Canadian Consulting Engineer

Prompt Payment

Bruce R. Reynolds and Sharon Vogel of Borden Ladner Gervais led an independent expert review of the Ontario Construction Lien Act this fall. One of their recommendations was for a 28-day payment period.…

Phil Sullivan and poor math scores

Engineering rests on mathematics, but things aren't looking good for future generations because children are not being taught the basic skills.…

School Project: Calgary Board of Education building automation systems retrofit

Over 100 schools in the Calgary Board of Education are having their building automation systems revamped and put under central control, but the buildings are diverse and each requires its own BAS logic.…

School Project – Upgrading Calgary Schools’ building automation systems

Goldcorp Eleonore Mine – Award of Excellence

Jury Comments: “This major mining infrastructure project in the remote James Bay region of Northern Quebec required well executed up-front planning and had a very good risk management process. The project involved building the above ground facilities for a gold mine, including the ore processing plant, a work camp for 400, administrative buildings, wastewater treatment plant, and tailings management facilities. There was also good involvement with First Nations.” …

Next Generation Buildings: Power Over Ethernet

In the emerging era of the Internet-of-Things and IP networks, the use of Power-over-Ethernet is a technology that can simplify a building’s electrical and communications infrastructure. …

Events

Aug
21
2017

National Concrete Masonry Assoc. Mid-Year Meeting
Westin Harbour Castle Hotel, 1 Harbour Square, Toronto, ON, M5J 1A6

Sep
18
2017

Cities Alive: 15th annual greenroof & wall conference
SHERATON SEATTLE HOTEL 1400 6th Ave., Seattle, WA 98101

Sep
19
2017

News

Turning tires into concrete

IABSE Outstanding Structure Award goes to Phoenix Centre in Beijing

Toronto’s Finch West LRT gets Fed funding boost

Ground breaking for 49-floor CIBC Square tower in Toronto

Codes Canada seeking volunteer committee members

$72M committed to Green Municipal Fund

PwC-YMCA Tower breaks ground in Vaughan

Features

Prompt Payment

Phil Sullivan and poor math scores

School Project: Calgary Board of Education building automation systems retrofit

School Project – Upgrading Calgary Schools’ building automation systems

Goldcorp Eleonore Mine – Award of Excellence

Next Generation Buildings: Power Over Ethernet

Events

National Concrete Masonry Assoc. Mid-Year Meeting
Westin Harbour Castle Hotel, 1 Harbour Square, Toronto, ON, M5J 1A6

Cities Alive: 15th annual greenroof & wall conference
SHERATON SEATTLE HOTEL 1400 6th Ave., Seattle, WA 98101

2017 International Association for Bridge & Structural Engineering (IABSE) Symposium
1601 Bayshore Drive, Vancouver, BC, Canada V6G 2V4

Poll

National Concrete Masonry Assoc. Mid-Year Meeting Westin Harbour Castle Hotel, 1 Harbour Square, Toronto, ON, M5J 1A6

Cities Alive: 15th annual greenroof & wall conference SHERATON SEATTLE HOTEL 1400 6th Ave., Seattle, WA 98101

2017 International Association for Bridge & Structural Engineering (IABSE) Symposium 1601 Bayshore Drive, Vancouver, BC, Canada V6G 2V4

Poll

National Concrete Masonry Assoc. Mid-Year Meeting
Westin Harbour Castle Hotel, 1 Harbour Square, Toronto, ON, M5J 1A6

Cities Alive: 15th annual greenroof & wall conference
SHERATON SEATTLE HOTEL 1400 6th Ave., Seattle, WA 98101

2017 International Association for Bridge & Structural Engineering (IABSE) Symposium
1601 Bayshore Drive, Vancouver, BC, Canada V6G 2V4