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July 1, 2009
Concrete canoe race floats their boat
Canada’s École de technologie supérieure, from Montreal, placed second in this year’s concrete canoe race in their hockey-themed canoe, Vintage.
June 17, 2009
Construction community helps save Vancouver landmark
B.C. contractors have pitched in to help preserve a Vancouver landmark, the Stanley Park Hollow Tree estimated to be 700-1,000 years old.
June 8, 2009
The race is on to replace aging Vancouver Island bridge
In less than two years, a new double-leaf bascule bridge could replace the 85-year-old Johnson Street Bridge that spans Victoria’s busy Inner Harbour.
May 27, 2009
Cracks are OK in this concrete
Economic constraints and environmental concerns have led to a growing emphasis on life-cycle costing. That, in turn, is spurring scientific efforts to devise new materials that might seem costly at the outset, but which turn out to be cheaper over the long haul.
May 20, 2009
Concrete truck driver convicted after high-speed crash kills five
A Calgary-area concrete truck driver has been convicted after he rear-ended a car that was waiting at a red light at high speed and killed all five occupants.
May 11, 2009
Bird Construction official reflects on building challenges at Trout Lake Ice Arena
To an experienced builder, constructing your typical arena is generally straightforward. But the new $14 million Trout Lake Ice Arena in east Vancouver is anything but typical.
May 11, 2009
Collavino Construction Group’s crew puts in overtime on Freedom Tower
Renzo Collavino is far from home, deep in a 16-acre hole at what was and what will be one of New York’s most famous landmarks.
May 11, 2009
Key Construction employs Advance Precast system at Kamloops motel project
Key Construction is using a unique precast concrete system to build this Kamloops, B.C. motel. The building was assembled by Advance Precast Ltd., with crane and operator from Buie Crane & Rigging Service.
April 22, 2009
Vancouver’s Sunset Community Centre wins 2009 Tilt-Up Achievement Award
Sunset Community Centre in Vancouver and the North Campus Academic and Student Service building of the Humber Institute of Technology and Advanced Learning in Toronto were among the winners of the 2009 Tilt-Up Concrete Association (TCA) Tilt-Up Achievement Awards.
April 13, 2009
Composite fibres set to bring change to bridge building technology
Composite materials have been with us for a long time.
October 13, 2008
Seven Construction Safety Network member companies receive BCRMCA safety awards
The B.C. Ready Mixed Concrete Association (BCRMCA) handed out their first-ever Safety Awards during their recent annual conference.
October 13, 2008
Inland Aggregates starts up state-of-the-art facility
A Winnipeg aggregate supplier has made a significant investment in a new automated plant that will serve the local construction market and support economic growth.
October 13, 2008
Concrete helps lead the way to green, sustainable construction, Willmer says
Concrete and its major component, cement, have come a long way in the past few years, says Bruce Willmer, vice-president of the B.C. Ready-Mixed Concrete Association and vice-president of Lafarge Canada Inc.’s ready-mix concrete operations in Vancouver.
October 13, 2008
Whitemud Resources opens plant to produce metakaolin concrete additive
It’s not exactly a household name, but metakaolin (pronounced “meta-kay-lin”) could be the next big thing in concrete ingredients.
October 13, 2008
National concrete conference takes place December 3-4, 2008
The Concrete Canada conference is being held on Dec. 3-4, 2008 at the Metro Toronto Convention Centre, South Building.
October 13, 2008
New ENX scale weighs in as Alberta’s largest
Not that anyone’s really been keeping track, but a new scale being built and installed by Ancoma Scales for ENX Inc. may be the largest in Alberta.
October 13, 2008
Two Ontario workers injured on Garden City Skyway bridge
The Garden City Skyway bridge is the site of two Ontario labour ministry investigations stemming from a pair of work accidents six days apart.
October 13, 2008
Prefabricated steel-stud panels cut construction time for Solterra Developments
The use of prefabricated steel-stud panels, complete with insulation and finished exterior concrete, is cutting construction time for Solterra Development’s new 134-unit residential complex Summits View in Squamish.
October 13, 2008
Canadians join massive Angola infrastructure renewal project
Canadian participation in the construction of up to US$1 billion worth of infrastructure projects in Angola is being facilitated by the signing of a new agreement by Export Development Canada (EDC).
October 13, 2008
Next Hibernia oil platform will employ concrete gravity base structure (CFBS) technology
The details of the recent $20-billion offshore oil deal signed between Newfoundland and Labrador and an oil consortium including ExxonMobil, Chevron Resources, Petro-Canada and Norsk Hydro have been widely disseminated.
October 13, 2008
RMCAO launches first North American ‘Eco Certified Concrete Facility’ program
The Ready Mixed Concrete Association of Ontario has launched North America’s first Eco Certified Concrete Facility program.
October 13, 2008
Pontoon controversy hinders bridge decommissioning
Twelve concrete pontoons that floated the old Okanagan Lake Bridge for the past 50 years have been propping up a public debate on how to best dispose of their tons of concrete and rebar.
October 13, 2008
Special Delivery
A worker cleans out the chute of a cement truck delivering it’s load for a new development on Rosser Avenue and Buchanan Street in Burnaby, B.C.
October 13, 2008
Concrete soil solidification and stabilization technology helps reclaim industrial sites
In soil solidification and stabilization, the contaminated soil is either removed and mixed with cement or the cement is directly mixed in the soil in-situ, depending on the site and the conditions.
October 13, 2008
Solar asphalt energy technology heats up
We’ve all seen bad old movies in which an obscure scientist, labouring by himself to develop an idea, suddenly sees it unfold before him with astonishing clarity.
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