Official Community Plan for Electoral Area ‘E’

Columbia Shuswap Regional District, BC


CBA is preparing an OCP, with extensive public consultation, for this diverse rural area where some of the key issues include: how to increase density, provision of affordable housing, protecting lake water quality, and avoiding hazards.
 

Maple Ridge and Pitt Meadows Parks, Recreation and Culture Master Plan

Maple Ridge and Pitt Meadows, BC


CBA is the prime consultant on this comprehensive plan for parks, recreation and culture services in these two municipalities for the next 10 years.
 

Community Centre

Fort Saint James, BC


This project involves preparation of a landscape plan for the upgrading and expansion of this community centre. The focus is on providing outdoor gathering spaces to complement the indoor uses.
 

Splatsin First Nation Comprehensive Community Plan

Enderby, BC


CBA is assisting the Splatsin in the first phases of community planning, including community consultation and preparation of a GIS database.
 

City of North Vancouver Parks Master Plan

City of North Vancouver, BC


The City of North Vancouver has conducted public surveys and prepared a Background Document. CBA is compiling and analyzing the information, conducting stakeholder and public workshops, and preparing a comprehensive Parks Master Plan.
 

City of Salmon Arm Official Community Plan

City of Salmon Arm, BC


This contract involves preparation of a new OCP, with a full consultation program and a Web survey. The OCP will update the previous plan, and address new trends and challenges in the City.
 

Polson Park Master Plan and Phase 1 Plan

Vernon, BC


This project involves preparation of a plan for Polson Park, Vernon’s popular, attractive, well-used park that has never had a Master Plan. During the process, the work was expanded to include some site planning and detailed design to take advantage of available funding. 
 

Parksville Family Place

Parksville, BC


This project involves site planning and landscape design for a new LEED-standard family service facility. CBA is working to fit the proposed program onto a complex existing site while protecting key features and providing social gathering areas.
 

Roberts and Sturgeon Banks Reach Overview, Phase 2

Delta/Richmond, BC


The purpose of this project is to prepare management strategies for Roberts and Sturgeon Banks that consider habitat values and changing conditions, and to compile the strategies into a planning and decision-making tool that integrates foreshore and upland activities.
 

Clearwater Legacy Park

Calgary, BC


Clearwater Legacy Park is Calgary within the floodplain of the Elbow River. This project will prepare a plan for the park that is based on the outstanding recreation, environmental education, and greenways opportunities.
 

Windsor Secondary School Artificial Turf Field Site Design

North Vancouver, BC


CBA was involved in site analysis and investigation of different field/track design options for an artificial turf field at this school. Our current project is detailed design of site improvements and landscape associated with the new field. 
 

District of Maple Ridge Environmental Management Strategy

Maple Ridge, BC


This project involves the preparation of a strategic environmental management plan and implementation framework that will provide the District of Maple Ridge with the tools to enable it to be at the forefront in advancing sustainable development in the region.

 

Swalwell Park Trail System and Water Park Design

District of Lake Country, BC


This project follows up on two previous CBA Master Plan projects, involving a detailed plan for a Town Centre trail system and the design of a water park within Swalwell Park.
 

Green Lake Area Official Community Plan

Thomson-Nicola Regional District and Cariboo Regional Districts, B.C.


CBA is preparing an OCP for a rural area that includes Green Lake, Watch Lake and 70 Mile House. A highly motivated public, 2 regional districts and the Province are all contributing to the preparation of a plan that will focus on how to regulate growth while protecting the values in the area.
 

City of Victoria Parks Master Plan

Victoria, B.C.


The City of Victoria has conducted extensive public consultation and surveys related to their first Parks Master Plan. CBA is compiling and analyzing the information, and consolidating it into a clear Master Plan setting direction for parks until 2020.
 

West Howe Sound OCP Input

Langdale, B.C.


CBA is preparing conceptual community plans for YMCA endowment lands in this area, as input to the Sunshine Coast Regional District’s OCP. The goals include Smart Growth, complete community, and sustainability principles.

 

Lake Windermere Management Plan

Regional District of East Kootenay, B.C.


This lake near Invermere has been the subject of an intensive water quality study. CBA is preparing a Management Plan in consultation with the community.

 

Spiller Road / Reservoir Road Area, Neighbourhood Concept Plan

Penticton, BC


CBA is conducting a Visual Impact Assessment on a proposed development within Penticton's Northeast Sector Plan. A 3D model of the city has been prepared to help assess potential views, avoid views of the adjacent landfill, and evaluate visual impacts from key Penticton sites.
 

Rockchild Landing

Central Okanagan, BC


CBA is conducting a Visual Impact Assessment on this proposed development. A 3D model has been prepared to help assess the proposed design and impacts on views, including visualizations 1 year, 5 years and 20 years after construction.
 

Teskey Pond

Chilliwack, BC


CBA is providing landscape architecture services for this stormwater management pond, participating in pond layout and planting to enhance its contribution to the neighbourhood.
 

Hillel House

UBC


CBA is providing landscape architecture services for this important new building on UBC’s Point Grey campus. The landscape concept involves the use of plants that might be found in Israel.
 

Nelson Creek Integrated Watershed Management Plan

Coquitlam, BC


This project involves developing an integrated watershed management plan for a mostly urbanized watershed in Coquitlam. CBA is a subconsultant responsible for the land use planning component.

 

Treaty Negotiation Support

Integrated Land Management Bureau (ILMB), MAL, Victoria, BC


CBA conducts GIS mapping to support ILMB and the Ministry of Aboriginal Relations and Reconciliation in helping them resolve land claim settlements, through treaties and other negotiated agreements.
 

Sea to Sky Design-Build-Finance-Operate (DBFO)

West Vancouver to Whistler, BC


CBA is responsible for landscape architecture services for the entire Sea to Sky Corridor Highway improvement project.
 
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