H.H. Angus appoints associate director for ‘Angus Connect’
Photo courtesy H.H. Angus. H.H. Angus recently hired Andy Crosson to join its multidisciplinary ‘Angus Connect’ division as associate director. Based in Vancouver, he will work with clients and...
View ArticleAECOM to engineer TTC’s Bloor-Yonge capacity improvements
Rendering courtesy TTC. The Toronto Transit Commission (TTC) has awarded a contract to infrastructure consulting firm AECOM to serve as owner’s engineer for the Bloor-Yonge capacity improvements (BYCI)...
View ArticleCalgary International Airport East Deicing Apron wins Schreyer at 54th annual...
Calgary International Airport East Deicing Apron. Photo courtesy Stantec. Canadian Consulting Engineer and the Association of Consulting Engineering Companies – Canada (ACEC-Canada) handed out the 54th...
View Article2022 #CCEawards Showcase: Buddy Holly Hall of Performing Arts and Sciences
Photo by Casey Dunn, courtesy Entuitive. Category: Buildings Ambassador Award and Award of Excellence Winner: Entuitive The Buddy Holly Hall of Performing Arts and Sciences is a new venue in Lubbock,...
View Article2022 #CCEawards Showcase: Wii Gyemsiga Siwilaawksat Student Building
Photo by Bruce Denis, courtesy Coast Mountain College. Category: Buildings Award of Excellence Winner: Morrison Hershfield The Wii Gyemsiga Siwilaawksat Student Building at Coast Mountain College in...
View Article2022 #CCEawards Showcase: St. Andrew’s Wesley United Church Heritage...
Photo by Adrien Williams, courtesy RJC Engineers. Category: Buildings Award of Excellence Winner: RJC Engineers RJC Engineers recently led the renewal of St. Andrew’s Wesley United Church, a notable...
View Article2022 #CCEawards Showcase: Unité de Stérilisation Mobile pour le CISSS des...
Photo courtesy gbi. Category: Buildings Award of Excellence Winner: gbi Le Centre Intégré de Santé et de Services Sociaux (CISSS) des Laurentides selected gbi to design Quebec’s first mobile medical...
View ArticleÉquipe Laurence and the City of Ste-Adèle unveil energy technology to heat...
Photo Credit: CNW Group/Équipe Laurence Civil engineering firm Équipe Laurence has just realized what’s being called a first in a Quebec, in collaboration with the city of Ste-Adèle: heating and...
View Article2022 #CCEawards Showcase: Fast + Epp Home Office Building
Photo courtesy Fast + Epp. Category: Buildings Award of Excellence Winner: Fast + Epp Consulting engineering firm Fast + Epp’s four-storey home office building embraces design elegance and curiosity,...
View Article2022 #CCEawards Showcase: United Boulevard Recycling and Waste Centre
Photo courtesy Metro Vancouver. Category: Environmental Remediation Award of Excellence Winner: Morrison Hershfield Metro Vancouver’s new United Boulevard Recycling and Waste Centre sits on 6.2 ha of...
View Article2022 #CCEawards Showcase: Wanuskewin Heritage Park Bison Facilities
Photo courtesy Associated Engineering. Category: Project Management Award of Excellence Winner: Associated Engineering Wanuskewin Heritage Park near Saskatoon is a world-renowned research centre that...
View ArticleFeds invest in energy-efficient buildings in Saskatchewan, Ontario and N.S.
Canada’s federal government is investing $526,785 with Halifax-based RSI Projects Inc. in support of the ReCover Initiative, which aims to enable energy efficiency transformations in buildings across...
View ArticleSNC-Lavalin wins contract to relocate and equip U.S. military hospital
SNC-Lavalin has been awarded a US$62 million contract by the U.S. Army Corps of Engineers (USACE) to provide initial outfitting & transition (IO&T) services for the replacement of the General...
View ArticleBradley-Blewster & Associates join Stantec’s Buildings practice
Our Lady of the Lake Heart & Vascular Institute, Baton Rouge, Louisiana. Photo Credit: Tom Rossiter Stantec has announced that the team from Bradley-Blewster & Associates has joined its...
View ArticleJLR appoints leader for buildings market
Photo courtesy JLR. Ottawa-headquartered J.L. Richards & Associates (JLR) has promoted Bogdan Burzawa, P.Eng., to building markets chief. Burzawa joined JLR as a mechanical engineering intern in...
View ArticleWalterFedy welcomes new shareholders
Left to right: Benjamin Gregory, James Johnson and Jon Neuert. Photos courtesy WalterFedy. Benjamin Gregory, James Johnson, P.Eng., and Jon Neuert are now shareholders in the ownership team for...
View ArticlePBX Engineering turns 25
Photo courtesy PBX. A large, brushed aluminum plaque in the PBX Engineering boardroom in Vancouver shows the firm’s history on a timeline, marking various milestones the consulting engineering practice...
View ArticleConversation: Setting standards for climate change resiliency
Photo courtesy CSA Group. Dwayne Torrey is director of construction and infrastructure standards for CSA Group (formerly the Canadian Standards Association) in Toronto. With a degree in civil...
View ArticleThe challenges of a performance-based building code
The performance-based building code may be a better option for a high-rise design like this one, which is twisted by the progressive rotation of its floor plates and façade as it gains height,...
View ArticleThermal imaging camera identifies HVAC leaks and hot spots
Photo courtesy Triplett Test Equipment. Triplett Test Equipment’s IRTC400 thermal imaging camera can help find leaks and hot spots in heating, ventilation and air conditioning (HVAC), electrical,...
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