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Construction rebounds in B.C., Ontario, Quebec, but slows in Alberta
Photo courtesy Procore. Construction activity continues to recover during the COVID-19 pandemic, after an initial drop in the spring, rebounding in British Columbia, Ontario and Quebec, but remaining...
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Exp, Crossey and Diamond Schmitt to develop Fredericton’s new performing arts...
Renderings courtesy Diamond Schmitt Architects. The municipal government of Fredericton has selected Diamond Schmitt Architects and Exp Engineering to design its new performing arts centre, with...
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2020 #CCEawards Showcase: BCIT North Campus Infrastructure Project
Photos courtesy R.F. Binnie & Associates. Category: Project Management Award of Excellence Winner: R.F. Binnie & Associates As aging electrical infrastructure at the north campus of British...
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2020 #CCEawards Showcase: GNW Pavilion
Photo by Robert Stefanowicz. Category: Buildings Award of Excellence Winner: RJC Engineers The GNW Pavilion is an artistic sculpture, shaped to form an upside-down Japanese lotus flower, built...
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Victaulic adds further BIM support
Image courtesy Victaulic. Mechanical pipe joining system manufacturer Victaulic has bolstered its suite of mechanical, electrical and plumbing (MEP) software offerings for building information...
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2020 #CCEawards Showcase: Government Conference Centre Rehabilitation
Photo by Andrea Cardin/Cardin Photography. Category: Buildings Award of Excellence Winner: John G. Cooke & Associates Public Services and Procurement Canada (PSPC) needed to repurpose an Ottawa...
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AirCore Bridge combines lighting and acoustics
Focal Point has introduced the AirCore Bridge integrated acoustic ceiling system to help specifiers configure architectural spaces for optimal sound management and lighting, with linear baffle and...
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UL celebrates 100 years in Canada
Photo courtesy UL in Canada. Underwriters Laboratories (UL) has marked its 100th anniversary in Canada. Originally established in Toronto by UL’s founder, William H. Merrill, to test household...
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2020 #CCEawards Showcase: Amélioration des infrastructures de l’Assemblée...
Photos courtesy WSP Canada. Category: Buildings Award of Excellence Winner: WSP Canada Québec’s National Assembly sought to upgrade its facilities by adding spaces better-suited for greeting visitors...
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CCPPP presents 2020 P3 Awards
Photo courtesy Grand River Transit. The Canadian Council for Public-Private Partnerships (CCPPP) presented its 2020 National Awards for Innovation and Excellence in Public-Private Partnerships (P3s)...
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2020 #CCEawards Showcase: Building NX
Photos courtesy Morrison Hershfield. Category: Buildings Engineering a Better Canada Award and Award of Excellence Winner: Morrison Hershfield The transformation of the aging Building NX at Toronto’s...
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2020 #CCEawards Showcase: Arviligruaq Iliniarvik School
Photos courtesy Accutech Engineering. Category: Buildings Engineering a Better Canada Award and Award of Excellence Winner: Accutech Engineering The only school in the hamlet of Kugaaruk, Nunavut,...
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IO, HHS issue early RFQ for West Lincoln Memorial Hospital redevelopment
Photo courtesy IO. Infrastructure Ontario (IO) and Hamilton Health Sciences (HHS) have already issued a request for qualifications (RFQ) for teams to design, build and finance the West Lincoln Memorial...
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Energy-efficient community housing retrofit earns Canada’s first IREE...
Photo courtesy Efficiency Capital. Ottawa-based Efficiency Capital’s energy-efficient retrofit of seven WoodGreen community housing buildings in Toronto has become the first project in Canada to...
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Balancing IAQ and energy efficiency via solar heating
The Toronto Transit Commission’s (TTC’s) McNicoll bus garage features 24,000 sf of solar air heating systems along its south and west elevations. Photo courtesy Strasman Architects. Given its attention...
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Leveraging BIM to improve project integration
Images courtesy Victaulic. A recent survey of the construction industry by the Building Innovation Research Centre (BIRC), an organization within the University of Toronto’s (U of T’s) civil and...
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The Better Buildings Podcast #2: Damping Systems for High-rise Buildings
LinkedIn image. Canadian Consulting Engineer editor Peter Saunders speaks with Trevor Haskett, senior technical director of RWDI’s Motioneering business, about how damping systems reduce the vibration...
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Metasys 11.0 updates BAS features
Johnson Controls has introduced the latest version of its Metasys building automation system (BAS), release 11.0, with new cybersecurity capabilities and updated features to help avoid equipment...
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Horn speaker migrates to IP network integration
The new IP-A1SC15 horn speaker from TOA Canada, based in Mississauga, Ont., is intended to help add intelligible audio to buildings’ video security management systems, to better enable live...
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CaGBC certifies first arena to zero-carbon standard
Photo courtesy Modern Niagara Group. Ottawa’s Amped Sports Lab and Ice Complex is the first arena certified to the Canada Green Building Council’s (CaGBC’s) Zero Carbon Building (ZCB) Performance...
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