Fast + Epp Presentations Fall-Winter 2010:

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Date Speaker Topic Organization Location
September 8 Gerald Epp Timber as Architectural Structure     Chicago Wood Solutions Fair 2010 Chicago, IL, USA
October 6 Duane Palibroda     Hybrid Structures Calgary Wood Solutions Fair 2010 Calgary, AB, Canada
October
11-12, 15
       		 Paul Fast
 
 		 Innovative Timber Structures
创新性的木结构
 		 CW- Armstrong Chu,
Hebei Provincial Ministry of Housing,
Greenland & Tonji Designers		 Beijing, Shijiazhuang,
& Shanghai, China
 
November 3
 		 Paul Fast
 		 Unusual Hybrid Timber-Steel Structures
 		 Rostov State Architecture and
Construction Institution		 Rostov-on-Don, Russia
 
November 8    

 		 Jochen Stahl

 		 Ein Gebäude auf Reisen - surPLUS home    

 		 Dt. Architekten + Ingenieurverein /
Institut fur Bauen mit Kunststoffen    
Technical University Darmstadt		 Darmstadt, Germany

 
Fast + Epp Gets Connected:

CEI Architecture Planning Interiors featured Fast + Epp in the September 2010 issue of CEI Connected [pdf] acknowledging Fast + Epp’s 25th Anniversary.


Fast + Epp has collaborated with CEI on a number of recreational projects including the Hollyburn Country Club, Armstrong Arena, SFU Gymnasium, and the current Cloverdale Recreation Centre and Edmonds Town Centre Pool and Community Centre.


Fast + Epp feiert 25-jähriges Jubiläum:


FE-Gala-Dinner-122sFast + Epp feierten 25 Jahre erfolgreicher Zusammenarbeit mit zahlreichen Freunden und Kollegen im Rahmen der 25-jährigen Jubiläumsgala am 16. September.

 

Die Gala fand im John M.S. Lecky UBC Boathouse statt, einem Objekt, welches von Larry McFarland Architects entworfen wurde, wobei Fast + Epp für die Tragwerksplanung verantwortlich zeichnete. Es fand ein elegantes Dinner mit musikalischer Untermalung statt, gefolgt von einer Vorstellung der Gäste durch die Partner und Associates von Fast + Epp. Duane Palibroda führte als Moderator durch eine Podiumsdiskussion mit dem Architekturkritiker Trevor Boddy, Roger Woodhead von SNC-Lavalin und Larry McFarland von McFarland Marceau Architects. Reden von Peter Busby von Busby Perkins + Will und Michael Heeney von Bing Thom Architects und eine besondere Ankündigung rundeten den Abend ab.
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Wir möchten uns bei allen bedanken, die diesen Abend mit uns verbrachten, um so persönlich unseren Dank für die gute Zusammenarbeit in den letzten 25 Jahren entgegen nehmen zu können. Ein besonderer Dank gilt unseren Gästen Trevor Boddy, Peter Busby, Michael Heeney, Larry McFarland und Roger Woodhead, welche freundlicherweise das Abendprogamm mit uns gestalteten.

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Im Rahmen der Gala fand die Veröffentlichung des Buches von Fast + Epp „A Symphony of Structure: The Work of Fast + Epp“ statt, welches von Jim Taggart vom SAB Magazine herausgegeben wurde. Das Buch kann über die Website des SAB Magazine bezogen werden: http://www.sabmagazine.com/books.html

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Ebenfalls im Rahmen der Gala wurde die Eröffnung von Fast + Epp Germany offiziell bekanntgegeben. Im Herbst wird in Frankfurt eine Niederlassung unter der Leitung von Jochen Stahl eröffnet. Jochen war zuvor vier Jahre in unserem Büro in Vancouver angestellt, von wo er zurück in seine deutsche Heimat ging, um dort zu Promovieren und die Eröffnung der dortigen Niederlassung vorzubereiten. Mehr über das Büro in Frankfurt erfahren Sie demnächst hier auf dieser Seite.

