Reduce Your Future Cost; Offer Your Jobsite for PDA Development
ACA has received funding from the Workers Compensation Board to coordinate the development of Physical demands Analysis (PDAs) for trades occupations involved in construction. PDA is a breakdown of every task performed for each position, the time spent on each…
Homework pays big dividends for Lake Pleasant Recycling and Demolition
Lake Pleasant Recycling and Demolition (LPRD), located in Michigan’s beautiful Irish Hills, 2.5 hours southwest of Detroit seems an unlikely location for a flourishing scrap operation. This is a rural area most notably home to Michigan International Speedway (MIS) and Hillsdale…
Five planet-saving building ideas we need to nail down in 2020
After years of inaction on climate change, the decade ahead has become the bracket in which humanity gets one last opportunity to at least contain the warming crisis. While mitigation efforts targeting transportation, industry and the energy sector remain mired…
How do you build an island in Toronto?
David Kusturin stands at the top of a scaffold five metres above the ground just south of Commissioners Street in Toronto’s Port Lands and surveys the busy construction scene before him. Crews operate massive cranes, augers and concrete pump trucks…
AWC applauds Denver’s adoption of tall mass timber codes
The City of Denver voted on December 23, 2019, to adopt the 2019 Denver Building Code, which includes the tall mass timber code provisions approved for the 2021 International Building Code (IBC). As part of the adoption of the new…
DataBid Blog – Plans submitted for redevelopment of Cloverdale Mall
QuadReal is planning a comprehensive redevelopment of Cloverdale Mall that would transform it into a mixed-use, pedestrian-oriented community with thousands of new residents, a park and loads of retail. The preliminary scheme was presented to the Toronto Design Review Panel who…
Zoomlion tower crane sales top $1.43 billion in 2019
Zoomlion Heavy Industry Science & Technology Co., Ltd. (“Zoomlion”) (1157.HK) is celebrating a new milestone as its tower crane sales crossed the USD 1.43 billion mark in 2019, making it the first global company in the market to reach the new high.…
The most anticipated buildings set to shape the world in 2020
The past year in architecture has been filled with milestones, from the completion of Africa’s tallest building to the opening of Europe’s first underwater restaurant. We also watched in horror as Notre Dame burned, gained new “supertall” skyscrapers and lost industry giants like I.M. Pei and César Pelli. But at…