Agenda
Symposium
Tuesday, May 21
Times in PST
8:00 - 9:30 AM CT
9:30 - 9:40 AM
9:40 - 9:45 AM
9:45 - 10:30 AM
DIALOG has used mass timber and the vernacular building practices of the First Nation’s people to design an office building for the First Nations Health Authority in North Vancouver. More specifically, the six-story structure emulates the plank houses of the Coast Salish people. Project architects from DIALOG will present the buildings post-and-beam timber structure, the implementation of fire protection requirements, and the prefabrication process.
10:30 - 11:00 AM
11:00 AM - 12:00 PM
This session will look at Canada’s ambitious plans for the future of sustainable construction. Expert panelists will present several projects, located across Canada, which have been designed to passive house standards with heavily insulated envelopes, and constructed from carbon sequestering materials, such as mass timber.
12:00 - 12:30 PM
In this session, attendees will learn about the advanced building envelope technologies that are transforming the AEC industry. Through new advancements, designers, engineers, and contractors can embrace renewable energy and sustainable building solutions.
12:30 - 1:30 PM
1:30 - 2:15 PM
Table Talks is an opportunity for guided conversation with your peers in the Vancouver AEC community. We are hoping this session will be surprising, engaging, and productive.
2:15 PM - 2:45 PM
This roundtable with leading building materials manufacturers will discuss the advanced materials newly available and just around the corner. Learn how architects can work together with manufacturers to build with the latest, most up-to-date technologies, code requirements, and products, and hear what’s next for the industry.
2:45 - 3:15 PM
3:15 PM - 3:45 PM
Brian Hubbs, principal at RDH, will present the firm’s work on upgrades to Vancouver’s Museum of Anthropology which are specifically targeting improved seismic resiliency. Hubbs will share the design and installation of a modern structural glass facade and the replacement of skylights within the building. This work was conducted in a manner which is respectful to the original building, which was designed by Arthur Erickson in the 1970s.
3:45 - 4:30 PM
This session will review the UBC Gateway project which is leveraging prefabrication as part of its delivery.
UBC Gateway is a high-performance academic building that is being designed to meet LEED v4 BD+C Gold and CaGBC’s Zero Carbon Building – Design Certification. Being a structural hybrid composed of glulam, steel and concrete, most of the main building structure and façade is fully prefabricated off site. Both hybrid floor structure and façade were designed through a highly collaborative design-assist process.
4:30 - 4:45 PM
5:00 - 7:00 PM