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Due to overwhelming enthusiasm and participation during the live Q&A portion of our Women in Skilled Trades and Technologies Conference, Skills Ontario held a live follow-up Q&A session with our speakers to allow participants to ask our amazing panelists and mentors more questions!

The questions that couldn’t be answered during the conference due to time constraints were addressed, and Skills Ontario also provided an opportunity for new questions to be asked live through this Q&A session.

The live Q&A session was on Tuesday, June 16th from 6:30pm to 7:30pm.

During the last few decades of significant progress for concrete, the most widely used compressive strength standard emerged: the cylinder concrete break test. Although widely used, this method allows for errors, which can cause delays, generate unnecessary costs, and have safety consequences. For more information, check out this blog: https://giatec.net/gC

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Learn more about Procore: https://proco.re/2VG35XB

From general correspondence to contractual correspondence like EOTs and NODs, manage it all with Procore’s centralised platform. Keep a record of it all and minimise your exposure to contractual disputes.

Say goodbye to communication failures, lost emails and hours wasted every week building templated letters and searching for the right communication.

With features like automatic numbering, advanced search, the ability to link correspondence to drawing markups, including full reportability, you’re not getting a simple inbox, you’re getting the full power of the Procore platform, to ensure the best outcome for your projects.

A step-by-step video of how to safely disinfect the cab of your machine in between operators.

Over the last two decades, Frederik Meijer Gardens and Sculpture Park has transformed from a small horticultural society to a world-renowned institution.
“It used to just be a place that you would visit while you were in Grand Rapids,” said Robert Ferguson of Progressive AE in Grand Rapids, Michigan. “Now it’s a destination in and of itself for people traveling from all over the world.”
The facility combines the late Frederik Meijer’s love for collecting works of art and his wife Lena’s love of plants and other horticulture. In all, the facility consists of nearly 300 pieces of art and 15,000 square feet of rock landscapes, a waterfall and a variety of exotic plant selections.
Since Meijer Gardens opened in 1995, the number of visitors and members has skyrocketed, and the exhibits and programs have expanded as a result. They now have over 28,000 member families and about 40,000 visiting students from all over the world each year.
With so much growth in such a short amount of time came the need for more space. In 2017, Meijer Gardens and Sculpture Park announced the multi-phase, $115 million renovation project that will allow them to bring joy to more visitors, welcome new audiences, educate more people, create new exhibitions and offer new and distinct visual experiences during all four seasons of the year. The renovation plans for an annual guest attendance of 1.2 to 1.5 million.
To plan for the increase in annual attendance, Meijer Gardens and Sculpture Park needed to add new features, update existing features and incorporate power throughout the facility to support a variety of events and programs.
Renovating for the future
As a part of the renovation project, Meijer Gardens and Sculpture Park has already opened a catering kitchen, a transportation center and the Padnos Rooftop Sculpture Garden on top of the new Covenant Learning Center. Still to come is a picnic area with seating for about 240 people next to the revamped amphitheater, which hosts about 30 concerts every summer. Existing buildings and exhibition areas will also be renovated and expanded.
Looking for a way to bring power and connectivity to visitors throughout the gardens and facility, Progressive AE out of Grand Rapids found a solution with the Wiremold® Ground Box from Legrand.
With a low-profile design, the Legrand Wiremold Ground Box mounts flush with any outdoor ground surface. This allows Meijer Gardens to incorporate power throughout the grounds for a variety of events, programs and classroom activities without compromising the beauty of the gardens or the detracting from the artwork.
“A lot of the facilities at the gardens have one use during the day and transform into event centers in the evenings,” Ferguson said. “So the ability to set up light and a PA system and have power throughout the facility led us to recommending the ground box.”
The ground box has been installed around the outside of the new Covenant Learning Center, in the Padnos Rooftop Sculpture Garden and in the new transportation center. They will also be installed in the new picnic area, in the entranceway and throughout the gardens and facilities. Outlets throughout the property will accommodate lighting for events, programs and exhibits.
“One of the biggest advantages of the Legrand Ground Box is the flexibility it provides,” Thompson said. “We can plug in AV devices or speakers for the amphitheater, low-voltage lighting for ticketing or even a Wi-Fi device or a wireless access point. We can plug whatever we need into it and not have to worry about it being damaged by people walking over it.”
Able to withstand all 4 seasons
Meijer Gardens’s location along the eastern coast of Lake Michigan subjects it to lake-effect weather. For this reason, intrusion of water into outdoor power systems is of great concern.
The Legrand Ground Box is safe to use during all seasons. It is built with UV-resistant material that can stand up to the harshest weather conditions.
“The weather in Grand Rapids isn’t always conducive to these types of products,” Thompson said. “We can get weather from all four seasons in a matter of a few days, but the ground box can stand up to that.”
With its diving bell-inspired design, the ground box is the first outdoor-rated ground box with a NEMA 6P wiring enclosure for wet conditions. In the event of heavy rain or flooding, the wiring enclosure keeps connectivity points safe and dry, even if water gets into the ground box.
With an ANSI/SCTE 77 Tier-5 rating, the ground box can withstand a 5,000-pound load, so any groundskeeping tractors or lawn mowers moving about Meijer Gardens won’t cause any problems.
So far, Progressive AE has been hearing good feedback about the new power solution.

