Posted in Uncategorized on Mar 9th, 2012 1 Comment »
We have completed our CSL project and our final results are as follows! Credit 3.1 is a required component to pass the SSI water requirement rating. Its aim is to reduce the potable water usage by 50% for irrigation of the area. Following the method of calculations provided by the SSI, the reduction in […]
Posted in Uncategorized on Mar 2nd, 2012 No Comments »
Over the reading break, we split up into three groups of two, designating sections of the Sustainable Sites Initiative to each group. We also contacted a civil engineer from Stantec who had AutoCAD drawings of the site. He was able to give us these drawings, which helped up greatly in some of our calculations. The […]
Posted in Uncategorized on Feb 17th, 2012 No Comments »
We are coming down to the last couple weeks of the CSL project and it has been quite a journey thus far. We recently met with Dean Gregory again last Friday as we needed a little more clarification on some of the data and information that we need to collect. He recommended that we try […]
Posted in Uncategorized on Feb 10th, 2012 1 Comment »
If you head on over to the “Schedule” tab, you will be able to see a Gantt Chart with the work that we have completed thus far, and also the tasks that we plan to complete with their respective dates. We are currently in the collecting data section. We have acquired the necessary information for […]
Posted in Uncategorized on Feb 3rd, 2012 3 Comments »
We have made a ton of progress over the last week. We have gotten a hold of the Sustainable Sites Initiative guidelines and have been thoroughly reviewing them. The section of the SSI that is relevant to our project is the “Site Water- Design” section. In this section, there are a list of prerequisites that […]
Posted in Uncategorized on Jan 28th, 2012 3 Comments »
Since the weather has been pretty horrible this past week, we haven’t been able to get some quality pictures of the Buchanan courtyards. We were given a document by Dean when we met on Friday, and inside the document there was a computerized picture of the site. Keep in mind, the document he gave us […]
Posted in Uncategorized on Jan 25th, 2012 No Comments »
Last Friday (the 13th of January), we met up with our client, Dean Gregory. Dean is the landscape architect for UBC. We quickly introduced ourselves, and then Dean gave us a pleasant tour of the new and improved courtyards at Buchanan. Despite the torrential, we really enjoyed the tour. Dean seemed extremely excited to have us […]
Posted in Uncategorized on Jan 20th, 2012 No Comments »
Please feel free to contact us with any questions or concerns you may have. Head on over to the “Contact Us” page to find a list of our group members with their corresponding email addresses.
Posted in Uncategorized on Jan 20th, 2012 2 Comments »
Our team is extremely excited to get started on this community service project! Head over to the “About Us” page if you want to get to know a few fun facts about our team! Later today, we will be visiting the work site at Buchanan Courtyards. Stay tuned for updates on our first impressions of […]