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The International Scientific Advisory Committee (ISAC) is hosting the first Interactive Symposium on Ultra-high-performance Concrete (UHPC), which includes a student competition with a finalist team from the University of Ottawa.

Harnessing the all-in-one aspects of tilt-up

Constructing buildings requires the skills and knowledge to meet the demands of speed of construction, energy efficiency, resiliency to environmental conditions, cost efficiency, and long-term durability. The tilt-up concrete method, which speaks to all these attributes, has steadily grown since the 1940s due in large part to the development...

BIM in Canada: Moving toward a national mandate for building information modelling

The Canadian architecture, engineering, construction, owner, and operator (AECOO) community is ripe for change. Building information modelling (BIM) provides a framework to prompt and guide this transformation. Many countries around the globe have put forth BIM mandates to support the collaborative process’ deployment—the goal is to improve the performance...

ASTM prepares concrete test standard

An ASTM International test method has been proposed to calculate concrete resistivity, or to what degree the material prevents an electrical current. ASTM WK37880, New Test Method for Measuring the Surface Resistivity of Hardened Concrete Using the Wenner Four-electrode Method, is being developed by ASTM Subcommittee C09.66, Concrete’s Resistance to...

Diamond Schmitt and Philip Agar design Fanshawe College’s new campus

A former department store now houses state-of-the-art academic facility designed by Diamond Schmitt Architects and Philip Agar Architect for Fanshawe College in downtown London, Ont.