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U of T Engineering professor on a mission to lower concrete’s carbon footprint

Tyler Irving, U of T News Oct 21, 2021

By Tyler Irving, U of T NewsFor Douglas Hooton, the main challenge of building sustainably with concrete isn’t really the chemistry or the engineering – it’s trust.“Construction is a very conservative industry, and it’s very…

Architecture

Vancouver’s MacMillan Bloedel Building to be renamed Arthur Erickson Place

Building Oct 4, 2021

Vancouver’s historic MacMillan Bloedel Buiding will officially be renamed Arthur Erickson Place.Arthur Erickson designed the Modernist landmark at 1075 West Georgia Street with partner Geoffrey Massey for the forestry giant…

Building Design

Most buildings were designed for an earlier climate – here’s what will happen as global warming …

Ran Boydell, Heriot-Watt University Jul 12, 2021

Lunatictm/ShutterstockRan Boydell, Heriot-Watt UniversityClimate change will affect every aspect of our lives – including the buildings we live and work in. Most people in the US, for example, spend about 90% of their time…

Construction

3D printed home in Dutch city expands housing options

The Associated Press Apr 30, 2021

EINDHOVEN, Netherlands – Elize Lutz and Harrie Dekkers' new home is a 94-square meter (1,011-square foot) two-bedroom bungalow that resembles a boulder with windows.The curving lines of its gray concrete walls look and feel natural. But…

Sustainability

GCCA launches a new biodiversity policy

Building Jan 25, 2021

The Global Cement and Concrete Association (GCCA) launched a new policy document which outlines steps that GCCA members commit to taking to work towards the achievement of Net Positive Impact in cement, concrete and aggregates operations.…

Construction

Wood and Concrete, a Material Perspective: Cement Association of Canada

Rhys Phillips Nov 4, 2019

Interview with: Adam Auer, Vice President, Environment and Sustainability and Richard J. McGrath, Director Codes and Standards - Buildings Overview on Concrete high-rise construction in Canada Concrete is often seen as an “old” if proven…

Building

Municipalities Across Ontario Urged to Do More to Support Recycling Concrete and Asphalt

Building Apr 26, 2019

According to a study by the Toronto and Area Road Builders Association (TARBA), multiple municipalities in Ontario have policies that prohibit or limit the use of recycled asphalt and concrete in road construction.In an open letter…

Building

7,000 jobs under threat as Toronto moves to restrict critical concrete work for high-rise…

Building Apr 10, 2019

The City of Toronto is poised to restrict concrete work for the construction of high-rise buildings through amendments to the noise bylaw in a move that will threaten more than 7,000 jobs and cripple the industry's ability to deliver much…

Building

B.C. researchers develop spray on solution to costly quake conundrum

By Geordon Omand – THE CANADIAN PRESS Oct 11, 2017

VANCOUVER – It was while flipping through British Columbia's seismic upgrade guidelines at the beginning of his civil engineering master's degree that Salman Soleimani-Dashtaki first realized something was amiss.He noticed that…

Architecture

Engineers: lives lost in Mexico quake could have been saved

By Garance Burke - THE ASSOCIATED PRESS Oct 11, 2017

MEXICO CITY – Nearly two-thirds of the buildings that collapsed in Mexico City's monstrous earthquake last month were built using a construction method that is now forbidden in seismic hotspots in the United States, Chile and New Zealand,…