Gardiner Expressway structure finds new life
The dingy, shadowy spaces under the massive structure that carries heavy traffic across downtown Toronto has been earmarked for transformation in a new project announced last week. Entitled for now...
View ArticleOntario Concrete Award goes to York University engineering building
The new engineering building at York University in Toronto won the top honours for architectural merit in the Ontario Concrete Awards. The Bergeron Centre for Engineering Excellence is home to the...
View ArticleLatest green technologies show an exciting future
Presenter at Construct Canada showed developments ranging from algae-filled walls to bricks that literally "grow" The post Latest green technologies show an exciting future appeared first on Canadian...
View ArticleChilled Beam Systems
ASHRAE has issued a guide to help engineers design an energy efficient technology that can both heat and cool individual building zones. The post Chilled Beam Systems appeared first on Canadian...
View ArticleControlling Legionella
Legionella bacteria can be very persistent in building HVAC and water systems, as recent tragedies have shown. In order to avoid such problems, designers need to consider not just a system’s...
View ArticleParliamentary ‘Digs’
A heritage building at 180 Wellington Street in Ottawa has been hollowed out to provide temporary space for the federal government while the Parliament buildings across the street are being renovated....
View ArticleQuebec engineers in top ASHRAE awards
Building named after victim of Ecole Polytechnique massacre The post Quebec engineers in top ASHRAE awards appeared first on Canadian Consulting Engineer.
View ArticleASHRAE has new compliance path for energy Standard 90.1
The American Society of Heating, Refrigerating and Air-Conditioning Engineers (ASHRAE) and the Illuminating Engineering Society (IES) have a new optional third path for compliance with their energy...
View ArticleHalifax hospital building rife with problems
The Victoria Hospital in downtown Halifax has come under fire in the media, following reports that the building is in an unacceptable state. There have been calls for the large red-brick building,...
View ArticleBloor Street towers vie to be the One
Among the new crop of very tall residential towers being built outside of the core in mid-town Toronto are two on each side of Yonge Street at Bloor Street, forming a giant gateway close to the...
View ArticleCanadian Infrastructure Report Card shows need for $141-billion
With perfect timing, just as Prime Minister Justin Trudeau and his Liberal cabinet were sitting down to discuss the upcoming federal budget at St. Andrews, New Brunswick, the 2016 Canadian...
View ArticleCompany News Round-Up: HDR, Williams Engineering, RJC, AMEC, TMIC
HDR was the consulting engineer who prepared the SmartTrack Western Corridor Feasibility Review for the City of Toronto. The report was prepared in partnership with the University of Toronto and...
View ArticleASHRAE Winter Conference hears about design build, low-GWP refrigerants
The 2016 ASHRAE Winter Conference and AHR Exposition wound up on Wednesday, January 27. This is a gigantic dual event which this year was held over four days in Orlando. The trade exposition took up...
View ArticleNew Canadian Building Codes have 400 changes
All buildings will have to be designed for earthquake considerations, and cooling towers are now included in National Energy Code The post New Canadian Building Codes have 400 changes appeared first on...
View ArticleReport compares environmental impacts of structural systems in tall buildings
A two year study sponsored by ArcelorMittal has been published that compares the life cycle implications of structural systems in 60 to 120-storey buildings. The analysis looks at global warming...
View ArticleASHRAE panel concerned about electronic cigarettes
E-cigarettes, the craze that is producing “vape stores” open on main streets across North America and murky videos of “extreme vaping” on YouTube, were the topic of a session at the ASHRAE Winter...
View ArticleCarleton University building stacks mechanical-electrical systems
Construction is under way on a new Health Sciences Building at Carleton University in Ottawa. The $52-million, 120,000 sq.ft. building co-locates health science and neuroscience students with the aim...
View ArticleVRF heating and cooling technology has “unlimited” potential, say advocates
At the AHR Expo in Orlando at the end of January, a presentation by LG Canada vigorously promoted the benefits of variable refrigerant flow (VRF) heating and cooling technologies. Kevin McNamara,...
View ArticleProjects on the go: Stantec, Arup, HH Angus, exp, Smith and Andersen, TMP,...
An $859-million maintenance facility for GO Transit in southern Ontario is under construction. The East Rail Maintenance Facility is being completed by Plenary Infrastructure ERMF, a P3 consortium that...
View ArticleUBC builds 18-storey student residence in wood
The tallest timber tower in the world is under construction at the University of British Columbia in Vancouver. The 18-storey Brock Commons Student Residence will be 53 metres tall when it is completed...
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