For over 20 years the Victoria Real Estate Board Commercial Division’s Annual Commercial Building Awards competition has been dedicated to the advancement of excellence in commercial property development throughout the Greater Victoria area. The awards recognize developers, architects, designers, builders, owners and financiers for enhancing commercial real estate stock, for […]

Changes to Canada’s national building code could prove promising for an ailing forestry industry. Starting in 2020, the national building code of Canada will allow for mass timber buildings to be constructed across the country. Currently, buildings made of wood are only allowed to stand six storeys high. After the […]

A groundbreaking was held on Wednesday, Oct. 23  for a first-of-its-kind, 12-storey tall wooden mixed-use building in Langford. READ THE FULL ARTICLE

For us the name Terminus was inspired by the idea of crossroads and junctions, a place where the stories of people, businesses, and ideas begin. It’s a place that’s close to home. While travelling in Europe our Design Build Services family found rail terminals that connected cities, towns, and even […]

Trees are some of our best allies in solving the climate crisis. “One study conducted by researchers in British Columbia found that building a five-story office building with wood had less than a third of the global warming impact when compared with a steel and concrete building of the same size.” READ THE FULL ARTICLE

While concrete has been an essential building material now for decades, new timber technologies are beginning to provide superior opportunities with materials like Cross-Laminated Timber. READ THE FULL ARTICLE