Spot, the nimble robot that climbs stairs and traverses rough terrain with unprecedented ease, is now available for purchase to businesses in the U.S. Shop now. https://shop.bostondynamics.com.
Use Spot for documenting construction progress, reducing risk to people in dangerous environments, or other tasks that are too difficult for traditional automation.

1950’s Allis Chalmers 16mm film “Designed For Progress” Showing the Model 45 motor grader.

North American industry leaders worked together amidst the COVID-19 crisis to launch the Citizen Care Pod, a smart screening and testing pod that integrates intelligent technology within a modular design to support a safe, responsible recovery for governments, businesses and communities.

First story is the “Sabotage”. The General wanted me fired-and in front of an audience. He set me up to fail-on purpose… And on a different site I built a $90,000 retaining wall & never got paid- Instead I was threatened with a lawsuit.

As economies begin to reopen, we look at the tallest skyscrapers currently under construction on each of the six inhabited continents. For more by The B1M subscribe now – http://ow.ly/GxW7y

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Narrated by Fred Mills. Additional footage and images courtesy of Brett Hunter (Gizmo Drones), The Dronalist, Sergey Skuratov Architects, JC Drones, Styfly Studio, Google Earth, Michael Young, Tectonic, Max Touhey, Foster + Partners, (Egyptian) Ministry of Housing, Utilities and Urban Communities, China State Construction, Adrian Smith + Gordon Gill Architecture, S.Nitzold, PBN Merdeka Ventures, Worzil, Dan Cortese, World Class Global and Floodslicer.

There is a growing need for residential buildings to provide a measure of self-sufficiency and resilience to occupants. Community-scale energy systems can provide these and further benefits including lower energy costs and reduced GHG emissions. The research presented at this event provide a detailed review of geothermal/geoexchange for MURBs, case studies of Canadian combined heat and power (CHP) systems, and an analysis of the viability of CHP under the most recent electricity grid emissions factors provided by the Building Code.

Statistics released today by the Canadian Real Estate Association (CREA) show national home sales and new listings were up noticeably in May 2020 compared to April, though still historically low at this point.

Summary:
• National home sales rose 56.9% on a month-over-month (m-o-m) basis in May.
• That said, actual (not seasonally adjusted) activity was still down 39.8% year-over-year (y-o-y).
• The number of newly listed properties was up 69% from April to May.
• However, actual (not seasonally adjusted) new supply was still 38.1% below May 2019.
• The MLS® Home Price Index (HPI) was unchanged (-0.08%) m-o-m and was still up 5.3% y-o-y.
• The actual (not seasonally adjusted) national average sale price fell 2.6% y-o-y.

Home sales recorded over Canadian MLS® Systems rebounded by a record 56.9% in May 2020; although, that is as a percentage of the weakest month of April on record.

In this video we show machines and tools who helping us work more effectively and highly productively. Very interesting tools and machines that save your time and money.