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IBI Group designs third tower for M City in Mississauga
M3 will be 81 stories, making it the tallest tower in Mississauga and one of the tallest buildings in the Greater Toronto Area.
Riello UPS Introduces the Sentinel RT Single Phase UPS For Critical Applications
Rated for 115/120/127 VAC, these 60-Hz Sentinel RT UPS models feature capacities of 1KVA, 1.5KVA, 2KVA, 3KVA, 6KVA and 10KVA.
Victaulic launches economical joining system for small diameter carbon steel pipe
QuickVic SD Installation-Ready solution enables material savings and efficiency gains to boost commercial and industrial HVAC project economics.
YORK introduces Mission Critical air handling units for data centers
The units are offered in two sizes (250 kW and 500 kW) and in perimeter and rooftop configurations.
TaylorMade’s new Canadian Headquarters Includes Golf Labs
Ware Malcomb’s role was prime consultant, managing mechanical and electrical engineering consultant services while also providing interior architecture & design services.
Manitoba Partnering with Private Sector in Downtown Winnipeg Development
Up to $11.95 million in tax increment financing (TIF) will be provided to support the development of the True North Square public plaza, an area that will include green space, a water feature and programmable space.
Siemens and Bentley partner in new digital solution to optimize capital project delivery
The integrated solution combines the Teamcenter portfolio with Bentley’s ProjectWise and its Connected Data Environment (CDE).
Cooling Tower enhancement from SPX Cooling Technologies
At 2,500 tons, the MD Everest Cooling Tower is an ideal one-to-one chiller match.
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Hitting the right Acoustical Notes
Meeting the challenges of converting an old Toronto warehouse into a much-needed music rehearsal space and recording studio.
U of T opens new Myhal Centre to the media
The new nine-level building is one of U of T’s most energy-efficient—meeting or exceeding many Tier 2 Toronto Green Standard performance measures.
ASCE Guide for Sustainable Building Strategies
This book aims to guide and encourage structural engineers to take an
active and meaningful role in green building development.Manitoba building new schools with new procurement process
The province explored the feasibility and benefits of building four new schools using a public private partnership (P3) model … after review, it decided instead to enhance its existing approach by applying lessons learned through analysis of P3 principles, innovations and methodologies.
Construction steel lobby warns that tariffs could threaten major projects
Canadian Coalition for Construction Steel is encouraging the government to proceed carefully regarding new trade measures, as mills in Canada only have the capacity to supply about 50% of domestic demand.
ASHRAE Publishes Updated Legionellosis Standard
The standard was originally developed to assist designers and building operators establish water management plans that include practices specific to the systems that exist in a particular building, campus or health care facility.
West Park Healthcare $1.2B Redevelopment awarded to EllisDon Team
The redevelopment project includes a new six-storey hospital facility totalling approximately 730,000 sq. ft.
New Residence Building for U of T
The building will incorporate a three-storey heritage building and rise 23-storeys at the corner of Spadina and Sussex Avenues.
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Innovation Centre at Red River College breaks ground
Targeting net-zero energy consumption, the skin of the new high-performance building consists of photovoltaic glass panels that create energy and also change colour depending on the angle of view and weather conditions.
Medicine Hat Regional Hospital Expansion Opens
The 245,000-sq.-ft. addition to the community hospital offers renewed ambulatory care clinics, labour and delivery suites, NICU and major surgical facilities.
Walmart Canada building sustainable fulfillment centre in Surrey, B.C.
The building’s HVAC system will be designed to reclaim heat rejected from the refrigeration system to heat offices and radiant under floor heating.
SANIFLO opens new location in Ontario
Along with the move to its new, 9,500 sq. ft. facility, SANIFLO is also marking its 30-year anniversary in Canada.
Fulton Endura+ boilers tested for durability
In laboratory testing, an EDR+ 3000 surpassed 155,000 ignition cycles – more than 20 years’ worth of ignition events.
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Fire Risk Assessment for Tall Wood Buildings
As explained in Ontario’s Tall Wood Building Reference, fire risk assessment is a useful tool for comparing the fire-safety performance of a proposed alternative solution for a tall wood building against a code-compliant acceptable solution of noncombustible construction.
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Talking Tall Wood Towers
In the last decade or so people are realizing that mass timber can be used for bigger buildings quite effectively. And you get a lot of benefits from it.
Lochinvar boosts performance, efficiency of CREST condensing boiler family
Boiler upgrade provides up to 96% thermal efficiency in six models ranging from 2.5 million to 6 million Btu/hr.
Honeywell smart building tool analyzes occupancy
Honeywell has introduced its Vector Space Sense, a software solution that shows where, when and how building spaces are used at any given point in time. The solution allows building operations teams to make better-informed real estate and space usage…
New Leica iCON construction total stations
The new Leica iCON construction total stations, Leica iCR70 and Leica iCR80, are productive one-person layout solutions for building construction.
Cast-in-place firestop solution for through penetrations in concrete flooring
Besides built-in firestop, the cast-in-place device design increases productivity because it eliminates labor-intensive post-construction concrete floor coring.
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Team announced for Montreal’s Saint Joseph’s Oratory development project
Architects, Atelier TAG and Architecture49, lead the development team that includes SDK et associés Inc. (structural engineers) and Stantec (electrical/mechanical engineers).
Protection for multiple linesets on rooftop VRF systems
The enclosure and support systems are designed exclusively for multiple linesets used with variable refrigerant flow/volume (VRF/VRV) multi-split systems.
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evolv1
A net-positive office building in Waterloo, Ont. optimizes both passive and active energy sustainability features.
