Canada Team

Samuel Yau

Education:

The University of Hong Kong – Professional Diploma in Construction Project Management
British Columbia Institute of Technology – Certificate of Building Engineering Technology
Executive Vice President – The Fifth Council of the Vancouver Shunde Benevolent Association and The Forth Council of the Vancouver Shunde Business Association

License and Certification:

Principal (B.C .Registered Builder)
BC Housing Registered Builder (Registry no.: 28363)
National Home Warranty Group Inc. – 2-5-10 (Registry no.: NHWB 94497)
Passive House and Net Zero homes – Certified trade contractor

Introduction:

Since 1992, Samuel has constructed numerous homes in the west and east sides of Vancouver, West Vancouver, Richmond, Burnaby, Delta, Surrey, and New Westminster.

Samuel has worked in Hong Kong, specializing in the managing and leading of corporate architectural planning and developments. Having completed many projects, he has worked with several well-known corporations such as CLP Power Hong Kong, Manulife Financial Holdings, Prudential Life Insurance, AIA Group Limited, Oracle and Sun Microsystems, Intel, MasterCard, and Swarovski Crystal. In addition, he has completed various retail and Japanese restaurant renovations. An excellent communicator, Samuel established connections with many building material manufacturers in China. He has vast knowledge of and experience in packaging and material ordering from China, including shipment management of international orders through Chinese suppliers.

Samuel established Licon Construction Ltd., accepting 4-6 new home construction projects each year. He has prior experience in constructing homes on complicated sites such as cliff sides and shore sides that are unique to the West Coast. He is also experienced in laneway house, duplex house, and town house construction. Furthermore, he is familiar with residential and commercial modification and renovations, rezoning and property development, heritage house lifting and renovation, and warehouse building.

Passive House and Net Zero homes perform at the highest levels of building efficiency measurements due to their thermal comfort and unique design details. For home building in Canada, the future is now. Samuel is a certified contractor who provides professional information to his clients.

Samuel is constantly active in local community organizations. By becoming the executive vice president of Vancouver Shunde Benevolent Association, he is able to assist new Chinese immigrants in becoming familiar with Canadian life. He is also a member of the Richmond Small Builder Ground. As a member, he promotes the influence and awareness of the Chinese construction trade in the local market. Furthermore, he represents the Chinese construction industry and expresses their views in each level of the government in order to increase the cohesion of the community.

Patrick Hua

Project Superintendent

Education:

The University of Saskatchewan, Bachelor of Science in Engineering (Civil Engineering)

License and Certification

Occupational First Aid level 1

Patrick is a passionate individual who is committed to assisting clients in building their dream home. From details to all aspects of the construction project, quality is at the top of priority of his list.

He completed his Bachelor’s degree in Civil Engineering from the University of Saskatchewan, and was the president of Chinese Students and Scholars Association during his university years. He has worked as an assistant project manager for over 3 years at an award-winning Vancouver real estate development company.

Through his experience he has gained skills to develop comprehensive, feasible, and realistic project plans with the architect to be shared with clients to meet their needs, using risk management to minimize potential risks during the construction phase to secure clients’ budgetary objectives and maintain great relationships with clients.

With a strong passion for construction, he is continuously pursuing further education and accumulate related experience to obtain his builder license.