A rigorous conservation process, focused on improving building envelope performance, seismic resiliency, and accessibility, has brought new life to a 1930s church. The restoration has received the Vancouver Heritage Award from the city.
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Tension fabric structures have served a key role as a cost-effective facility solution for years. In some cases, users have turned to fabric buildings when brick-and-mortar construction is not economically feasible or would take too long to complete. In other cases, fabric is more suitable to the application in the first place, because its translucency provides natural daylighting, or due to the inherent corrosion-resistance of fabric cladding.
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Spray foam insulation was used to achieve an optimal building envelope in a unique affordable, multi-family housing project in Leamington, Ontario, built using 3D printing.
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Among the many performance characteristics expected of today’s building wraps (also referred to as weather-resistive barriers, water-resistive barrier [WRB], or housewrap), draining bulk water is increasingly important. When rainwater infiltrates the space between cladding and sheathing, it can create major problems if it is not managed quickly.
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Canada’s climate is changing. Projections for the next 30 years all point to warmer minimum, maximum, and average yearly temperatures.
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Most traditional field-constructed assemblies require various trades to implement these three main functions. Some assemblies, such as insulated metal panels (IMPs), are factory-fabricated and installed as an integrated unit. (For more on these systems, see “Modelling Benefits with Insulated Metal Panels.”)
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