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Engineering
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McGill engineering students get chance to work with Formula One Team
Over 100 McGill University engineering students attended an event on June 10 to learn about a competition that would give them the chance of a lifetime — to work for six months with a Formula One racing team. The 2016…
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Municipalities to be given more say on infrastructure projects, says Trudeau
At the Federation of Canadian Municipalities’ Annual Conference in Winnipeg, Prime Minister Justin Trudeau promised that decisions on infrastructure spending would be given to the municipalities. According to a report in the Globe and Mail, Trudeau told the municipality delegates,…
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Ontario engineers “fed up” with province ignoring them
The Ontario Society of Professional Engineers (OSPE), an advocacy body, has written an open letter to Premier Kathleen Wynne, arguing that the province needs to consult with engineers and involve them in its decisions over energy matters. Sandro Peruzza, chief…
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Bigger turbines brought in to capture Bay of Fundy tides
Located between Nova Scotia and New Brunswick on the Atlantic Ocean, the Bay of Fundy has some of the strongest tides in the world. Since 2009 tests and research have been carried out on the Nova Scotia side to find…
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CaGBC developing courses for construction trades and building operators
In an effort to have more construction trades, contractors and building operators educated in green building practices the Canada Green Building Council has teamed up with Urban Green Council, the New York Chapter of the U.S. Green Building Council, to…
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Major exhibit opens on Ove Arup’s work
Engineers visiting London, U.K. this summer might be inspired by in an exhibition dedicated to Ove Arup. “Engineering the World: Ove Arup and the Philosophy of Total Design” opens at the Victoria & Albert Museum on June 18. Curator Zofia…
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Quebec consulting engineers celebrate 2016 awards
Event marks role of engineers as a force for sustainability and combating climate change.
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Consulting engineers prepare to help in Fort McMurray
Consulting Engineers of Alberta has been quick to act during the devastating fires in northern Alberta and the mass evacuation of people from Fort McMurray and other towns. By last Wednesday, May 11, Ken Pilip, P.Eng., chief executive officer of…
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Burns & McDonnell expands in Canada
U.S.-based engineering company specializes in energy projects and transmission and has an aggressive expansion plan for Canada.
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Free tool for assessing life cycle impacts of roadways
The Athena Sustainable Materials Institute, a non-profit research organization based in Canada, has released a web version of its free life cycle assessment (LCA) tool for designing roadways. Pavement LCA is a tool for transportation engineers and designers to enable…
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Fort McMurray infrastructure survives, but much rebuilding ahead
The devastating forest fire that engulfed parts of Fort McMurray last week has left about 90 per cent of the city still standing. After touring the area on May 9, Alberta Premier Rachen Notley told media that all the schools,…
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Historic Rideau Canal structures to be refurbished
The Government of Canada has announced it will spend an additional $57 million on rehabilitating and repairing structures along the Rideau Canal. Announced by Catherine McKenna, Minister of Environment and Climate Change, on May 10, the funding will be used…
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Duffin Creek sewage plant ordered to reduce phosphorous
The town of Ajax, east of Toronto, has applauded Ontario’s Minister of Environment and Climate Change for ordering the Regions of York and Durham to prepare a phosphorus reduction action plan over the next nine months for the Duffins Creek…
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Having troubling remembering? Try drawing
A study at the University of Waterloo has found that the best way to remember information is to draw it. Jeffrey Wammes, Ph.D candidate in the Department of Psychology, along with Melissa Meade, another Ph.D candidate, and Professor Myra Fernandes,…
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Union Station projects win top Ontario awards
Three large firms share the Willis Chipman award in the 2016 Ontario Consulting Engineering Awards
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Brownfield and stormwater studies receive grants
Last week the Government of Canada and the Federation of Canadian Municipalities announced that 11 projects in Ontario’s Golden Horseshoe Region will receive funding from the Green Municipal Fund. The fund, established several years ago under the previous government, is…
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Government to spend $800 million on Chalk River improvements
Canadian National Laboratories announced last week that the federal government had committed to provide $800 million over the next five years to transform the buildings and infrastructure at its Chalk River site near Renfrew, Ontario. Chalk River is a nuclear…
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Is gender imbalance in engineering really a problem?
Editorial in Maclean’s presents surprising and unusual position
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Damages for Contaminant Migration – Engineers & the Law
Environmental contamination on adjacent lands in Ontario has resulted in a Court of Appeal decision that could have important repercussions.
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When the public has had enough
From the March-April print edition, page 4 Worldwide 5.5 million people die every year from air pollution. So said researchers at an international science conference held in Vancouver in February. Over half of these deaths occur in the two countries…
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Nanaimo plant uses gravity to feed membrane filters
The City of Nanaimo in B.C. had the official opening of its new water treatment plant last week. The $72.5-million plant started construction three years ago and in December began providing water to the 91,000 residents of the city located…
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ACEC applauds federal infrastructure spending — with provisos
Reactions to last week’s federal budget were predictably positive as the new Liberal government of Justin Trudeau carried through on its campaign promise to boost funding for infrastructure. The Association of Consulting Engineering Companies – Canada (ACEC) applauded the government’s…
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Engineer Elsie MacGill suggested as face of new bank note
Engineers Canada is encouraging engineers to support its nomination of Elsie MacGill to be pictured on a new bank note to be issued in 2018. The federal government is seeking nominations of important Canadian females for the honour until April…
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Deadline extended for 2016 Canadian Consulting Engineering Awards / Prix canadiens du génie-conseil
Alert! The deadline to submit a Notice of Intention to Enter the 2016 Canadian Consulting Engineering Awards / Prix canadiens du génie-conseil 2016 has been extended. The new Stage 1 deadline for submitting the above form and the entry fee…
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Canada’s BIM organizations to work closer together
Two organizations that are spearheading Building Information Modeling (BIM) in Canada have decided to collaborate more closely. On March 16, CanBIM and IBC/buildingSMART issued a joint press release to say that that two of their key committees will be working…
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Engineering students burst with ideas at University of Waterloo
A host of innovative engineering ideas are simmering at Canada’s largest university for engineering. Beginning March 16 for a week, the University of Waterloo in southwest Ontario is holding its annual Capstone Design symposia when students present 150 of those…
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How to clean that complicated facade?
With an eye on the growing complexity of contemporary architecture, a group at the Council of Tall Buildings and Urban Habitat (CTBUH) is developing the first technical guide on facade access and maintenance. Facade maintenance is essential for modern buildings…
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Pierre Shoiry to step down as head of WSP
Shoiry led huge expansion of Montreal engineering company into global firm. New president and chief executive officer is Alexandre L’Heureux.
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Ontario’s energy benchmarking causing concerns among big building owners
Proposals could increase demand for energy retrofits for a range of different building types.
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Will computers become flesh?
Researchers at McGill University have created a model of a biological computer that functions using the proteins present in all living cells. The model “bio supercomputer” is much smaller than current supercomputers — about the size of a book. Because…
