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Construction Update 2010.12.23 Seawater
And just like that, after more than four years of planning, design, redesign, work, pain and stress, a button was gently pushed with zero fanfare and we had seawater onto site - complete anticlimax....
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Construction Update 11.01.06 – Happy New Year!
Its going to be an exciting year. Everyone can see the end in sight now. Sometimes hard to believe we’re going to be functional in a couple of weeks, but Greg Herle, our unflappable Site Super...
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Construction Update 2011.01.21 – All Clean
Milestones, being met left and right last week. Most significantly we went “all clean” and started various flush outs as part of our commissioning process. This meant a large crew in over the last...
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Construction Update 2011.01.26 – First looks without scaffolding
Scaffolding off yesterday and our first full views of the building at the end of the day. Check the Flickr site for more photos.
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2011.02.28 Construction Update – Moving in
We’re busy starting to get moved in and set up. Click through for recent photos: View from SW corner Construction materials almost completely out with just a few crew making last adjustments and...
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Construction Update 2011.03.08 Thanks Everyone!
Zoom-boom we’ll miss you. This will be the last construction update for a while United Rentals came and took away the treasured zoom-boom and man-lift. I was sure these were on a lease to own… . Last...
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Congratulations to Nelson Roofing –“Roof of the Year” MetalMag Award winner
We were very excited to hear from Comox Valley based Nelson Roofing and Sheet Metal yesterday that they won “best metal roof of the year” for their work on the Station. This from the industry trade...
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2011 Year in review, a year of firsts
Wow, 2011 was a crazy busy year! We spend most of every day down in the details with what isn’t working yet, still to do and looking forward. But a quick look back is a good reminder for how far we’ve...
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Our Big Aquariums arrived today!
After months of planning, questioning, debating acrylic versus glass, design and then waiting anxiously… Our new local species display aquariums arrived today! Everyone here was like kids at...
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Construction Flashback
A quick little time lapse put together by VIU Intern Student Deshveer Goraya of the building of the Field Station. Looks so easy in retrospect…..
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