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New J.L Richards headquarters to emphasize Wellness
With the release of initial renderings, JLR’s in-house design team has provided new insight into what they hope to accomplish with this project.
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Reliable’s MACH-ProZone Version 8
The MACH-ProZone is a fully programmable BACnet Building Controller with highly scalable I/O in a very small footprint.
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Leica Geosystem’s new handheld imaging laser scanner
The BLK2GO is a wireless handheld imaging laser scanner that captures 3D environments while the user is in motion, and continuously creates a digital representation of reality in the form of 3D point clouds.
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Feds invest in George Brown College’s ‘The Arbour’ project
The Government of Canada has committed to invest $4.1 million to construct The Arbour, the 10-storey, $134-million, mass-timber building project at George Brown College’s Waterfront Campus in Toronto. The funding is part of the Green Construction through Wood Program (GCWood) launched by Natural Resources Canada. It’s the first project funded through…
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Ontario launching search for Ontario Place developer
The province’s vision for the site is a destination that could include sport and entertainment landmarks, public spaces and parks, recreational facilities, as well as retail.
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RFQ Issued for Vancouver’s new St. Paul’s Hospital
The new St. Paul’s – to be constructed at a new site at 1002 Station Street in Vancouver’s False Creek Flats, 3km from the current hospital site on Burrard Street – will have capacity for up to 548 beds, which includes 115 net new beds.
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Camden’s newest illuminated Request to Exit switches
The ADA & ROHS compliant capacitive touch switches offer colour selectable LED illumination for improved visibility.
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ASHRAE Signs MoU Agreement with New Buildings Institute
The NBI is an organization driving better energy performance in commercial buildings.
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IMAGINiT’s Clarity 2020 adds new features
The suite of products optimizes a BIM team’s efficiency by automating manual work, unlocking insights for analysis and seamless sharing of Revit data across the entire project team.
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DewAir’s RH-Cube 18 dehumidifier reduces A/C costs
The HVAC industry’s first split-system mechanical dehumidifier using a compact, energy-efficient counter-flow heat exchanger for dedicated humidity control.
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Green roofs now required in NYC
New York now joins cities like Toronto, Denver, San Francisco, and Portland, Oregon in making green roofs a requirement.
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Latest Infrastructure Resilience Publication focuses on buildings and lifeline standards
The book zeroes in on the enhancements needed in the design and construction of buildings and lifeline systems (communications, electric power, water, transportation) to support a community’s social stability, economic vitality, and environmental sustainability.
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Newfoundland shortlists teams for new mental health facility
The successful proponent will be announced in 2020, with construction to start months later.
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Oxford Properties unveils designs for transformation of Toronto’s Park Hyatt hotel
The heritage-designated South Tower will be retained and restored, making it the first high-rise in Toronto to be totally retained in an adaptive re-use project.
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Brilliant Resilience
Building Smart Cities takes into consideration that physical design and technology can be used to support diversity, creativity, intellectual stimulation, and true productivity for all citizens.
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Smart Solutions
Introducing software and hardware systems to connect city operations and empower citizens takes small steps, collaboration and a foundation of trust.
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Energy efficiency guide for ice rinks
Vancouver-based SWICH Services Inc., a company that sources energy and emission friendly technologies from around the world, has released its Arena Guide Go Green framework for rinks, providing information for arena operators on how to improve facility performance.
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B.C. building code to allow 12-storey mass timber builds
B.C. has obtained permission from the National Research Council to use the encapsulated mass-timber construction provisions from the 2020 National Building Code through a jurisdiction-specific regulation.
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CaGBC Report makes the case for Zero Carbon Building
“The Canadian building industry and governments now have proof to make the changes needed to create Canada’s low carbon building stock and avoid creating buildings that will become a liability in a carbon constrained economy.”
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New Sick Kids building design unveiled
B+H Architects’ proposed design for the new 22-storey Patient Support Centre (PSC) located on The Hospital for Sick Children (SickKids) campus in Toronto will comply with Toronto’s Tier 2 Building Standards.
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Infrastructure upgrades approved for Canadian Coast Guard College
The work will include the installation of heat pump technology that will use ocean water from Sydney Harbour to provide heating and cooling to the entire campus.
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ISO publishes BIM Standards
“Taking this to an international level not only means more effective collaboration on global projects, but allows designers and contractors working on all kinds of building works to have clearer and more efficient information management.”
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Feds help fund residential high-rise Net Zero project in London, Ont.
Government investing $3.9 million toward the construction of the Sifton Properties’ Helio building, a mixed-use, multi-unit residential high-rise in the West 5 sustainable community, a projected $57,608,500 project.
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Second Annual BIM Survey closes February 1
CanBIM, the business voice of Canada’s BIM community, is encouraging responses from building industry professionals across the country.
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Bell & Gossett reveals new double suction HVAC pump
The new e-HSC provides engineers a more powerful, serviceable, and efficient solution for a wide range of critical HVAC applications.
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YORK YZ centrifugal chiller line extended up to 1,350 tons
Johnson Controls extended the capacity range of its magnetic bearing centrifugal chiller to include chillers beyond 1,000 tons.
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LG highlights Smart controls at AHR Expo
The AC Smart 5 provides an intuitive way to monitor and control LG air conditioning units and LG RT DOAS.
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Cleaver-Brooks launches boiler monitor for ClearFire line
Users can now check the operating status and performance of their boiler system, or multiple boilers systems simultaneously in real time via a mobile app.
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Grundfos Introduces TPE3 In-Line Pump
Wireless technology enables the TPE3 to connect with up to four single TPE3 pumps.
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Contemporary Calgary selects architects to transform planetarium into modern art gallery
The team of Calgary-based Gibbs Gage Architects and KPMB Architects of Toronto were awarded the project.
