Media Advisory/Invitation - Ritchie Bros. Auctioneers to host Grand Opening
celebration at new Burnaby headquarters
New 160,000+ square foot building home to 300+ employees, corporate child-care centre, fitness facility and café
BURNABY, BC,
"Ritchie Bros. Auctioneers has grown steadily for more than fifty years, conducting unreserved industrial auctions in B.C. and all around the world" said
The new state of the art 15,200+-square-meter (164,000-ft(2)) office has a wealth of work-life features, including a cafeteria, workout facility and a new corporate child-care center. Currently housing 300+ employees, the Ritchie Bros. headquarters was designed with environmental building practices in mind. As such, Ritchie Bros. hopes the building will achieve LEED Gold certification status from the Canadian Green Building Council-it will be the first LEED Gold building in Burnaby.
KEY FACTS: - Child-care centre - 465 m(2) (5,000 ft(2)) - licensed to care for a maximum of 45 infants, toddlers, preschoolers and a limited number of school age children. For now, the centre is available only to staff members' children, but there are plans in place to open a few spaces to specific corporate partners at some point in the future. Ritchie Bros. currently subsidizes the child-care fees for its employees at this facility. - Café - 325 m(2) (3,500 ft(2)) - catered by Corporate Classics Caterers, the café provides healthy choices for staff at relatively low prices. Other than a few "grab and go items," the menu changes daily to appeal to a variety of tastes. - Workout facility - 275 m(2) (3,000 ft(2)) - contains modern, high quality equipment including 3 treadmills, 3 elliptical machines, 4 stationary bikes, 1 stair climber, 1 rowing machine, 2 total gyms as well as benches with free weights. It is available for staff to use 24 hours a day, seven days a week.
The private Grand Opening celebration (including entertainment, food and beverages) starts at
About Ritchie Bros.
Established in 1958 in Kelowna, B.C., Ritchie Bros. Auctioneers (NYSE andTSX: RBA) is the world's largest industrial auctioneer, selling more equipment to on-site and online bidders than any other company in the world. The Company has over 110 locations in more than 25 countries, including 39 auction sites worldwide. Ritchie Bros. sells, through unreserved public auctions, a broad range of used and unused industrial assets, including equipment, trucks and other assets utilized in the construction, transportation, agricultural, material handling, mining, forestry, petroleum and marine industries. The Company maintains a web site at www.rbauction.com and sponsors an equipment wiki at www.RitchieWiki.com.
ATTENTION MEDIA - You are invited to this private event. Please contact Kim if you plan on attending for a reserved parking space close to the building:
Directions:
From downtown Vancouver: head south over either the Granville, Burrard or Cambie Street bridge, turn left on West Broadway and head east, turn right at Kingsway, turn right at Boundary Road, turn left at
From Hwy 1 and points east: start westbound on Highway 1, take exit 40A to merge onto Brunette Avenue (west) toward New Westminster, take a slight left at Columbia Street East, Continue on Stewardson Way, Continue on
For further information: Kim Schulz, Manager, Corporate Communications, Ritchie Bros. Auctioneers, Tel: (788) 331-5442 or cel: (604) 788-5379 or email: [email protected]
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