November 2013 - Canadian Consulting Engineer

November 25, 2013
Rescue system in waiting since 2009 deployed for Champlain Bridge

Wood Innovation and Design Centre under construction in downtown Prince George, B.C. The photograph shows the building under construction, with the double-height main floor and core shaft. Photo courtesy WoodWORKS! BC.

November 25, 2013
Wood Innovation and Design Centre under construction

November 25, 2013
Alberta flood mitigation could include underground diversion

An intersection on the Southeast Stoney Trail. Image from http://www.sestproject.ca/photo-gallery

November 25, 2013
Southeast Stoney Trail opens in Calgary

Stories continue below

November 25, 2013
Glass falls from new tower in Toronto – again

Companies & People

November 25, 2013
OIQ auditing firms; PEO changing election rules

Buildings Companies & People

November 25, 2013
Vancouver structural engineers develop free “Concept” app

Martin Roy, ing.

Companies & People

November 25, 2013
Company and People News Round-Up: Martin Roy, Crossey, Associated Engineering, TRI and GHD

photo Aerial view of Timiskaming Dam Complex on the Ottawa River, on the border between Quebec and Ontario, 65 miles northeast of North Bay. The Ontario Dam is in the foreground and the Quebec Dam is on the far side of the island. Photo courtesy PWGSC.

November 19, 2013
Timiskaming Dam complex first phase opens

Buildings Companies & People

November 19, 2013
Elliott Lake panels asked about tightening rules of professional engineering

Companies & People

November 19, 2013
Bill to change Quebec’s Professional Engineers Act has problem areas

The panel on lifecycle asset management at the conference of the Canadian Council for Public Private Partnerships in Toronto. Left to right: John Gamble, president, Association of Consulting Engineering Companies; John Woodhouse, managing director, The Woodhouse Partnership, UK; David Bowcott, senior vice president, national director, Large/Strategic Accounts, Construction & Infrastructure, Aon Reed Stenhouse Inc.; John Fleming, vice president & general manager, Energy Solutions Canada, Performance Based Infrastructure (P3) with Johnson Controls; and Toni Rossi, executive vice president and group head, Real Estate Management, Infrastructure Ontario. Photo: CCPPP

Companies & People

November 19, 2013
P3s’ focus on building lifecycle has important role for engineers

November 19, 2013
Coalition calls for fair practices in construction materials

November 19, 2013
Canada’s largest construction trade show coming December 4-6

November 12, 2013
Light rail transit built as P3s requires wide community consultation, says panel

Companies & People

November 12, 2013
AECOM holds steady with financial results for 2013

Companies & People

November 12, 2013
Provincial news: Saskatchewan asbestos, New Brunswick lobbyists, B.C. water protection

November 12, 2013
First Nations form company to expand power grid to remote communities in northwestern Ontario

Companies & People

November 12, 2013
Company news updates: Associated Engineering, CIMA+, Golder, Ecosystem, DIALOG, Elementa

November 12, 2013
Divorce, injury and stress – the wages of life in the construction industry

Demonstration of the IESO/Enbala networking system at Sunnybrook Health Science Centre's operations control room.

November 5, 2013
Sunnybrook helps to stabilize Ontario’s electricity grid

November 5, 2013
Insurance Bureau of Canada pushes for more seismic protection

Biblioteque Guy Belisle in St. Eustache by SDK Associes, structural engineers. It was one of the winners in the 2013 CISC-Quebec awards.

Buildings Companies & People

November 5, 2013
Elegant buildings win Quebec steel awards

November 5, 2013
Alberta puts monitoring of oil sands on more scientific basis

November 5, 2013
Oceans could explain slower global warming

Companies & People

November 5, 2013
Smokers each cost employers $4,000 a year

Companies & People

November 5, 2013
Company Updates: Halsall, Excelsior

Buildings Environmental

November 5, 2013
LEED version 4 on its way