On Tuesday, December 9, CSC’s Edmonton Chapter is holding a breakfast meeting about statutory declarations. The discussion centres on how it may be common for contractors to make false statutory declarations in order to...


The Athena Sustainable Materials Institute has evaluated the building footprint of the Lafarge Innovation Hub using lifecycle assessments (LCAs) and an Environmental Building Declaration (EBD)—a document stating the environmental footprint data of a building,...

Last week, plans to change Edmonton’s skyline with a new 62-storey tower were announced. The future home to the headquarters of engineering and consulting firm Stantec, it will stand 227 m (735 ft) tall—soaring above...

Edmonton’s 102-year-old High Level Bridge has been given a facelift with a colourful light-emitting diode (LED) assembly. The bridge’s pedestrian walkway is now illuminated by more than 50,000 colour-changing luminaries mounted above the path. Unveiled...

Two Calgary firms, Zeidler Partnership Architects and BKDI Architects, have merged to form Zeidler BKDI Architects. Together, the firms have 15 years of collaboration experience and the merge recognizes their common philosophy and experience as...

University of Calgary’s (UBC’s) Taylor Family Digital Library (TFDL) is the latest campus building to receive Leadership in Energy and Environmental Design (LEED) Gold certification. The TFDL design incorporates numerous sustainable elements in its design.

This week, the Alberta, Saskatchewan, and Manitoba Associations of Architects presented projects with the biennial Prairie Design Awards. Since its inauguration in 2000, Awards of Excellence and Awards of Merit have been handed out to...


An oil and gas contractor in Alberta outgrew its facility and used metal building assemblies to design a new efficient warehouse to house its heavy-duty drilling equipment.