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Arup unveils building design guidelines for flood recovery
Image courtesy Arup. Consulting engineering firm Arup has unveiled Resilience-Based Design Initiative (REDI) for Flood guidelines, outlining strategies for combating and recovering from extreme...
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B.C. introduces standard government contracts for consulting engineers
Logo courtesy ACEC-BC. The Association of Consulting Engineering Companies – British Columbia (ACEC-BC), the Architectural Institute of British Columbia (AIBC) and their province’s government have...
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Stainless steel enhances enclosures for industrial applications
Images courtesy Rittal. Rittal Canada has introduced stainless steel versions of its AX and KX enclosures for the industrial, information technology (IT), energy, power, cooling and service sectors....
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Morden Yolles dies at 98
Photo by Jade Rude, courtesy Beth Kapusta. Morden Yolles, a prominent structural engineer known for many iconic projects within Canada and beyond, died earlier this week, peacefully at home and...
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AHR Expo showcases latest HVAC+R products
Photo by Peter Saunders. Last week, for the first time since 2018, AHR Expo returned to McCormick Place in Chicago, Ill., the most central location of the annual event’s rotating venues. As a result,...
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MP-16 monitors audio signals aurally and visually
Photo courtesy TOA Canada. TOA Canada, based in Mississauga, Ont., has launched the MP-16 professional audio monitor panel as a new component for rack-assembled public announcement (PA) systems. The...
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Net-zero building? There’s an app for that
Siemens has launched Sustainability Manager, a new software app within its Building X digital building platform, to help organizations accelerate initiatives to reach net-zero goals. The app collects,...
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AECOM to develop OC Transpo electric bus garage
Photo courtesy AECOM. Ottawa’s municipal government has named infrastructure firm AECOM prime consultant for the development of a new electric bus garage. The garage is part of a multi-year...
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Data centres: Ensuring continuity for computations
Photo courtesy Schneider Electric Canada. In 2023, operators of large data centres in London, England, struggled to keep their servers cool as temperatures rose. Ultimately, several of these facilities...
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CIMA+ appoints EVP for Ontario
Photo courtesy CIMA+. Montreal-headquartered CIMA+ has appointed Karen Freund regional executive vice-president (EVP) for Ontario. She succeeds Tom Montgomery, who is taking on a new role as senior...
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CCE’s Lifetime Achievement Awards: Dennis Hodgkinson
Photo courtesy DGH Engineering. Dennis Hodgkinson, founder and president of DGH Engineering in Saint Andrews, Man., is retiring at the end of January, following a more than 45-year career in...
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CCE’s Lifetime Achievement Awards: Barry Charnish
Photo courtesy Entuitive. Barry Charnish, founding principal of Entuitive in Toronto, has nearly 50 years’ experience in the architecture, engineering and construction (AEC) industry. A structural...
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Conversation: Cost-efficient earthquake resistance
Photo courtesy RJC. Leon Plett has been the managing principal of RJC Engineers’ structural engineering team in Victoria since 2015. Their provincial level of designation differs from elsewhere in the...
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CCE’s Lifetime Achievement Awards: Ashok Malhotra
Photo courtesy WSP. Ashok Malhotra, an Ottawa-based senior principal in WSP’s buildings practice, has worked for 61 years in consulting engineering, including 58 in Canada. Born in India, he earned a...
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Entuitive achieves B Corp certification
Image courtesy Entuitive. Toronto-headquartered consulting engineering firm Entuitive has achieved B Corporation (B Corp) certification, which recognizes social and environmental performance,...
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Ontario helps build new Toronto Western Hospital tower
Rendering courtesy Dialog. Ontario’s government is contributing $794 million to the University Health Network’s (UHN’s) new $1-billion patient and surgical tower, which will add 20 operating rooms...
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HH Angus hires project director for technology division
Photo courtesy HH Angus. Diane Lee has joined consulting engineering firm HH Angus as a project director for its technology division. Lee has more than 15 years’ experience in construction and...
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Introba promotes VP for education sector
Photo courtesy Introba. Consulting engineering firm Introba has promoted Calina Ferraro to vice-president (VP) for the education sector. Originally from the Maritimes, Ferraro graduated from Montreal’s...
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Fast + Epp tests point-supported CLT for mass-timber construction
Photo courtesy Fast + Epp. Vancouver-based consulting engineering firm Fast + Epp has completed a six-month point-supported cross-laminated timber (CLT) testing program at Concept Lab, its research and...
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Stantec plans Saskatoon’s downtown revitalization
Rendering courtesy Stantec. Saskatoon’s municipal government has released the concept design and master plan to revitalize its downtown core, for which Stantec is serving as prime consultant. The...
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