Hybrid Timber Floor System project receives Canadian grant funding
The Government of Canada has contributed over $550,000 to a study led by EllisDon and DIALOG.
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U of T Engineering professor on a mission to lower concrete’s carbon footprint
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…
Vancouver’s MacMillan Bloedel Building to be renamed Arthur Erickson Place
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…
Most buildings were designed for an earlier climate – here’s what will happen as global warming …
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…
3D printed home in Dutch city expands housing options
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…
GCCA launches a new biodiversity policy
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.…
Wood and Concrete, a Material Perspective: Cement Association of Canada
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…
Municipalities Across Ontario Urged to Do More to Support Recycling Concrete and Asphalt
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…
7,000 jobs under threat as Toronto moves to restrict critical concrete work for high-rise…
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…
B.C. researchers develop spray on solution to costly quake conundrum
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…