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Command Center Blog: Fast-Track Construction Projects Using Concrete Maturity
Use COMMAND Center to determine when new concrete structures and pavements have achieved adequate strength so you can open them to the public sooner. Use COMMAND Center to determine when new concrete structures and pavements have achieved adequate strength so you…
City council backs five-storey apartment building for downtown Peterborough
A proposed new five-storey apartment building on George Street downtown got preliminary approvals from city councillors on Monday night. The plan is to replace a derelict dollar store at 385 George St. N. with a five-storey apartment building. GTA-based developer Richard Summers…
Architects DCA Blog: Holding on to Heritage – Revitalizing our Communities by Repurposing Abandoned Buildings
Last fall, the City of Ottawa, like many other cities, declared a #ClimateEmergency. We’ve also declared a #HousingEmergency. We need to restore, conserve, adapt and renovate our existing buildings, including abandoned and derelict ones, to provide more housing. It can take…
One of B.C.’s iconic structures to be rebuilt
The Museum of Anthropology (MOA) at the University of B.C. is one of the province’s most iconic structures, a West Coast modern building with “Haida and Japanese esthetics” that “brings the outdoors inside.” The focal point of Arthur Erickson’s design is the Great Hall, a…
M2M Phase 2 brings new mixed-use community centre to serve Yonge-Finch neighbourhood
Aoyuan International continues its transformation of the former Newtonbrook Plaza, the 8.6-acre development, near Yonge and Finch subway after submitting a site plan application for the second phase of the project. The SPA details Aoyuan’s plans to rebuild the arterial site…
HRAI Indoor Air Quality Advisory Council Statement of Support for Updated Health Canada Guidelines
Today Joe Muchynski, Vice President of Arvin Air Systems and Chair of the Heating, Refrigeration and Air-Conditioning Institute of Canada (HRAI) Advisory Council on Indoor Air Quality in Commercial and Institutional Buildings (The Advisory Council) made the following statement: “The Advisory…
The green building revolution will start from the ground up
Over-reliance on fossil fuels is one of the most significant barriers to achieving a more sustainable future. If we hope to achieve the limits to rising global temperatures set out in the 2016 Paris Agreement, our cities will need to be built…
Statistics Canada – Investment in building construction decreased 1.7% to $15.2 billion in September
Statistics Canada reports that total investment in building construction decreased 1.7% to $15.2 billion in September, after reaching a record high in August. This can be attributed to decreases in the non-residential sector (-8.5% to $4.5 billion) which were partially offset by increases in…
News Round Up – November 9, 2020 by Construction Links Network
Welcome to this week’s edition of the News Round Up published by Construction Links Network. Top news this week includes designers unveiling a detailed large-scale model of the Gordie Howe bridge project that took 2,000 hours to reproduce. Also, Tridel kicked…
Okanagan retiree creates checklist of tips, hints for hiring contractors
An Okanagan retiree says a bad experience with a contractor prompted him to help prevent similar situations from happening to others. Bob Dawe, a retired educational worker, says he hired a contractor in 2018 to renovate his bathrooms and countertops. He said the…
First Nations designs featured in Vancouver Heather Lands project
There are new details on the Heather Lands project that show an early direction for some of the architectural designs, and an increase in the number of homes, especially non-market housing. The joint partnership between federal crown corporation Canada Lands Company, and three…
Maintenance robot walks on a wind turbine’s blade in a world first
In mid-October, a six-legged inspect-and-repair robot called BladeBUG repeatedly walked on the blades at UK’s ORE Catapult’s 7MW Levenmouth Demonstration turbine off the coast of Fife. The event marked the first time ever that a robot scaled the blades of a wind turbine. Why is…
Designers unveil detailed large-scale model of Gordie Howe bridge
An exact replica model of what the Gordie Howe International Bridge crossing and plaza will look like once finished has been created by a Toronto-based architect and design team and was made available to the public on Friday. A six-minute video…
Cherry Street North Bridge arrives in Toronto after journey on barge from Nova Scotia
The first of four Cherry Street bridges arrived in Toronto on Saturday morning after it travelled on a barge from Nova Scotia. Mayor John Tory was on hand with federal and provincial officials to greet the new white-and-red structure officially known as…
ECOPact launches across Canada
Following its rollout in Europe and the US, Lafarge Canada introduces ECOPact, the industry’s broadest range of green concrete, delivering high-performing, sustainable and circular benefits with the opportunity to reuse materials in construction. This introduction is an essential component of the company’s strategy…