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  2010 AEDC Winners Announced:

Fast + Epp congratulates this year’s winning Design Team Members Tyler Brown and Vivianne Harms (UBC Architectural Students), and Melody Tung and Winston Guo (UBC Engineering Students) on their first place SkyTrain station concept design “Grass in the Wind”.

 

Concept Design Entries and Judging Comments for the First Place, Second Place, and Honourable Mentions, can be viewed at the AEDC page. The University of British Columbia Faculty of Applied Science has also issued a release with expanded details. Special thanks to guest judge Eric Stedman.

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  Richmond Olympic Oval Recognized for Steel Excellence:

The Richmond Olympic Oval took home its ninth engineering award on June 12, 2010 from the Canadian Institute of Steel Construction's 2010 National Steel Design Awards.

The Oval received the Engineering Award of Excellence for an Outstanding Steel Structure, which primarily recognized the unique hybrid glulam-steel arches of the Oval, currently thought to be the longest spanning hybrid steel-wood arches in the world.

Fast + Epp wish to recognize steel fabricator and detailer George Third & Son for their significant contribution to the excellence in steel design of the Richmond Olympic Oval, without whom this achievement would not have been possible.		 CISCNationalICCA2010ROO

Fast + Epp Projects Making Headlines:
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February/
March 2010		 Structure


February
2010		 Acoustics Today

January
2010		 Ingenuity

Fall 2009/
Winter 2010		 Wood
Design & Building
Fall 2009/
Winter 2010		 Structure


December
2009		 Canadian
Architect

November
2009
The celebrated Richmond Olympic Oval has been making headlines at home and abroad since its completion in late 2008. Fast + Epp is proud to have been the structural engineers of the roof and facade structure of the Richmond Olympic Oval, as well as of the award-winning Kingsway Bridge, which recently made the cover of Structure magazine. EcologiK-ROO-cover Structure-Magazine-Cover-February-2010 Acoustics-Today-ROO-Cover Inegenuity-Magazine-Cover-Winter-2010 WoodDesign2010Cover Structure-Magazine-Cover-December-2009 CanadianArchitectROONov09
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IStructE Fellowship:

 

Fast + Epp Principal Paul Fast is honoured to have been appointed as a Fellow of the Institution of Structural Engineers in the UK, effective May 5th, 2010. The fellowship was conferred on May 19, 2010 during a recent trip to London where Paul spoke at a special seminar at the IStructE, as well as at the TRADA In Touch with Timber conference.

The new title of Chartered Structural Engineer, Fellow IStructE represents one of the highest honours internationally  and most senior ranking in the structural engineering profession, and is the latest installment in the growing trend of Fast + Epp involvement on an international scale. The recent trip to the UK was preceded by 2009's series of international competitions in Barcelona, London, and the States, featuring the Richmond Olympic Oval and Kingsway Pedestrian Bridge.

Architecture Meets Engineering:

 

Fast + Epp is pleased to announce that principals Paul Fast and Gerald Epp  were elected as honorary members of the Architectural Institute of British Columbia at the annual Conference and Awards Gala on Saturday, May 8th, 2010.

 

“They are far more than just architects’ handmaidens – they are true collaborators, riffing with their architectural colleagues to develop unique and elegant solutions appropriate to the challenges at hand." write Bing Thom and Michael Heeney of Bing Thom Architects. "...In many ways, the value of their collaboration is the creative energy and ideas they bring that often challenge conventional approaches. Whether it is use of architecturally expressed concrete tilt-ups, elegant and powerful cantilevers, or engineered wood columns, Fast + Epp opens up new spaces for architects to explore and push their ideas.”

 

Fast + Epp congratulates Gates Suter Architects on the Southern Gulf Islands House and Hughes Condon Marler Architects on the West Vancouver Community Centre, both of which received the Lieutenant-Governor of British Columbia Award in Architecture - Merit. Fast + Epp is proud to have collaborated as structural engineers with both architects on their award winning projects. For the full AIBC Awards News Release, please see the AIBC Conference and Awards Site.

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