December 30, 2020

News Briefs     Green construction reduces new B.C. Starbucks’ carbon emissions by 30 per cent   Green construction tech company Nexii has built a first-of-its-kind Starbucks café in Abbotsford. The technology used on this store is designed to reduce carbon emissions by 30 per cent.   » Read more     Exclusive: New report offers specifiers strategies to reduce embodied carbon in buildings   International engineering firm Walter P Moore has released a report on embodied carbon and greenhouse gas emissions, an issue of relevance for all material specifiers.   » Read more     Revealing plans for a mixed-use development in Midtown Toronto   An application to redevelop a 3.7-ha (9.2-acre) Midtown Toronto site with a 278,709 m2 (3 million sf) mixed-use master-plan has been submitted by Oxford Properties Group.   » Read More   DEMO-CASTS ON DEMAND   Maestro Technologies Demo Cast   Maestro Technologies   Watch Now   NBS Chorus Demo Cast   NBS Chorus   Watch Now       Ground breaks on major B.C. industrial project   Oxford Properties Group has broken ground on one of Canada’s first large-scale, multi-level industrial projects at the Riverbend Business Park in Burnaby, B.C.   » Read More     Québec office stands out in industrial district with modernized structure   A three-year partnership between Artopex and Luc Plante architecture + design has created a building that meets the current needs of furniture maker Artopex.   » Read more   Features   Thermally improving curtain wall systems   Curtain walls are ubiquitous worldwide, delivering sleek, easy to install, and highly glazed building façades. However, the increasing stringency of building codes has created a conflict with delivering highly glazed buildings because glazed areas are known to be less thermally efficient than opaque walls.   » Read more   Making solid, sustainable choices with cold-formed steel framing   With a history spanning more than a half-century in noncombustible commercial construction, cold-formed steel (CFS) is a popular material choice for framing nonstructural interior walls, loadbearing interior and exterior walls, floor joists, and curtain walls.   » Read more     News   CSC Building Expo goes virtual in 2021     Calgary Chapter presents on future-ready whole building retrofits     CSC London presents on offsite construction     Missed this from the web?   Researchers develop sensors to test concrete strength in real time     Exclusive: Creating welcoming homes with modular construction     Snøhetta designs Le Monde Group’s Paris HQ in a translucent, dynamic façade

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