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WSP designs Cornwall salt shed
Photos courtesy City of Cornwall. An innovative new salt storage facility, designed by consulting engineering firm WSP Canada, recently opened in Cornwall, Ont., in time for winter. The $4.5-million...
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Stantec, Dialog and Merrick to renew federal science and research facilities
Image courtesy Government of Canada. The federal government recently awarded a base contract to Framework Design Partners—a joint venture (JV) between engineering and design firms Stantec, Dialog and...
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The Better Buildings Podcast: Resilient Buildings for Climate Change
Canadian Consulting Engineer editor Peter Saunders speaks with Andrée Iffrig, sustainability strategist for Dialog in Calgary, about how building guidelines and codes are catching up with the need for...
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U of T engineering students learn to design green roofs
Photo courtesy John H. Daniels Faculty of Architecture, Landscape and Design. The University of Toronto (U of T) has begun teaching engineering students, among others, how to design, construct and...
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Rittal’s AX fibreglass enclosures for electrical components rated for outdoor...
Rittal, based in Mississauga, Ont., is replacing its KS-series fibreglass enclosures with a new AX range, which can protect electrical components both indoors and outdoors. The products uses the same...
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UV-C fixture disinfects airstreams to inactivate coronavirus
UV Resources’ high-output dual-lamp exterior-mounted NEMA-4 (DLX-N) ultraviolet (UV) fixture is designed to inactivate pathogens, including the novel coronavirus, both on surfaces and in moving...
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NAIT’s Productivity and Innovation Centre earns LEED Gold
Photo courtesy NAIT. The Northern Alberta Institute of Technology’s (NAIT’s) Productivity and Innovation Centre (PIC) recently achieved Gold-level certification under the Leadership in Energy and...
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‘One Ontario’ aims to streamline development application approvals
The Association of Consulting Engineering Companies – Ontario (ACEC-Ontario) is among the supporters for ‘One Ontario,’ a new collaborative initiative that aims to standardize and streamline the...
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Lehigh launches ‘sustainable’ cement for Prairies
Lehigh Hanson’s Edmonton plant has launched EcoCem Plus, a blended Portland limestone cement (PLC) now available across Alberta, Saskatchewan and Manitoba, which promises a significantly reduced...
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The Better Buildings Podcast: The Passive House Standard and Large Retrofits
Canadian Consulting Engineer editor Peter Saunders speaks with building scientist Melissa Furukawa, who is a certifier and consultant with Toronto-based Peel Passive House Consulting, about how the...
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2021 Canadian Consulting Engineering Awards program opens for entries!
Today, the 2021 Canadian Consulting Engineering Awards program officially opens for entries, with a new, streamlined, fully online process. Member firms of ACEC-Canada (which co-sponsors the awards...
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Building for Recovery coalition pushes governments to invest in infrastructure
The Association of Consulting Engineering Companies – Canada (ACEC-Canada), the Canadian Construction Association (CCA), the National Trade Contractors Council of Canada (NTCCC) and Associated...
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Four more RJC engineers get certified for Passive House design
Left to right: Parvin Asadi, Duncan Rowe, Maddie Reid and Mohammad Fakoor. Photos courtesy RJC. Four team members with RJC Engineers have recently earned their Certified Passive House Designer...
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Hatch invests in energy optimization platform
Photo courtesy Peak Power. Through its Canadian Shield Capital private equity investment arm, consulting engineering firm Hatch is investing in the expansion of Toronto-headquartered Peak Power’s...
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ASHRAE Winter Conference addresses COVID-19 challenges
While there was no co-located AHR Expo this year, ASHRAE’s winter conference made the successful transition to virtual event last week, reportedly drawing more than 1,800 attendees over four days and...
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Angela Clayton sets return to IO
Photo courtesy WIN. Angela Clayton, previously senior vice-president (SVP) of risk and program management for Infrastructure Ontario (IO), will soon return to the provincial agency as president of its...
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Retrofitting health-care facilities
Image courtesy Frost & Sullivan. Few buildings were as directly affected in 2020 by the global COVID-19 pandemic as hospitals. Early in the year, health-care professionals scrambled to prepare...
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OPL-LAC facility aims for net-zero carbon
Renderings courtesy LAC. The Ottawa Public Library (OPL) and Library and Archives Canada (LAC) will make significant enhancements to their joint facility to achieve net-zero carbon performance. “Not...
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Armstrong includes Wi-Fi connectivity kits with Pump Manager
Armstrong Fluid Technology is providing Wi-Fi connectivity kits at no extra cost with all new orders of its Design Envelope pumps if its Pump Manager subscription service is also purchased. The kit,...
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WSP acquires three firms
Consulting engineering firm WSP has acquired kW Mission Critical Engineering, tk1sc and, most recently, Earth Consulting Group (EarthCon). The first of these firms, kW Mission Critical Engineering, is...
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