Canadian Consulting Engineer

CONTENTS October-November 2011

October 1, 2011
By Canadian Consulting Engineer

 

 

Cover: 2011 Canadian Consulting Engineering Awards. ©iStockphoto/Thinkstock

features

2011 Canadian Consulting Engineering Awards

Introduction: Technical Excellence and Visual Beauty.

By Carolyn M. Hansson, Ph.D., P.Eng., Jury Chair.

16

 

Schreyer Award

Decommissioning of Gaspé Mines

by GENIVAR.

26

 

Tree for Life Award

A Grander View

by Enermodal/MMM Group.

29

 

Awards of Excellence

St. Joseph Seminary

by DIALOG.

33

 

Poirier Sport & Leisure Complex

by AME/IMEC.

35

 

Queen Elizabeth Theatre Acoustical Renovation

by Aercoustics Engineering.

41

 

Coast Meridian Overpass

by SNC-Lavalin Constructors (Pacific).

44

 

Trafalgar Street Elevated Roundabout

by Delcan.

46

 

Dufferin Street Underpass

by Delcan.

47

 

Petite-Nation River Bridge

by CIMA+.

49

 

Oxford Pollution Control Plant Expansion

by Stantec.

51

 

Chateh Water Treatment Plant

by ISL Engineering and Land Services.

53

 

Go Transit Rail Improvements

by AGM Program Managers.

55

 

Winners Gallery

Smiling faces from the award-winning teams. 58

 

 

on topic

Business

 

Public-private partnerships offer big profits, but also hazards.

By Peter Kenter 64 An issue over 550-m setbacks.

Engineers & the Law

Wind Turbines and Health.

By Tamara Farber

Miller Thomson, LLP 67

 

 

departments

Comment 4

Up Front 6

ACEC Review 11

Products 72

Advertiser Index 73

Human Edge 74

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