Cassandra Budd, a 4th year student in Astrophysics and Geophysics at the University of Alberta who has also been working as an intern with EBA Engineering Consultants Ltd., wrote an article for the Canadian Antarctic Research Network newsletter about her expedition.

Greenhouse gas (GHG) emissions from landfills are a growing concern. Landfills have the potential to generate significant quantities of gases, including methane. This gas requires monitoring, and can be used to generate power. To optimize monitoring and/or extraction, it is necessary to identify gas source areas and pathways.

EBA’s work on many environmental aspects of the Vancouver Convention Centre’s West building (formerly called the Vancouver Convention Centre Expansion Project) has helped the facility to achieve a worldwide first – it is now the first convention centre facility anywhere in the world to be awarded a Platinum LEED® (Leadership in Energy and Environmental Design) rating.

Last July myEBA announced that Vancouver office employee Jamie Stirling, M.Sc, P.Geo, with the V132 (Water and Marine) Group had been named to the Canadian Olympic Team and would be representing Canada as a guide for a visually impaired cross country skier and biathlete at the Paralympics in 2010. Well that time has finally arrived and the Games begin Friday, March 12 with the opening ceremonies in Vancouver at BC Place.

EBA took part in the Stoney Nakoda Nation Olympic Torch Relay Community Celebration in Morley, AB, on January 20. The celebration included a traditional pipe ceremony and a procession of traditional dancers, drummers, and flag carriers. Master of Ceremonies Peter Snow, Chief David Bearspaw, Chief Bruce Labelle, Chief Clifford Poucette, and visiting Chief YellowBird (Samson Cree Nation) gave a welcoming speech, while an elected elder along with two Stoney Nation fire keepers performed a blessing ceremony for the flame.