PCL and Limberlost Place partners are celebrating a significant construction milestone at George Brown College’s (GBC’s) Limberlost Place with the installation of a two-storey mass timber pedestrian bridge erected 19.8 m (65 ft) above...
Tag: Prefabrication
The winner of the 2020 International Highrise Award (IHP) for the world’s most innovative high-rise is the ‘Norra Tornen’ twin towers project in Stockholm, Sweden, designed by the Office for Metropolitan Architecture (OMA) in...
Coronavirus hospital built in 10 days
(02/04/2020)
Construction of the Wuhan Huoshenshan Hospital, a 1000-bed facility to treat patients showing symptoms of the deadly coronavirus was completed on Sunday in Wuhan, China. Reports say it took just 10 days to build...
A new 1000-bed hospital is rising in Wuhan, China, to treat patients showing symptoms of the coronavirus.
The two-level Stackt market, made entirely from 120 refurbished shipping containers, offers Torontonians a design-centric shopping experience.
Offsite versus onsite construction
(02/01/2019)
Offsite construction is becoming more prevalent in Canada due to its increased efficiency on jobsites, labour shortage, and tight project timelines. The market for prefabrication modular building systems is expected to rise as more...
Metal Structure Concepts (MSC) designed, supplied, and erected a pre-engineered steel building for Okanagan Spirits Craft Distillery, one of the oldest distilleries in Western Canada.
The kitimat modernization project
(12/02/2014)
In 2009, Montréal-based international corporation Rio Tinto Alcan began the process of modernizing its aluminium smelter located in Kitimat, B.C. To provide space for the new smelter, several existing facilities were dismantled and the...
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