Technology: Print out solar panels and stick them on your roof
Australia’s first commercial installation of printed solar cells, made using specialised semiconducting inks and printed using a conventional reel-to-reel printer, has been installed on a factory roof in Newcastle. The 200 square metre array was installed in just one day…
Distinct Infrastructure Group recognized with industry’s top safety award
TORONTO, Aug. 29, 2018 /CNW/ – Distinct Infrastructure Group Inc. (“Distinct”, “DIG” or the “Company”) is pleased to announce that it has been recognized by the Utility Contractors Association of Ontario (UCA) with the Association’s 2018 Safety Performance Award. Each year the UCA recognizes contractors…
Cambridge Memorial Hospital project delayed again
Officials at Cambridge Memorial Hospital are not surprised to hear the contractor has revised the handover date for the hospital’s new wing for an eighth time. In June, hospital officials were told by the builders the new patient-care wing would…
Belleville’s new police headquarters project way over budget
Shovels are already in the ground, but some members of Belleville city council still have concerns regarding the price tag of Belleville’s new police headquarters. Monday night council received a staff report providing a detailed breakdown of costs for the…
Architect reveals futuristic images of Vancouver’s new Oakridge Centre
Spectacular design details of phase one of the new Oakridge Centre, Vancouver’s massive mixed residential and commercial masterplan, have been revealed in updated renderings, released this month. Like a futuristic Antoni Gaudi building, the architectural concept is one of “skin and bones,”…
8-storey wood office building proposed for East Vancouver
A large undeveloped site immediately south of VCC-Clark Station and west of the Monument for East Vancouver, better known as the ‘East Van Cross’, is set to be transformed into a mass-timber office building for an unnamed health sciences company.…
Europe’s tallest skyscraper nears completion
The tallest building in Europe is nearly complete. Rising above a new waterfront complex in St. Petersburg, Russia, the Lakhta Center’s tower stands at 462 meters (1,516 feet) tall, making it the city’s first “supertall” building (one measuring 300 meters…