An aerodynamic and climatic wind tunnel has been built in the new Automotive Centre of Excellence (ACE) at the University of Ontario Institute of Technology (UOIT) in Oshawa. The tunnel allows for the testing...
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Studcast saves the day at Montreal Hilton Hotel
(01/01/2010)
Montreal’s Hilton Garden Inn—a hotel and residential structure—has 43 floors—37 above-grade and six below-grade parking levels. With 216 hotel rooms and 211 apartments, this $67-million project was designed by local firm, Geiger+Huot Architects.
Lightening up on concrete cladding
(01/01/2010)
In the eternal struggle between building cost and quality, studcast systems can be potent tools. The thin-panel system provides benefits of architectural precast concrete, but reduces weight by more than 50 per cent.
Specially designed concrete formwork elements and distinctive architectural details were specified to allow a new chapel to grace Edmonton’s St. Joseph Seminary.
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