Industry News

Perkins

Perkins & Will name new leaders

Susan Gushe has been named the new chief operating officer at Perkins & Will. Derek Newby takes over the Vancouver and Calgary studios.
winter

Calgary announces Winter City Design winners

The City of Calgary has announced the winners of the 2024 Winter City Design Competition: 1000 Faces and (p)arc.
laws

Indigenous laws centre at Uvic wins design award

The National Centre for Indigenous Laws at the University of Victoria has won a top architectural design award.
Surrey Memorial

B.C. standard AE contracts released

B.C. organizations announce the release of standard contracts for architectural and engineering design assignments.
arthur

Arthur Erickson Place achieves zero carbon

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

Retrofit planned for Eden Valley Arena

A hockey arena retrofit is planned for members of Bearspaw First Nation in Alberta.
Real estate leadership team gels at Fengate

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.
Henriquez Partners

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.
awards

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.
SRG

Indigenous STEM Education fund application open

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