A huge congratulations to our adventurous members of staff for completing the Men’s Health Survival of the Fittest challenge at Wembley this weekend. The weather was against them on the rainy Saturday morning but they certainly showed the dedication, determination and commitment we expected and were not deterred with what they were confronted with. Brian…
Dedication, determination and commitment are three attributes our staff apply every day. Colleagues who are gearing up to compete in London’s ultimate obstacle challenge at Wembley Stadium this Summer will need those qualities by the bucket load. Brian Goldsmith, Sophie Catchpole, Colette Connolly, Jared Gow, Andy Gordon and Ronan Pigott are preparing to take on…
Integral Group Principal Dave Ramslie has been recognized by onEarth as one of nine leaders combating global climate change starting with the places they live. Upon realization that more than half of Vancouver’s greenhouse gases were coming out of its buildings, Ramslie took initiative to spearhead the city’s Green Homes Program, which led to the…
Integral Group CEO and Founder Kevin Hydes has been elected to his second term as a board member of US Green Building Council ‘s Northern California chapter. In addition, Integral Group Managing Principal Lisa Matthiessen, an active board member for USGBC national, has been appointed to act as USGBC board secretary. Hydes commented, “As past chair…
The projects shortlisted at the CIBSE Building Performance Awards recognise the people, products and projects that demonstrate engineering excellence in the built environment. Elementa are delighted to announce that two of our projects have been selected as shortlisted finalists for these prestigious awards. The University of Nottingham Orchard Hotel has been shortlisted for the New…
The Silicon Valley Business Journal has awarded the Indio building, at 435 Indio Way in Sunnyvale, CA, the best rehab project for 2014. Integral collaborated with the developer Kevin Bates of Sharp Development, Hillhouse Construction, and RMW Architecture on the award-winning space. The design team retrofit the existing 30,000-square-foot, uninsulated office building to be a net…
The City of Vancouver Urban Design Awards took place for the first time ever on September 15, 2014 at VanDusen Botanical Garden. “Our Urban Design Award recipients are excellent examples of how innovative and imaginative design complements Vancouver’s natural beauty,” said Mayor Gregor Robertson. “Vancouver’s designers are now renowned across the globe, and their extraordinary…
CANMET Materials Technology Laboratory has been selected as a finalist of the 2014 Innovation in LEED awards program in the New Construction/Core and Shell category. The awards are put on by the Canada Green Building Council (CaGBC) Greater Toronto Chapter. The winners will be announced at the CaGBC Greater Toronto Chapter Gala, taking place on October…
Integral Group was well represented at the recent Toronto 2015 Urban Design Awards held on September 16. The awards are presented every two years to acknowledge positive contributions to Toronto’s community life by architects, landscape architects, urban designers, artists, design students and city builders. 2015 was a significant year for the Toronto Urban Design awards as…
The new Canada Post Processing Centre at Vancouver International Airport (YVR) is officially open. Located at 5940 Ferguson Road, the 700,000 sq. ft. center is Canada Post’s third major hub for distributing and processing international mail, with Toronto and Montreal filling the other two spots. On average, the new Vancouver facility processes over four million…