More than just a Toronto suburb, Mississauga is Canada’s sixth­largest city—and a hotbed for innovative design. Check out the recent winners of its transformation-themed competition.

 

 

 

 

Digicon Information, the Alberta-based provider of master specifications, software, and BIM-related resources, has been acquired by NBS, a global source of construction information headquartered in the United Kingdom.

 

 

 

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Make a bold statement or let form follow function. Whatever your design intent—exterior or interior—almost anything is possible with lightweight, flat, endlessly adaptable aluminum and metal composite materials. No other material offers the same ease of fabrication into practically unlimited shapes and forms, while maintaining exceptional rigidity and stability.

 

 

 

 

There are plans to reimagine the former site of the Montréal Children’s Hospital as a mixed-use development incorporating park land, community centre space, social housing, and restored structures.

 

 

 

 

There are several types of thermal clips that enable construction of exterior walls with insulation outboard of the sheathing. However, these products are not equal—each has its own advantages and disadvantages in thermal properties and ease of installation.

 

 

 

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On Wednesday, February 8, the Calgary Chapter of CSC will hold a dinner meeting at the Elks Golf & Country Club, delving into how building products are specified in Albertan infrastructure projects.

 

 

For CSC Toronto’s February 7 dinner meeting, Laurie Suikki and Peter Gallagher of the Architectural Woodwork Manufacturers Association of Canada (AWMAC) will explore the new North American Architectural Woodwork Standards (NAAWS).

 

 

How do you handle quality problems with concrete slabs? This is the question CSC’s Vancouver Chapter seeks to answer at its lunch meeting on Thursday, February 9.

 

 

For the Wednesday, February 8 lunch meeting hosted by CSC’s Winnipeg Chapter, Brian Everton (Design For All Inc.) will present a talk entitled, “The Potential Impacts of the Accessibility for Manitobans Act.”

 

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Specialty insulated panels have been designed to provide cost-effective installation and performance characteristics for hydronic radiant floor-heating systems. Consisting of expanded polystyrene insulation (EPS) moulded to high-impact polystyrene film, these materials make for a stronger, more resilient interlocking crosslinked polyethylene (PEX) panel. Additionally, the panel nubs form a mushroom shape, locking the PEX piping firmly in place. The result saves time and labour costs during installation, and offers enhanced energy efficiency afterward.

 

 

 

Single-ply roofing membranes have become a popular choice for projects seeking to meet affordability, waterproofing, ozone resistance, and thermal shock durability needs. These flexible sheets of compounded synthetic materials are manufactured in strict, quality-controlled environments. Within the category of thermosets—compounded from rubber polymers—ethylene propylene diene monomer (EPDM) is one of the most prevalent, fastest-growing options for low-slope commercial and industrial roofs, both in retrofit and new construction projects.

 

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