 257 King William Street, Hamilton which is close to completion and 55 Queenston Apartments, Hamilton, Phase 2 which is breaking ground. A panel of experts from each design team…  Read more

Passive House Canada - 120P: EN LIGNE: La voie vers la certification en conception ou en conseil de Maison Passive The Pathway to Certification in French starts on Sep 22, 2023 and will be comprised of three courses: 120A, 120B, and 120C. Passive House certification ensures that you or your organization are expertly qualified to…  Read more

University of British Columbia - Prefabricated Building Tour and Conference to Sweden The Centre for Advanced Wood Processing (CAWP) at the University of British Columbia (UBC) is pleased to announce the Prefabricated Building Tour and Conference to Sweden. This tour is an opportunity for participants to visit some of Sweden's leading prefabricated modular and volumetric…  Read more

Building Officials Association of British Columbia - CHBA-BC Education Summit 2023 Canadian Home Builders’ Association of BC (CHBA BC) Education and Building Officials’ Association of BC (BOABC) are pleased to present this two-day Education Summit for builders and building officials in BC. Featuring inspiring keynote speakers and a wide range of technical education topics, this…  Read more

How can we protect each other from smoke, fires, extreme heat and cold, flooding, and other environmental emergencies? In this studio, we’ll look at existing, and co-design new, small-scale interventions, retrofits, and brand new designs that could be integrated in our Metro Vancouver climate response planning. This event is part of our Studio series, which…  Read more