Giant bamboo may get adopted as a sustainable construction material in the future, with the pioneering work on the material by a Brock University researcher, and associate professor of engineering, Amir Mofidi.
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TThe Royal Architectural Institute of Canada (RAIC) has announced the slate of recipients for its 2023 annual awards.
Study ranks Montreal fourth among sponge-like cities
(02/01/2023)
Montreal has ranked fourth in a study grading cities on their ability to absorb rainfall through the presence of blue-green infrastructure, such as trees, parks, and wetlands, as opposed to concrete and grey stormwater...
University of Northern British Columbia (UNBC)’s civil engineering assistant professor, Dr. Ramla Qureshi, and her team will be given a grant of $132,000 over a period of five years from the Discovery Grants (DG)...
While off-road construction vehicles only contribute to 1.1 per cent of global emissions, International Energy Agency’s estimates for the overall construction industry suggest a 20 per cent involvement in the global carbon footprint.
Architecture and design firm Lemay has launched FLDWRK, a new research and design collective which uses strategic methodologies to undertake real-world issues.
WZMH Architects has rebranded its innovations lab as ‘sparkbird labs,’ which will continue to work with Toronto’s Ryerson University
SNC-Lavalin tapped for new Ontario nuclear project
(03/01/2022)
SNC-Lavalin Group will deliver engineering and design services for Canadian Nuclear Laboratories’ new ANMRC in Chalk River, Ontario.
NRC launches $4.9M concrete research project
(01/09/2019)
A collaborative effort has been launched between the National Research Council Canada (NRC), the Québec government, and Université Laval to find a solution to problems stemming from the presence of pyrrhotite in concrete.
AI seeks out imperfections in metals
(07/31/2018)
Researchers at the University of Waterloo, Ont., have found a better way to identify atomic structures, an essential step in improving materials selection in the aviation, construction, and automotive industries.
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