Canada’s building code is getting a climate change rewrite
As reported on CBC News, from how concrete is mixed for road construction, to roofing standards enabling buildings to withstand stronger storms and plans to help homeowners manage increased flooding, Canada’s building rules are being rewritten due to climate change,…
Safety education crucial to curbing fatal falls among roofers
As reported in The Chatham Daily News, Ken Poisson, a health and safety consultant, knows the challenge the jury at a coroner’s inquest here faces in finding recommendations to improve the attitude toward safety among roofers. Noting a culture change…
CERL designs, 3D-prints America’s first reinforced-concrete bridge
As reported in The News-Gazette, a Champaign lab has designed and 3D-printed the first reinforced-concrete bridge in the country. The U.S. Army Corps of Engineers’ Construction Engineering Research Laboratory was testing the 3-foot-wide foot bridge last week, hoping it would…