Contents. January-February 2013, Volume 54, No. 1
February 1, 2013
By
Canadian Consulting Engineer
features
features
A Tunnel and a Tower.
An extraordinary collaboration
took place to build the Epcor Tower above
an LRT line in Edmonton.
AECOM
18
Beauharnois Canal Bridge.
On new Autoroute 30 near
Montreal, the second longest incrementally launched
bridge in the world crosses the St. Lawrence Seaway.
ARUP Canada
23
Klemtu Access Road.
Engineers helped develop
a special asphalt mix for a road on British
Columbia’s remote northwest coast.
McElhanney Consulting Services
25
Damage Control.
In crisis situations engineering
firms need to plan carefully how they will respond
to the public and the media.
By Derek Holloway
26
Taming a Weir.
A treacherous “drowning machine”
in the Bow River in Calgary has been made safer
by adding structures downstream.
Klohn Crippen Berger
30
Cloud Computing 101.
How does the latest phase
in the information technology revolution impact
engineering firms in Canada?
By Jay Polding
32
on topic
BUSINESS
Construction Fraud.
Ten
areas where dishonest practices are hampering
the construction industry.
By Kelly Kolke, Grant Thornton LLP 10
CONVERSATIONS
Bricks, Bones and the Heart.
Dr. Nigel Shrive of the University of Calgary works to conserve historic structures — and to
mend human bodies. 38
departments
Comment 4
Up Front 6
ACEC Review 13
Awards Call 34
Products 35
Advertiser Index 37
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