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One of the 'seven new wonders of the architecture world,' the distinctive Michael Lee-Chin Crystal at the Royal Ontario Museum (ROM) might be better appreciated in the summer rather than the winter, when icicles gather.
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| Designed by U.S. architect Daniel Libeskind, the Royal Ontario Museum's (ROM's) Michael Lee-Chin Crystal expansion has brought the Toronto building both darts and praise from architectural critics around the world. The mainstream press recently gave the often-polarizing edifice a compliment of the highest order and a new criticism. |
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| Construction Specifications Canada (CSC) and the Construction Specifications Institute (CSI) are seeking comments on proposed revisions to the 1998 UniFormat. |
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| SectionFormat and PageFormat have been updated and combined into a single publication, offering a uniform approach to organizing specification sections. |
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Construction Canada's 50th Anniversary: A look through our history
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| The Canada Green Building Council (CaGBC) is setting forth on a multi-year initiative to further evolve its Leadership in Energy and Environmental Design (LEED Canada) program. The plan is to have the sustainable building rating system include more project types—both new and existing. Developing from a one-time certification system to a lifecycle building performance management tool, the move is intended to streamline the certification process. |
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| Located in downtown Montreal, La Maison de l'OACI/Place de la cité internationale has been named the nation's first LEED–EB Gold building. Administered by the U.S. Green Building Council (USGBC), the Leadership in Energy and Environmental Design for Existing Buildings program recognizes sustainable property management and construction with respect to both energy efficiency and ecological responsibility. (The Canada Green Building Council [CaGBC] does not yet have a program for existing buildings.) |
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| Concrete canoes may sound as successful as lead balloons, but the National Concrete Canoe Competition entering its 21st year dispels that notion. The annual event, organized by the American Society of Civil Engineers (ASCE), is coming to Canada. From June 19 to 21, Montreal's École de technologie supérieure will be the site of 18 student teams (winners from regional competitions across the continent), as they race their Division 03 boats across Notre-Dame Island's Olympic Basin. |
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| In late March, the Canadian and Yukon governments announced initiatives dealing with infrastructure improvements seeing almost $243 million flow into the territory. |
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Calendar
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April 18-20
AAA Banff Session
Alberta Association of Architects
Fairmont Banff Springs
Banff, Alberta
www.banffsession.ca
April 24-26
2008 Structures Congress
Structural Engineering Institute
Hyatt Regency Vancouver
Vancouver, B.C.
www.asce.org
April 30-May 2
Greening Rooftops for Sustainable Communities
Green Roofs for Healthy Cities
Baltimore Convention Center
Baltimore, Md.
www.greenroofs.org
May 28-31
CSC Conference
Construction
Specifications Canada
Marriott Halifax
Halifax, N.S.
www.cscconference.ca
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