
ReNew | November/December 2021
Meredith Anderson, P.Eng. Struct.Eng., MSCE | Associate
Vancouver's new Fire Hall 17 reflects the city's design challenge to build a structure that meets the design certification requirements of the Canada Green Building Council's Zero Carbon Building Program, one of 16 such pilot projects in Canada.

SABMag | Fall 2021
The genesis for Centre for Collaborative Education (CFCE) came out of a College resolution to divest of the original 1970s infrastructure that no longer supported the progressive values of the College. The original building on site was no longer sustainable, both pedagogically and from the perspective of energy use.

Glass Structures & Engineering | October 2021
John Kooymans, Steffen Feirabend, Graham Coult
Glass engineering is a very unique field of study. Glass engineering is a very unique field of study. A great deal has been learned over the past half-century by experimenting and building with glass as a structural element.

Facility Cleaning & Maintenance | September 2021
Stephen Epp, BSc, P.Eng., RRO, ARCA Accepted Inspector | Project Engineer
When you think about maintenance of retail, commercial, and residential buildings, the last thing many people think of is roof care. While roofs are a major component of the building envelope, if they perform properly, we rarely think about them. However, problems can grow unchecked until it’s too late and you’re left catching water dripping from the ceiling.

Canadian Property Management | August 2021
Veronica Ochoa, BArch, MSc, LEED® AP BD+C, WELL AP, MASHRAE | Building Performance Project Designer
Veronica Ochoa, Building Performance Project Designer with RJC Engineers, argues that building managers and owners should be proactively seeking out government grants and other means to reduce energy consumption prior to the mandatory targets—otherwise they’ll risk being left with stranded assets.

Western Exteriors | Summer 2021
Meredith Anderson, MSCE, P.Eng., Struct.Eng. | Associate
Vancouver’s new Fire Hall 17 reflects the city’s design challenge to build a structure that meets the design certification requirements of the Canada Green Building Council’s Zero Carbon Building Program, one of 16 such pilot projects in Canada.