Bid on COMMAND Center at Concrete Industry Management Program Auction
The Concrete Industry Management (CIM) program awards students with a four-year degree in Concrete Industry Management and the annual auction is its primary funding source. Contractors interested in getting started with concrete temperature and maturity monitoring can bid on COMMAND Center…
EllisDon announces two construction leadership promotions
EllisDon recently announced the appointment of Max Mantha to the role of Senior Vice President of Eastern Canada, and the appointment of Richard Whyte to the role of Vice President and Area Manager, Toronto Civil. “I am very proud of the growth of EllisDon’s Eastern Civil…
IAPMO advances development of 2024 Uniform Codes during Technical Committee Meetings
The International Association of Plumbing and Mechanical Officials (IAPMO) last week completed Technical Committee Meetings toward the development of the 2024 editions of the Uniform Plumbing Code (UPC®) and Uniform Mechanical Code (UMC®), which will update the 2021 UPC and UMC, American National Standards governing the installation…
Styrofoam igloos: A 1950s cure for the Inuit housing crisis
The COVID-19 pandemic and outbreaks in several communities across Nunavut have brought the Inuit housing crisis into focus. Inadequate and unsafe housing is endemic in many Inuit communities and has been blamed for poor health outcomes and susceptibility to infectious disease for decades. And these problems have…
Envisioning Safer Cities with AI
Artificial intelligence is providing new opportunities in a range of fields, from business to industrial design to entertainment. But how about civil engineering and city planning? How might machine- and deep-learning help us create safer, more sustainable, and resilient built environments?…
Moncton planning committee OKs trio of 15-storey buildings downtown
Moncton’s planning advisory committee gave its approval for a trio of 15-storey buildings on vacant land in the New Brunswick city’s downtown. Three 12-storey towers are proposed over a three-storey podium of ground floor commercial space and more than 430 underground…