Creating an Underground Research Facility to Explore the Universe

Name: Creating an Underground Research Facility to Explore the Universe
Start: 2026-03-11T18:00:00-07:00
End: 2026-03-11T20:00:00-07:00
Location: Fort Tectoria

Schedule

Wed Mar 11 2026 at 06:00 pm to 08:00 pm

UTC-07:00

Location

Fort Tectoria | Victoria, BC

We will walk through SNOLAB is Canada’s deep underground research laboratory, located in Vale’s Creighton mine near Sudbury
About this Event

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Darryl K. Boyce, P.Eng., Fellow/Life Member ASHRAE, was the ASHRAE President for the 2019-2020 term. Boyce has previously served on the board of directors as treasurer, vice president, Director and Regional Chair Region 2 and director-at-large.

Boyce is retired and was previously special advisor to the vice-president (Finance and Administration) – and the assistant vice president of facilities management and planning – at Carleton University in Ottawa, Ontario

Throughout his time spent with ASHRAE and in the HVAC industry, Boyce has worked on various projects to increase energy efficiency. His most recent projects include the SNOLAB project in Sudbury, Ontario, where he is responsible for the design and construction of a world class research facility for underground science.

Boyce is a 1982 graduate of the University of Alberta with a Bachelor of Science in Engineering and earned his Engineering Diploma from the British Columbia Institute of Technology in 1973.

Topic

Creating an Underground Research Facility to Explore the Universe

The presentation will review the research requirements and describe how these were translated into the design scope for the facility to be located 6,800 feet below ground level. We will walk through the construction challenges and review the strategies to keep this specialized facility on budget in a challenging underground construction environment. Designing for commissioning and operation will be discussed as well as the commissioning requirements.

Sudbury Neutrino Observatory Laboratory (SNOLAB), a world-class underground research facility located 2 kilometers deep in the Vale Creighton mine near Sudbury, Ontario, Canada, specializing in astroparticle physics, dark matter, and other deep underground science SNOLAB is Canada’s deep underground research laboratory, located in Vale’s Creighton mine near Sudbury, Ontario Canada.