ARCHADIA
landscape architecture ltd.


Consulting in Landscape Architecture & Land Planning





Archadia Landscape Architecture Ltd. is landscape architecture and land planning firm based in Nanaimo, B.C.  Archadia has been created with the objective of bringing the skills of landscape architecture and land planning to serve clients throughout the Vancouver Island and south coastal British Columbia region.

Brenda Grice, B.L.A., landscape architect and principal of Archadia, has been practicing in Vancouver, Victoria and Nanaimo over the last 19 years, working at project design, community planning and regional scales. Brenda has extensive experience on the B.C. West Coast and has provided consulting services during the last several years for a broad range of government and private sector clients, and consulted in a variety of capacities for many communities in the region.

The firm utilizes the latest in computer technology, with a continuing emphasis on high quality service and friendly professionalism. Additional technical support for the Nanaimo office includes highly skilled, local consultants which are available on a project by project basis as necessary.
 

Consulting services offered by Archadia encompass a complete range in landscape architecture, including: 
  • community and land use planning
  • environmental and resource planning
  • visual resource analysis
  • campus planning
  • open space planning
  • master planning
  • site planning
  • parks planning 
  • urban design 
  • landscape design
  • heritage landscape consulting
  • site working drawings
  • site specifications
  • contract administration
  • field reviews
  • desktop publishing
  • digital terrain modeling
  • AutoCad, LandCadd drafting applications

CLIENTELE

Over the years of practice from 1980 to present, a wide range of corporate, government and individual clients have been served, through current and predecessor companies. In many cases, several projects have been completed for the same client.

The diversity of experience is indicated in the following representative client list: 

Local Government

  • City of Courtenay
  • City of Nanaimo
  • City of Parksville
  • City of Victoria
  • District of Burnaby
  • District of Coquitlam
  • District of Saanich
  • District of Powell River
  • Regional District of Nanaimo
  • Town of Qualicum Beach
  • Town of Sidney
  • Town of View Royal

Institutional Clients

  • B.C. Buildings Corporation
  • Community Futures Dev. Corp of Central Island
  • Ministry of Environment, Lands and Parks
  • Ministry of Transportation and Highways 
  • Nanaimo Harbour Commission
  • Nanaimo Regional General Hospital
  • Parks Canada
  • Province of British Columbia
  • Provincial Capital Commission
  • Transport Canada
  • Workers' Compensation Board of B.C.

Corporate Clients

  • Centra Gas
  • Great West Life Assurance Company
  • Gulf Canada Resources Ltd.
  • Imperial Oil Ltd.
  • Manufacturer's Life Insurance Company
  • Mid-Island Consumer Services Co-operative
  • Nanaimo District Savings Credit Union
  • Pacific Beach Investments Ltd.
  • Petro Canada Products
  • Shell Canada

Developers

  • Balaclava Investments Ltd.
  • Big Sky Golf Ltd.
  • Bosa Group of Companies
  • Broadmead Farms Ltd.
  • Denford Construction Management Ltd.
  • Departure Bay Investments Ltd.
  • Lanch Holdings Ltd.
  • The Meadows Development Corporation

Highway Engineering Consultants

  • UMA Engineering
  • Graeme & Murray Consultants Ltd.
  • N. D. Lea & Associates
  • Crippen Consultants
  • WCT/Delcan 
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    Date of Last Update: December 18, 2000
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