Features
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New Federal Prompt Payment … What It Means for Engineers
It will be important for consulting engineers to be aware of the new federal and provincial prompt payment legislation and adapt their billing practices accordingly.
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Future City Planning
Insights from Stantec contributors into Sidewalk Labs’ Toronto Quayside development plan.
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Power Play
New utility-owned microgrid in North Bay, Ont. is the first of its kind in Canada.
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Standing Tall
An award-winning tall tower project in Toronto incorporates new Canadian-designed damping technology.
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Petrolia WWTP Renewal
The new wastewater treatment plant upgrades in the Town of Petrolia provide a more efficient and sustainable solution for the burgeoning Ontario community.
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Diverging Diamond comes to Canada
Completed in the Fall of 2017, the City of Calgary was the first in the country to adopt the unique interchange design to improve traffic flow with fewer construction disruptions.
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Using infrared to assess damage to buildings
Thermal imaging cameras display the infrared spectrum as an image, with colours representing different temperatures, and they’re effective in showing everything from the heat of a failing electrical fuse to the cold of a hidden water leak.
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Sight Seeing
New research conducted at a downtown Toronto office tower reveals wellness benefits of natural daylight and outdoor views.
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Q&A with BrainBox AI co-founder Jean-Simon Venne
We wanted to know where the AI would deliver the most value, and so far we’re consistently seeing 25% to 35% energy savings and reducing greenhouse gas emissions by a huge percentage, about 40%.
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Destined to Engineer
Catherine Karakatsanis, P.Eng., the chief operating officer at Morrison Hershfield, is this year’s recipient of the Gold Medal from Engineers Canada, acknowledging her lifetime of industry achievements.
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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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Tipping Point
A conversation with Annette Bergeron, President of Engineers Canada, about the 30-by-30 initiative and diversity in the engineering industry.
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Working Better Together
Talking diversity and inclusivity with Deanna Burgart, P.Eng, CET, president of Indigenous Engineering Inclusion Inc.
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Energy recovery dehumidifier earns Guelph a $20K+ utility incentive
The energy savings is generated mainly from recovering compressor waste heat to provide water heating for the indoor pool and using exhaust air to preheat incoming outdoor air.
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Stantec-designed Bus Rapid Transit corridor opens in Calgary
The MAX Purple corridor, one of three new MAX BRT lines in the city, has transformed over 3 km of 17 Avenue SE.
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Bat Friendly Progressive Mine Rehabilitation
The Edison Mine in northeastern Ontario required an innovative rehabilitation approach to protect a species at risk.
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Alternatives to grade separation for railway crossings
With over 20,000 at-grade railway crossings across Canada, making all railway tracks cross in a grade-separated manner is not economically viable.
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Intelligent Structural Panels
A Canadian-designed solution for constructing the next-generation of smart buildings.
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YVR Flywheel Energy Storage project – Tree For Life Award
Working with YVR, WSP designed a flywheel energy storage and power generation system. This system consists of two 600 kW redundant high-efficiency diesel generators, an intelligent power switchgear distribution system, and a 625 kVA flywheel uninterruptable power supply (UPS) system.
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Centre hospitalier de l’Université de Montréal (CHUM) – Schreyer Award Winner
CHUM mandated an energy consumption target of 40% less than the ASHRAE 90.1-1999 baseline—a very aggressive target for an urban acute care hospital … the target was achieved using a multi-pronged approach.
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Renewable Fuel
The City of Toronto is launching a project to transform organic waste biogas into fuel that can power its collection trucks.
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Accessibility Along the Trillium Line
Meeting and exceeding established codes for barrier-free access to Ottawa’s transit system.
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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.
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Keeping the Passion Alive
DIALOG takes a multi-pronged approach to keeping employees engaged and building on its collaborative culture.
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Canadian Expansion & Clear Horizons
Ontario-based McIntosh Perry has been active, more than doubling in size over the past two years. Canadian Consulting Engineer spoke with Gus Sarrouh, company CEO, about the recent activity and the firm’s plans for the future.
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Back-Up Power Solutions
A cost-effective and repeatable solution was required to maintain water delivery to this northern Saskatchewan community when the power goes out.
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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.
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Many Voices: Moving the Needle on Renewable Energy
The technology exists today to move the world onto cleaner energy solutions, but what’s holding us up is political will.
