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Design professionals can rely on increasingly available data, new ASTM standards, and LCA analysis software to compare products, empowering them to make better choices to reduce the building’s carbon footprint. Stainless steel and other corrosion-resistant, long-life, high-recycled-content materials become obvious choices, as shown in examples from Vancouver to Edmonton to Gatineau.
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A strategic alliance with Pretium Anderson Building Engineers has caused GRG Building Consultants to be renamed as Pretium GRG Building Engineers. The two performance-focused engineering firms now have a combined team of almost 70, with Ontario offices in Toronto, Burlington, Waterloo, and Newmarket.
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Professionals in the precast concrete industry have an opportunity to be rewarded for their innovation in buildings, bridges, or other transportation structures with the opening of the 2018 design awards by the Precast/Prestressed Concrete Institute (PCI) and Canadian Precast/Prestressed Concrete Institute (CPCI).
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Canadian discount retailer Giant Tiger Stores’ high-reaching rooftop performance was recognized at the Professional Retail Store Maintenance Association (PRSM) National Conference in Dallas, as the industry association celebrated excellence in commercial building rooftop unit (RTU) efficiency.
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The CSC Vancouver Chapter is looking for players and hole sponsors for its annual Spec Golf tournament.
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On Thursday, June 29, the Edmonton Chapter of CSC is hosting its annual golf tournament at the Ranch Golf & Country Club in Acheson, Alta.
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Last month, winners were announced for the 2017 Student Design Competition co-ordinated by Construction Specifications Canada’s (CSC’s) Toronto and Grand Valley Chapters.
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“This month, I become the new president of Construction Specifications Canada. What I like about CSC is that getting involved allows you to meet the various professionals in your industry on an informal level and develop strong and lasting relationships,” writes David Boyle.
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Cork is a 100 percent natural, renewable resource and, contrary to popular belief, it is not going extinct. Today, it comes in various styles, textures, and modern finishes. While it continues to offer builders, architects, and specifiers many design advantages, it has morphed from its early bulletin-board days into a durable flooring choice with powerful esthetic potential. Made from recycled pre-consumer material left over from the production of cork-stoppers, the product’s greenness is only one of its benefits.
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Building information modelling is being employed by more practitioners to document greater project scopes for increasingly diverse purposes over extended project phases. The good news is, by its very nature, the more BIM is used, the more valuable it becomes. However, along with this increased utility of data, there is an exponentially growing burden of complexity and potential for conflicts and confusion. Like any other aspect of a project, BIM use needs to be managed to ensure it controls, rather than increases, risk and costs.
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September 12-14
Glassbuild America
National Glass Association/Window & Door Dealers Alliance
Atlanta, Georgia
Georgia World Congress Center
www.glassbuildamerica.com |
September 13-15
CONSTRUCT & the CSI Annual Conference
Informa/CSI
Providence, Rhode Island
Rhode Island Convention Center
www.constructshow.com |
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