Recent News
Civil Engineering for Innovative VanDusen Botanical Gardens Vistor Centre by Binnie
September 1, 2010: The VanDusen Botanical Gardens upgrade is part of a $20 million improvement plan that began in 2008. The first phase includes a new 18,775 square foot visitor’s centre designed by Busby, Perkins + Will Architects. The building will strive to meet the Living Building Challenge standard, and the LEED platinum standard.
Science World Expansion Engages Binnie Consulting Services
August 19, 2010: Binnie will provide civil engineering consulting services for SWITCH: The Outdoor Science Experience, the new outdoor science park at Science World. The park will extend the learning experience of Science World to the outdoors and focus on six themes: Water, Housing, Energy, Waste, Transportation, and Food. The upgrade will integrate with the Sea Wall, supporting the City and Parks Board vision for the site.
Binnie Provides Civil Engineer Consulting for New IKEA Store in Richmond
June 28, 2010: R.F. Binnie & Associates Limited has been awarded the civil engineering contract for the new Richmond IKEA store. The new store will be situated between Jacombs Road and Knight Street, south of the existing IKEA store on Bridgeport Road.
City of Powell River Awards Recreation Complex Track & Sports Field Contract to Binnie
May 27, 2010: The City of Powell River has awarded the contract for the planning, design, contract administration, and construction management of their new Recreation Complex Track & Sports Field to R.F. Binnie & Associates.
Terry Walton, P.Eng. Receives Engineers Canada Fellowship Award
On Monday November 2, 2009, Terry Walton P.Eng,Senior Project Manager at R.F. Binnie and Associates Ltd., received the coveted Engineers Canada Fellowship Award, honouring his more than 15 years of volunteer service to the engineering profession. Terry has been an application reviewer in the Civil Engineering discipline since the early 1990s, and estimates he has reviewed more than 600 applicants in that time. In 2008, he received a certificate estimating his hours of service for that year alone at one hundred and eighteen.