Case Study: McMurray Métis Cultural Centre
With a mass timber structure, carbon-sequestering concrete, and photovoltaic cladding, the McMurray Métis Cultural Centre in Fort McMurray, Alberta, is...
With a mass timber structure, carbon-sequestering concrete, and photovoltaic cladding, the McMurray Métis Cultural Centre in Fort McMurray, Alberta, is...
In the summer of 2022, UBC’s Music Building underwent extensive renovations to the first, second, and fourth floors to meet...
Near the shores of Jansen Lake, in a rural area 140 kilometres east of Saskatoon, a colossal underground potash mine...
Opened in 2001, the North Fraser Pretrial Centre is a maximum security facility with a “podular” layout: Each pod has...
To support operations in the Kitikmeot region of Nunavut, a group of mining companies proposed a port development for Bathurst...
When the Jim Pattison Outpatient Care and Surgery Centre opened in Surrey, BC, in June 2011, it was the first...
[vc_row css_animation="" row_type="row" use_row_as_full_screen_section="no" type="full_width" angled_section="no" text_align="left" background_image_as_pattern="without_pattern"][vc_column][vc_column_text]Crossing the Fraser River in the shadows of its namesake mountains, the Golden...
Behind its circuit board–inspired facade, the Sustainable Energy Engineering Building (SE3P) at the Surrey campus of Simon Fraser University (SFU)...
In downtown Vancouver, on the top two floors of 725 Granville Street, lives the Microsoft Canada Excellence Centre (MCEC). With...
The heart of UBC’s district energy system, the Campus Energy Centre (CEC) features three 15 megawatt natural gas–fired high-efficiency boilers,...
Above rugged, mountainous terrain just outside of Tumbler Ridge, BC, the blades of 61 General Electric turbines spin wind into...
Outside Salmon Arm, BC, trains travelling west on the Canadian Pacific Railway ascend Notch Hill, a 1 degree incline with...
The 81-year-old Pattullo Bridge is one of Greater Vancouver’s major arterial crossings. Every day, this through-arch bridge carries tens of...
The Joseph & Rosalie Segal & Family Health Centre (JRSFHC) provides short-term acute care to people with mental health or...
Opened in June 2019, the West Village District Energy Centre is the first of three district energy centres planned for...
Located along a busy road and SkyTrain corridor in downtown Vancouver, Crosstown Elementary is a unique school, designed to suit...
When students walk into Kitsilano Secondary School, they pass the original 90-year-old facade, preserved and seismically upgraded as part of...
Managed by the Vancouver Fraser Port Authority, the Port of Vancouver comprises over 350 kilometers of shoreline, 1,000 hectares of...
Opened in 1987 on the historic Dominion Bridge property, Bridge Studios features 12 sound stages, and has hosted thousands of...
One of the largest multi-venue arts centres in Canada, Arts Commons spans a city block, including two heritage buildings, in...
A port can be a noisy place: Ships come and go. Terminals bustle with activity. Trains and trucks arrive and...
Located on the shared traditional territories of the Squamish and Lil’wat Nations in Whistler’s Upper Village, the Squamish Lil’wat Cultural...
Bringing together sustainability and style, 980 Howe is an office tower for the modern worker. The 16-storey building, located in...
Opened in October 2017, the Teck Acute Care Centre at BC Children’s Hospital and BC Women’s Hospital is a state-of-the-art...
The BCIT Aerospace Technology Campus brings together spaces for study, research, lectures, and practical hands-on learning with the latest aviation...
While developing a new hydrogen fuel cell module, Ballard Power asked BKL to assess the module’s noise levels and consult...
Home to over 120,000 residents and counting, Kelowna is the largest city in BC’s Interior. Until 2017, it was served...
Located directly beneath the flight path of aircraft using YVR’s south runway, the 120-unit Aberdeen Residence lies in the City...
Stretching from Coquitlam to Burnaby, the Evergreen Line opened in December 2016. It’s the latest extension to Metro Vancouver’s SkyTrain...
Buhler Hall is a 470-seat multi-purpose performance space on the campus of the Mennonite Collegiate Institute (MCI), a private boarding...
To meet the latest drinking water quality standards—and the needs of a fast-growing population—Metro Vancouver needed to improve how it...
Replacing an aging 1950s-built facility, the new two-storey Haida Gwaii Hospital and Health Centre — Xaayda Gwaay Ngaaysdll Naay features...
When fire struck Southern Okanagan Secondary School in Oliver, BC, in September 2011, much of the school’s newly renovated spaces were...
With 10,000 square feet of green rooftop, a state-of-the-art district energy system, and a glass pavilion that catches eyes and...
Laid among desert hills in Osoyoos, BC, the Nk’Mip Desert Cultural Centre realizes the Osoyoos Indian Band’s desire to build...
With the goal of swapping diesel-powered buses for more efficient vehicles that run on compressed natural gas (CNG), TransLink and...
