Special Feature
VRCA Awards of Excellence
Below are articles from the latest VRCA Awards of Excellence Special Feature, published October 28, 2019 by the Journal of Commerce.
Click here to download the October 28, 2019 VRCA Awards of Excellence Special Feature PDF.
Feature Articles - VRCA Awards of Excellence

Smith Bros. & Wilson leads TransLink’s $81M SkyTrain station upgrade
TransLink’s Commercial Drive-Broadway SkyTrain station is a merging point for tw...
Projects

West Village District Energy Centre & Park an award winning build
Two award-winning construction firms are helping the city of Surrey take a signi...
Projects

SFU Sustainable Energy Engineering Building receives seven VRCA Awards of Excellence
Seven contractors have won 2019 Silver Awards of Excellence from the Vancouver R...
Projects

569 Great Northern Way is the road to VRCA honours for two contractors
Two contractors have won 2019 Silver Awards of Excellence from the Vancouver Reg...
Projects

VRCA winners tie-down 10-Mile Slide’s moving earth
The 10-Mile Slide area is considered one of the most complex pieces of geography...
Projects

Three contractors receive VRCA excellence awards for Aldergrove community centre
Three contractors have won 2019 Silver Awards of Excellence from the Vancouver R...
Projects

Salton Road bridge a testament to industry’s precision
If there is a structure that demonstrates the exacting preciseness that B.C.’s c...
Infrastructure , Projects

Contractors rise up for Silver on Vancouver Library Rooftop Garden
Three contractors have won 2019 Silver Awards of Excellence from the Vancouver R...
Infrastructure , Projects
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