Life Sciences Buildings Win Construction Awards
| The BC Cancer Research Centre captured two awards at the Vancouver Regional Construction Association's 17th Annual awards of excellence. Ledcor Construction Ltd. was awarded Gold for General Contractor over $40 million award. Bridge Electrical Corp. also won an award for its work on the project. |
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| Contractor PCL Constructors Westcoast Inc. won Gold in the General contractor: $10 - $40 million category for its work on the Michael Smith Laboratories building. |
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| Several contractors involved in the building of the UBC Life Sciences Building were also awarded Silver awards. |
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Business in Vancouver's Influential Women in Business Awards - Nomination Deadline: November 30, 2005
If you know a BC business woman who embodies the qualities of an influential woman in business, please nominate her for Business in Vancouver's 7th Annual Influential Women in Business Awards. This event and accompanying supplement in February allows us to spotlight some amazing women and showcase their business achievements. Each success story serves to raise the profile of business women in British Columbia. Five women will be selected from nominations received.
For more information and nomination forms, visst http://www.biv.com/iwib/index.asp
Manning Awards Salute Canadian Innovation - Nomination Deadline is December 1, 2005
Bright ideas make money, and if you have one that has been developed and marketed in Canada, then the Ernest C. Manning Awards Foundation wants to hear about it.
Since 1982, the Manning Innovation Awards have been recognizing flashes of brilliance (the artificial knee, the flat electrical plug, the V chip) with honours ranging from the $10,000 Innovation Award to the $100,000 Principal Award.
So, regardless of how big or small your developed innovations are, we encourage you to submit them. And who knows, you may have to invent new ways to spend $100,000.
For more information and nomination information, visit www.manningawards.ca |