Students submit designs for Alberta Centre for Environmental and Outdoor Learning (ACEOL)
Construction Specifications Canada (CSC) Calgary Chapter has for the 4th year in a row hosted its Ignite Student Design Competition. The goal of the competition is to showcase the talents of upcoming professionals and give students real-world experience in developing construction designs for real life clients with input from industry mentors. This year, students from SAIT and Mount Royal University have submitted designs for a multi-use facility to be built at the Ann & Sandy Cross Conservation Area (ASCCA), the Alberta Centre for Environmental and Outdoor Learning (ACEOL).
The Ann & Sandy Cross Conservation Area, a 4800-acre natural area located SW of Calgary, has provided a unique and challenging setting for 6 teams of post-secondary students who have submitted building designs for the competition.
Upon completion, the ACEOL will provide a venue for a variety of outdoor education programs and will be intended to be a site for environmental research as well as training and leadership development opportunities.
An Awards Gala has been postponed until further notice but tickets are still available. It will be held at The Winston Golf Club in NE Calgary. The competition’s winners, in a variety of categories, will be announced at this event. Tickets are available for purchase on Eventbrite: www.eventbrite.ca/e/4th-annual-csc-ignite-student-design-competition-awards-gala-march-19th-2020-tickets-99037781671
ASCCA CEO Greg Shyba feels that the designs generated from this competition will be valuable in determining what the new centre will look like when the ASCCA is ready to move forward with full scale design, engineering and construction.
“CSC Calgary Chapter brought together students from various programs at SAIT and MRU, assembled them into teams, presented them with a real client with a project to design, provided them with mentors from
the design and construction industry, and gave the teams 2 days to develop a comprehensive design solution that meets the client’s requirements. Once again, we are blown away by the designs our students have created over the course of an intense weekend – demonstrating what is possible when you EDUCATE, COMMUNICATE and COLLABORATE”. Kirsten Janes, CSC Calgary Chapter, Committee Chair of CSC Ignite.
“Working with students from SAIT and Mount Royal University has provided us with ideas and concepts for the new building far beyond our expectations. We will be considering them as our building plans come together and those students will have the pleasure of seeing their ideas and concepts when they visit the ASCCA well into the future” – Greg Shyba, CEO, Ann & Sandy Cross Conservation Area.
For more information, please contact Greg Shyba at (403) 931-4070 or email gshyba@crossconservation.org
