Fast + Epp Frankfurt Awarded its First German University Project 

Our Frankfurt office is pleased to announce its collaboration on a three-storey university building in Krefeld, Germany with Cologne-based firm bk2a architektur.

The 6,000 sq. m. Hochschule Niederrhein is Fast + Epp GmbH's first project in the German public sector. The sustainable building is expected to house the School of Industrial Engineering and Management, as well as the new centre for energy efficiency.

Fast + Epp engineers will work closely with bk2a architects to explore new ways to combine concrete and wood materials - a rarity in German public architecture - all the while continuing to develop our strengths in prefabrication and the holistic integration of mechanical ducts and electrical conduits into overall design.

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Renderings courtesy of bk2a architektur

Oval Wins Highest International Award for Sports Architecture

 

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The Richmond Olympic Oval took home gold at the International Association for Sports and Leisure Facilities Awards in Cologne, Germany.

 

Distinguished with the IOC/IAKS Gold Medal Award at a ceremony on October 26, the Olympic speed skating facility also received the IPC/IAKS distinction, the highest international award for sports architecture.

 

Fast + Epp congratulates collaborating architects Cannon Design for this outstanding achievement.

New Visitors' Centre Unveiled at VanDusen Gardens 

Fast + Epp engineers celebrated the public opening of the new visitors’ centre at VanDusen Botanical Gardens on October 23, the culmination of four years of work with Vancouver-based architects, Perkins + Will Canada.

A testament to green design and construction, this orchid-inspired administration and education building targets LEED Platinum and Living Building Project status. The signature free-form wood roof covers an exhibition space, lecture rooms, a café and a central atrium, all to be enjoyed by both locals and tourists.

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Arena Stage Honoured  with 2011 NCSEA Award 

 

The National Council of Structural Engineers Associations recognized Fast + Epp’s work on Arena Stage at the Mead Center for American Theater at its annual awards ceremony on October 22 in Oklahoma City.


A collaborative endeavor with Bing Thom Architects, the performing arts center in Washington, DC took home the 2011 Excellence in Structural Engineering Award in the New Buildings over $100 Million category.

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Fast + Epp Presentations Fall-Winter 2011:
Date Speaker Topic Organization Location
September 8 Ian Boyle TBA BC Wood Global Buyers Mission Whistler, BC
October 13
 		 Paul Fast
 		 Between Thrills and Sleepless Nights:
Designing Unusual Structures		 Ryerson University
Department of Architectural Science 		 Toronto,
Ontario 
October 19 Duane Palibroda Sustainable Structures Alberta Wood Solutions Fair Edmonton, AB
November 8 Duane Palibroda Sustainable Structures UBC Sustainable Building Science Program Vancouver, BC

Projects Shortlisted for Upcoming IStructE Awards:

Two Fast + Epp projects have been shortlisted for the 2011 Institution of Structural Engineers' Awards in London, England.

Arena Stage, a Washington, D.C. performing arts theatre complex designed by Bing Thom Architects, and the Bridge of Dreams, a wood pedestrian footbridge built on historic railway piles in Princeton, B.C., will be competing against projects from around the world for the most prestigious international award in structural engineering.

Awards will be announced at a ceremony in London on November 18, 2011.		      BridgeofDreams

Year of Science Feature:

Nick de Ridder, one of Fast + Epp's young engineers, was recently interviewed as part of the Year of Science program. Recent projects that Nick has been involved in include the Slave Lake Hub, Lower Post Centre, and the Centre for Interactive Research on Sustainability at the University of British Columbia, featured. Watch the video below:

 

 

 

Fast + Epp Presentations Spring-Summer 2011:

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Date Speaker Topic Organization Location
February 16 Duane Palibroda Sustainable Structures SEABC Vancouver, BC, Canada
March 1
 		 Paul Fast
 		 iStructWood:
"This changes everything. Again."		 Ecobuild
 		 London, England, UK
 
March 3 Paul Fast Richmond Olympic Oval Roof schneider+schumacher Frankfurt, Germany
March 22 Duane Palibroda Sustainable Structures
With or Without Leed		 British Columbia
Institute of Technology		 Vancouver, BC, Canada
April 7
 		 Ian Boyle
 		 Hybrid Wood-Steel Design
 		 British Columbia
Institute of Technology		 Vancouver, BC, Canada
 
April 14
 		 Paul Fast
 		 Court in Session: CLT vs.
 Contemporary Solid Wood Alternatives		 Wood Solutions Fair
 		 Vancouver, BC, Canada
 
April 22 Paul Fast Richmond Olympic Oval Roof Montreal Structural Engineers Montreal, QC, Canada
May 9
 		 Paul Fast
 		 Between Thrills & Sleepless Nights:
Designing Unusual Structures		 Universidad Nationale de Asunción
Asociación Paraguaya de Arquitectos 		 Asunción, Paraguay
 

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