Sunday, January 26, 2020 
Mars Metal Recognized as a Member of the Canadian Elevator Contractors Association
Mars Metal, a leading Canadian manufacturer of elevator test cart weights and commercial elevator counterweights, has been recognized as an official member of the Canadian Elevator Contractors Association (CECA). CECA is a non-profit organization of elevator contractors and suppliers. It has…
Winnipeg man pleads guilty to defrauding crane company for more than $4M
CTV News reports that a Winnipeg man who lived a lavish life, spending millions of dollars on jewelry, clothes, electronics, and cars, has pleaded guilty to defrauding his former company over $4 million. Peter Ramdath, the former chief financial officer for…
Best Practices: Using Tech To Win The War Against Construction Costs
Throughout 2019 and into the new year, the challenge of keeping construction costs contained has remained front and center for developers and general contractors. According to Deloitte’s 2020 Construction and Engineering Industry Outlook, various cost-related factors will continue to bedevil the industry this…
Living ‘concrete’ made from bacteria used to create replicating bricks
A type of living concrete made from bacteria could one day help to reduce the environmental impact of the construction industry. Wil Srubar at the University of Colorado Boulder and his colleagues have used a type of bacteria, Synechococcus, to create building blocks…
A look at the world’s largest 3D-printed house
SQ4D Inc. (SQ4D) and its Revolutionary Autonomous Robotic Construction System (ARCS), have built the largest permitted 3D printed home in the world. SQ4D has completed construction of the world’s largest permitted 3D printed home. The home is 1900 square feet and took only forty…
What is Bridge Information Modelling (BrIM)?
Intelligent, physical 3D bridge models provide a perfect graphical and functional representation of a bridge and its design results, improving design quality, constructability, and collaboration. BIM for bridges is increasing in popularity, with several US State Departments of Transportation adopting BIM…
Sennebogen Material Handlers mark milestones in growth for Allied Salvage Metals
For four generations, the Weinstein family has been steadily expanding its capabilities to provide recycling services to the lower mainland of British Columbia. Founded by Isadore Weinstein in 1952, Allied Salvage Metals has evolved through several changes in location and equipment.…
Scotland university introduces a building brick that is made from 90% recycled construction and demolition waste
IndustryEurope.com reports that the K-Briq, which can made produced in any colour, produces a tenth of the CO2 emissions of a traditional brick during manufacture, and uses a tenth of the energy. The idea was the brainchild of Heriot-Watt’s Professor Gabriela…
TC Energy to resume work on Keystone XL oil pipeline in February
Reuters reports that Canadian pipeline company TC Energy Corp said on Tuesday it planned to start pre-construction work in February for its Keystone XL oil pipeline, the start of what it expects to be a busy work schedule for the long-delayed…
Politics – Bloomberg unveils plan to make new buildings zero-carbon by 2025
Democratic presidential hopeful Mike Bloomberg has unveiled a piece of his climate plan that would boost the energy efficiency of buildings, which are responsible for 12 percent of U.S. greenhouse gas emissions. Bloomberg, a former mayor of New York City, has vowed to cut…
Australian building codes don’t expect houses to be fire-proof – and that’s by design
More than 2,000 homes have been destroyed in Australia since the start of the bushfire season. More will certainly be destroyed before the season ends in March. Could these houses have been built to better withstand fire? Quite probably. But that doesn’t necessarily…
Canadian home sales inch lower in December
The Canadian Real Estate Association reports that national home sales eased between November and December 2019. Highlights: National home sales declined by 0.9% on a month-over-month (m-o-m) basis in December.Actual (not seasonally adjusted) activity was up 22.7% year-over-year (y-o-y).The number of…
The case for never demolishing another building
The wrecking ball has always been the great symbol of urban progress, going hand in hand with dynamite and dust clouds as the politicians’ favourite way of showing they are getting things done. But what if we stopping knocking things down? What…
This material could squeeze more energy from solar panels
Research teams in Australia and China are inching closer toward a solar cell design that could revolutionize the industry, but plenty of hurdles remain. The key lies with perovskite, a crystalline structure first discovered in Russia in the mid-1800s. Engineers want…
12 striking examples of the world’s most controversial architectural style
Loved by some, hated by many, no style of architecture has been more controversial than Brutalism. You always know a brutalist building when you see one. Often characterized by angular geometric shapes made of heavy concrete, they’re not conventionally beautiful but…
