Features

March 1, 2002
Bid Shopping

Tim Stanley, P.Eng.

March 1, 2002
IN PERSON (March 01, 2002)

Forest Lawn Siphon project, Calgary by CH2M Hill, winner of a Consulting Engineers of Alberta Award of Excellence.

March 1, 2002
News (March 01, 2002)

March 1, 2002
Obstacle Course

Stories continue below

March 1, 2002
What’s New (March 01, 2002)

March 1, 2002
Notes (March 01, 2002)

March 1, 2002
Infrastructure Canada Program: ACEC helps limit the liability of consulting firms

March 1, 2002
2002 ACEC National Convention

March 1, 2002
DIARY: Lameduck Hydraulic Enterprises Limited, or Confessions of a Basement Engineer

March 1, 2002
TRANSPORTATION: Riding the Sky – Vancouver’s Millennium Line

2000-kW on-site generator.

March 1, 2002
POWER GENERATION: The Right Connections

Photovoltaic researchers at the British Columbia Institute of Technology (BCIT) designed an integrated photovoltaic system for a new building on the institute's Burnaby campus. Technology Place has a 3.5 kW array of thin-film solar panels integrated into the glass facade overlooking the southwest entrance. The system produces enough power to sustain almost all lighting in the building.

March 1, 2002
PHOTOVOLTAICS: Taking in the Sun

The courtyard atrium acts as a ventilation pool for the building and expels air through opening glass vents at the roof.

March 1, 2002
BUILDING STUDY: GOING NATURAL

January 1, 2002
He’s Game

January 1, 2002
CHAIR’S REPORT: Are you feeling better yet?

The completed new wharf section consisting of king piles socketed 3.5 metres into bedrock and interlocking sheet piles. Armour plating shields the structure in the tidal zone. The operation to deepen the draught of the loading berth had to be done in up to 12 metres of water.

January 1, 2002
INFRASTRUCTURE: Port of churchill wharf

Edmonton tunnel known as the "Rathole."

January 1, 2002
AWARDS: Edmonton “Rathole” project wins U.S. award

Grande Bibliothque du Qubec, Montreal.

January 1, 2002
STRUCTURES: Digging starts for Grande Bibliothque

January 1, 2002
Workplace Violence

January 1, 2002
Budget 2001 – ACEC lobbying on infrastructure pays off

January 1, 2002
Calendar (January 01, 2002)

January 1, 2002
What’s new @ ACEC

January 1, 2002
WATERWORKS: Dulling the roar at the R.C. Harris Filtration Plant

January 1, 2002
Income Drop

January 1, 2002
ACEC’s Clear Strategic Direction: thoughts from a newly-appointed president

Geoweb sections with two polyethylene coated tendons and load-transfer clips being installed over the liner.

January 1, 2002
PRODUCT APPLICATION: Erosion Protection: Cellular system shores oil sands tailings pond

January 1, 2002
Certificates of Payment

Bridge after strengthening with new A-Frame and bracing. The new supports were painted in a dark colour to complement the existing wrought iron, and bracing was lined up with the bracing of the existing towers.

January 1, 2002
INFRASTRUCTURE: Hornes Brook Bridge

January 1, 2002
Vous etes rassures maintenant?

MicroStation V8

January 1, 2002
New Digital Tools

NRC/IRCSensors being installed for research on a partially restored utility cut in the city of Ottawa.

January 1, 2002
INFRASTRUCTURE: Maintenance Issues

January 1, 2002
WATER TREATMENT: Revelstoke’s Greeley creek plant