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Acoustical consulting: Controlling noise and vibrations
Collage courtesy Todd Busch Consulting. For projects subject to environmental regulation and permitting, engineers are called upon to document the effects of noise on public health and welfare. Indeed,...
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Moving toward uniformly safe parking lot lighting
Figure 1: Views of the scale model parking lot with different spectra and uniformity conditions. Outdoor lighting serves multiple purposes. It should help pedestrians and drivers see well enough to...
View ArticleThyssenkrupp acquires Winnipeg Elevator Group
Thyssenkrupp Elevator Canada, headquartered in Toronto, has acquired Winnipeg Elevator Group (WEG), which modernizes, maintains and services elevators, escalators and other vertical transportation...
View ArticleCSA report by Arup analyzes high-rise modular construction
The Canadian Standards Association (CSA) Group recently commissioned Arup to develop a report analyzing the high-rise modular construction industry, in an effort to pave the way toward new industry...
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CRB opens first Canadian office
Design, engineering and construction firm CRB has opened an office in Mississauga, Ont., marking its first entry in the Canadian market. The company, which has 18 other locations across North America...
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Addressing higher construction costs during COVID-19
Photo courtesy Miller Thomson. This article is intended as an update of a previous discussion about COVID-19 and the possible consequences for parties to a standard Canadian Construction Documents...
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World first: 3-D printing a two-storey house in one piece
Photo © Kamp C and Jasmien Smets. Kamp C, a centre for construction sustainability and innovation in Westerlo, Belgium, has produced on its premises what it says is the world’s first house to be 3-D...
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RWDI launches COVID-19 testing service
Image courtesy RWDI. As Canadian businesses reopen with caution, consulting engineering firm RWDI has teamed up with biotechnology organization Purity-IQ to launch Songbird Life Science, a new venture...
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ASHRAE honours Uponor’s Devin Abellon for radiant heating and cooling education
Photo courtesy Uponor North America. Devin Abellon, P.E., recently received ASHRAE‘s George B. Hightower Technical Achievement Award for the 2019/2020 year. The award recognizes excellence in...
View ArticleSwift integrates indoor mobile mapping
Faro Technologies has released Focus Swift, reportedly the first fully integrated indoor mobile mapping system for professionals in the architectural, engineering and construction (AEC) industry. The...
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McCallumSather helps plan new West Lincoln Memorial Hospital
Photo courtesy McCallumSather. Hamilton Heath Sciences (HHS) and Infrastructure Ontario (IO) have selected McCallumSather and B+H Architects as the planning, design and conformance (PDC) team for a new...
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York University begins building Markham Centre Campus
Rendering courtesy Diamond Schmitt Architects. Toronto-based York University’s new Markham Centre Campus (MCC), the first public university within Ontario’s York Region, is set to begin construction...
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Saving energy for the Enercare Centre
Photos courtesy Danfoss. With more than one million square feet of exhibit and meeting space, the Enercare Centre at Toronto’s Exhibition Place is one of North America’s 10 largest convention centres....
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Infrastructure Canada offers $3.3 billion for pandemic-resilient projects
Screen shot from Infrastructure Canada press conference. Earlier today, federal minister of infrastructure and communities Catherine McKenna (pictured) announced adjustments to the Investing in Canada...
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ASHRAE clarifies HVAC guidance for reopening buildings during COVID-19
As buildings reopen during the global COVID-19 pandemic or are prepared to do so, ASHRAE’s epidemic task force has updated its ‘building readiness’ guide for HVAC systems to help mitigate the...
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Elevated risk: Vertical transportation and COVID-19
Photo: New Africa – stock.adobe.com The Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC) recently shared a research letter, previewing an article to be published in the September 2020 edition of its...
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Consulting engineering firms win CaGBC awards
Left to right: Stephani Carter (LinkedIn photo), Samantha Menard (LinkedIn photo) and Grant Peters (Town of Orangeville photo). Consulting engineering firms are among the winners of the Canada Green...
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Micro-USB connector port added to Reliable sensors
Victoria-based Reliable Controls has introduced a micro-USB connector port for its Smart-Sensor and Space-Sensor temperature devices for buildings. The port’s network terminations allow users to...
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Portable air disinfection device rapidly kills coronavirus
Toronto-based Flat Iron Building Group has created a new business, Flairon Microclimates, to distribute Europe’s Novaerus portable air disinfection devices in Canada. The technology has been shown to...
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BuildEx Alberta and the Buildings Show combine as virtual event
As industry conferences and trade shows continue to be cancelled or postponed during the global COVID-19 pandemic, Informa has chosen to combine this fall’s BuildEx Alberta and the Buildings Show into...
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