To help renew interest in VanDusen Botanical Garden, which first opened in 1975, and complement the site’s existing Garden Pavilion...
Located at the Burnaby campus of Simon Fraser University (SFU), the Technology and Science Complex 2 (TASC2) was built to...
The Beaty Biodiversity Centre and Museum opened in 2010, combining the research space and laboratories of the existing Biodiversity Research...
In 2006, to replace an existing, almost 40-year-old water main, Metro Vancouver broke ground on a brand-new tunnel to move...
An expansion of the existing Guildford Recreation Centre in Surrey, BC, the Guildford Aquatic Centre includes a 30,000 square-foot natatorium,...
With 29 major terminals and a network of transportation corridors, the Port of Vancouver, managed by the Vancouver Fraser Port...
In 2013, BKL was asked to consult on the acoustic design of the Pacific Autism Family Centre, a facility that...
[vc_row][vc_column width="1/1"][vc_column_text]Vancouver’s Northeast False Creek neighbourhood is a unique area of the city, with more than 7,000 residents living near...
[vc_row][vc_column width="1/2"][vc_column_text]Operated by RainCity Housing, the 3030 Gordon Project is a shelter and transitional housing facility serving the cities of...
[vc_row][vc_column width="1/1"][vc_column_text]Highway 1 in Metro Vancouver is BC’s busiest transportation corridor. The $3.3 billion Port Mann / Highway 1 Project...
[vc_row][vc_column width="1/1"][vc_empty_space height="32px" image_repeat="no-repeat"][vc_column_text] How do you silence a sewage-pumping station in a growing urban neighborhood? Just ask BKL. Take the Royal...
[vc_row][vc_column width="1/1"][vc_empty_space height="32px" image_repeat="no-repeat"][vc_column_text]Providing advice and testing on all acoustics-related requirements, BKL joined the Green Timbers Accommodation Partners team for the...
[vc_row row_type="row" use_row_as_full_screen_section="no" type="full_width" parallax_content_width="in_grid" angled_section="no" angled_section_position="both" angled_section_direction="from_left_to_right" text_align="left" background_image_as_pattern="without_pattern"][vc_column width="1/1"][vc_empty_space height="32px" image_repeat="no-repeat"][vc_column_text]The Canadian Forces Base at Goose Bay, Newfoundland,...
[vc_row][vc_column width="1/1"][vc_empty_space height="32px" image_repeat="no-repeat"][vc_column_text]In 2006, CBC broke ground on an expansion to its downtown Vancouver broadcast centre. The building had...
[vc_row row_type="row" use_row_as_full_screen_section="no" type="full_width" parallax_content_width="in_grid" angled_section="no" angled_section_position="both" angled_section_direction="from_left_to_right" text_align="left" background_image_as_pattern="without_pattern"][vc_column width="1/1"][vc_empty_space height="32px" image_repeat="no-repeat"][vc_column_text]BKL was retained by West Coast Manly Shipyard...
[vc_row][vc_column width="1/1"][vc_empty_space height="32px" image_repeat="no-repeat"][blockquote text="Normal conversations can be held on the bridge or in the expansive training room while the...
[vc_row][vc_column width="1/1"][vc_empty_space height="32px" image_repeat="no-repeat"][vc_column_text]Not all musical acoustics projects are big-budget concert venues, or for that matter even indoors. One of...
[vc_row][vc_column width="1/1"][vc_empty_space height="32px" image_repeat="no-repeat"][vc_column_text]BKL was engaged by the Township of Langley, BC, to assess whether noise from a large warehouse...
[vc_row][vc_column width="1/1"][vc_empty_space height="32px" image_repeat="no-repeat"][vc_column_text] The Problem In 1998, the Greater Vancouver Regional District (GVRD) commenced planning for a $115-million construction project to...
[vc_row][vc_column width="1/1"][vc_empty_space height="32px" image_repeat="no-repeat"][blockquote text="At its heart, engineering is about using science to find creative, practical solutions. It is a...
[vc_row][vc_column][vc_empty_space height="32px" image_repeat="no-repeat"][vc_column_text]We had a rare opportunity to provide the acoustical design for an entire new University campus at UNBC...
[vc_row][vc_column width="1/1"][vc_empty_space height="32px" image_repeat="no-repeat"][vc_column_text]At the close of The Who’s October 16, 1996, Quadrophenia concert, Roger Daltrey left the stage with...
[vc_row][vc_column width="1/1"][vc_empty_space height="32px" image_repeat="no-repeat"][vc_column_text][/vc_column_text][vc_empty_space height="32px" image_repeat="no-repeat"][vc_column_text]BKL was engaged by the Vancouver Convention Centre Expansion Project (VCCEP) to perform underwater measurements...
We performed noise predictions as part of the project’s BC and federal environmental assessments, modelling hundreds of construction and operations...