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Arthur Erickson Place achieves zero carbon

Arthur Erickson Place in downtown Vancouver has achieved the Zero Carbon Building – Performance (ZCB) Standard certification.
Saint John

Retrofit planned for Eden Valley Arena

A hockey arena retrofit is planned for members of Bearspaw First Nation in Alberta.
McElhanney

Elisa Brandts promoted to regional leader

Elisa Brandts has been promoted to Stantec regional business leader for Canada West region of its buildings practice.
dialog salmon-safe

Dialog earns Salmon-Safe for mass timber office

A Vancouver mass timber office building designed by Dialog, 2150 Keith Drive, has been certified Salmon-Safe.
Morrison Hershfield

Stantec to acquire Morrison Hershfield

Stantec is set to acquire Morrison Hershfield, a 1,150-person engineering and management firm headquartered in Markham, Ontario.
Afsar

Architects awarded contract for CRA facility in St. John’s

The federal government recently acquired land in St. John's, Newfoundland and Labrador, to build the Canada Revenue Agency's new National Verification and Collections Centre and Tax Services Office. 
Construction and design innovators honoured

Construction and design innovators honoured

Richard Kroeker, emeritus professor of architecture at Dalhousie University, and Osama Moselhi, professor of engineering at Concordia University, have been named to the Order of Canada.
Veil residence

Canadian residence honoured at WAF

5468796 Architecture’s Veil House, an experimental residence in Winnipeg, is the winner of the WAF Completed Project.
Oakridge Mayfair

First phase of Mayfair West project revealed

Grosvenor has submitted a development permit application to redevelop the first phase of Mayfair West.
bowen

Edmonton reveals urban design winners

Edmonton’s top architects, designers, builders, artists and planners were celebrated at the Edmonton Urban Design Awards gala.
Uvic student housing

The Sngequ House student complex opens at UVic

A new student housing complex is open at the University of Victoria (UVic), the university’s largest capital infrastructure project to date.
Stantec

Stantec to design billion-dollar battery factory in B.C.

Stantec has been selected to provide design services for a $1-billion lithium-ion battery cell manufacturing facility in British Columbia.
Murphy

Indigenous STEM Education fund application open

Applications are open for the third annual ḴEL,ḴELOŦEN ȻE S,ISTEW̱ education fund award.
design standardized

B.C. issues RFP for standardized housing design

The B.C. government is working to create new standardized designs to streamline the housing development process.
CAGBC

Built Green Canada launches Maverick Awards

Built Green Canada has launched its inaugural Maverick Awards to recognize trailblazers in sustainability.
Marpole

Work to begin on Marpole-Oakridge Community Centre renewal

The new facility will be the first city-owned community centre built to achieve Rick Hansen Foundation Accessibility Certification Gold.
IDC interior designers

IDC awards top Canadian interior designers

The Interior Designers of Canada (IDC) celebrated 11 projects at this year's Value of Design Awards (VODA).