Tuesday, October 1, 2024 
“Wood” you like to recycle concrete?
Researchers at the Institute of Industrial Science, a part of The University of Tokyo, have developed a new procedure for recycling concrete with the addition of discarded wood. They found that the correct proportion of inputs can yield a new building…
Innovative Approach Leads to Project Success for Engineering Firm
Integrated Sustainability is an employee-owned water infrastructure delivery and operations company with extensive expertise in all aspects of water infrastructure design and execution. They execute projects under a collaborative turn-key delivery model from concept to completion, assuming full risk and accountability for…
U.S. housing starts fall, building permits near 13-year high
U.S. homebuilding fell less than expected in January while permits surged to a near 13-year high, pointing to sustained housing market strength that could help keep the longest economic expansion in history on track. Other data on Wednesday showed producer prices…
New building aims to fill purpose-built construction gap in St. Albert
Dirt won’t be the only thing flying in Campbell Park once a new multi-tenant building welcomes its first occupant. Dynamyx Gymnastics celebrated with developers and city officials in a ground-breaking ceremony on Feb. 14 on Carleton Drive. Now in construction, the…
New and enhanced training for flagpersons, supervisors launching April 1 in Newfoundland and Labrador
The training requirements for flagpersons in Newfoundland and Labrador will double April 1, while a new voluntary course for those who supervise or design traffic control plans at highway construction sites will also be launched. “We still see risks from excessive…
Ontario introduces bill to speed up GTA transit project construction
Premier Doug Ford’s government is changing development rules to speed up work on four key transit projects for the Greater Toronto Area, but opposition critics say the new legislation could trample on the environment and homeowners’ rights. Transportation Minister Caroline Mulroney…
Researchers have invented a brick that can build itself
What do you get if you mix sand, bacteria and sunlight? A self-replicating building material that pulls CO2 straight out of the atmosphere, according to research engineers at one university in the United States. At the heart of this new building…
A look at the supertall ceramic tower that ‘breathes’
How to stand out beside the world’s tallest building? That was the challenge facing Dutch architecture firm UNStudio when it received a commission to build a new tower on Dubai’s Sheikh Zayed Road, directly opposite the 828-meter Burj Khalifa. But the client, state-owned…
CSLA, CIP, and RAIC announce winners of 2020 National Urban Design Awards
Twelve projects across Canada—each with a tremendous impact on the surrounding built environment—have been selected for the 2020 National Urban Design Awards. The winning projects range from public art installations and parks to a revitalized underpass. The awards are part of…
VIU aims to fill a shortage of power engineers
Power engineers aren’t the most visible people in our workforce, but the reality is, the world can’t operate without them. “Without power engineers, life as we know it would be disrupted,” says David Babich, Vancouver Island University (VIU) Power Engineering Chair.…
Waterfront Toronto backs most Sidewalk Labs proposals, including heated pavement and pneumatic garbage tubes
With the final public consultation meeting scheduled for the Sidewalk Labs smart-city project less than two weeks away, government agency Waterfront Toronto is indicating that it wants to go ahead with the project, and that it’s ready to put hundreds of…
Concordia researchers develop a noise measuring framework for modular construction factories
Construction sites have grown considerably quieter in recent years. It isn’t your imagination: thanks to a boom in modular construction, more and more work that has traditionally been done on-site has moved indoors. However, while this trend increases worker productivity, its effect…
Permit for ‘cabin’ interferes with proposed wind farm, P.E.I. Energy Corp. argues
The P.E.I. Energy Corporation is appealing a development permit approved by the Rural Municipality of Eastern Kings, saying it interferes with its proposed wind farm expansion. The Island Regulatory and Appeals Commission held a public hearing on the issue Tuesday. The municipality granted the…
Failed building demolition creates the ‘leaning tower of Dallas’
The building was supposed to come down Sunday morning, but a failed demolition left it with a distinctive tilt — and nickname: “the leaning tower of Dallas.” The implosion by Lloyd D. Nabors Demolition was part of The Central, a 27-acre,…
Canadian home sales down in January
Statistics released today by the Canadian Real Estate Association (CREA) show national home sales declined between December 2019 and January 2020. Highlights: National home sales fell by 2.9% on a month-over-month (m-o-m) basis in January.Actual (not seasonally adjusted) activity was up…
