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UBC Alumni Centre

UBC Alumni Centre
Location: University of British Columbia, Vancouver
Client: UBC Properties Trust
Architect: Kuwabara Payne McKenna Blumberg Architects & Hughes Condon Marler Architects
Status: Pre-Construction

UBC Centre for Comparative Medicine

UBC Centre for Comparative Medicine
Location: University of British Columbia, Vancouver
Client: UBC Properties Trust
Architects: Dialog & Public Architecture
Status: Completed Fall 2011

This 60,000 square foot high tech research and laboratory facility located at South Campus was completed in Fall 2011. The single storey structure consists mainly of concrete, masonry block, and steel with curtain wall glazing. This project consisted of extensive and complex mechanical and electrical systems to support the medical lab components and equipment required. Services Provided: pre-construction, tendering, equipment procurement, complete construction administration and on-site management.

Main Mall Public Realm

Main Mall Public Realm
Location: University of British Columbia, Vancouver
Client: UBC Properties Trust
Landscape Architect: Phillips Farevaag Smallenberg
Status: Completed October 2011

Phase 1 of this project, an extensive repaving and landscape renewal for the main campus boulevard, stretches the length of the UBC Campus academic district and was completed in the summer of 2011. The challenging 136,000 square foot site is in the heart of the new pedestrian-oriented campus core, with civil, paving, and landscaping upgrades accomplished while maintaining continuous public access to all surrounding buildings and on-going events. The project included utility upgrades and complete demolition and re-grading of the entire site and building entries. Syncra continues to provide pre-construction consultation with the design team and the University Campus Planning Deptartment. The subsequent phases of the project are scheduled be completed in the Fall of 2012.

UBC Chem Bio Building 2nd Floor Addition

UBC Chem Bio
Location: University of British Columbia, Vancouver
Client: UBC Properties Trust
Architect: Bunting Coady Architects
Status: Completed April 2009

8,500 sf addition of top floor to existing institutional research building including the construction of a new lab and office research space, new steel roof structure, glass skylights, and curtain wall.

UBC Learners' Walk

UBC Learners' Walk
Location: University of British Columbia, Vancouver
Client: UBC Properties Trust
Landscape Architect: Perry + Associates
Status: Completed September 2009

700 foot long pedestrian walkway plaza fronting UBC's main library, the Irving K Barber Learning Centre. The project consisted of demolition, civil work, street lighting, decorative concrete pavers, granite stonework and paving, landscaping, and custom benches and desks designed with concrete and wood.

Thank you to our client, the consultant team, and our sub-trades for a job well done. View project promo.

UBC Koerner University Centre Lower Level Classrooms

UBC Koerner University Centre
Location: University of British Columbia, Vancouver
Client: UBC Properties Trust
Architect: B. Gordon Hlynski Architect Inc.
Status: Completed September 2008

16,000 sf construction of 12 new classroom spaces, meetings area, and washrooms within the University Faculty Club building. Exterior glass, steel canopy, and landscaping added to existing courtyard garden space.