Recent efforts in North America to reduce embodied carbon in concrete are similar to British solutions to eradicate cobras in colonial India. Simple solutions often create bigger problems than the complex ones they were...
Tag: Repair
Southwold township receives new modular steel bridge
(12/23/2021)
A modular steel bridge recently opened to carry traffic over Kettle Creek in the Township of Southwold, Ontario.
The Danbrook One apartment building in Langford, British Columbia, is under repair after being vacant for almost two years due to unsafe structural deficiencies.
Building to last with BURs
(04/21/2017)
The advantages of a built-up roofing (BUR) assembly include long life, a variety of maintenance options, and outstanding puncture resistance.
Specifying concrete repair
(03/02/2015)
Good concrete repair is not a bandage ‘fix’ for a structure in trouble—rather, it is a complex system that consists of numerous engineering tasks (Figure 1). Designing and specifying concrete repair has unique needs...
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