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Welcome to this edition of the Round Up, published by Construction Links Network.
Top news includes Chandos Construction and Bird Construction announcing this week that they have entered into a three-year strategic partnership for the Building Good initiative. Through this partnership, Chandos and Bird will drive sustainable change through the promotion, discussion, and execution of Building Good’s three focus areas – Industry Transformation, Equity and Inclusion, and Sustainability. The top video is courtesy of Priestly Demolition. Watch their team take down Toronto's entire Gardiner Expressway Eastbound Ramp in just 5 weekends.
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Chandos Construction and Bird Construction announce 3-year strategic partnership for Building Good
Established in 2021, Building Good is a thought leadership initiative that aims to catalyze owners and industry partners to change the way the architecture, engineering, and construction (“AEC”) industry designs and builds for the betterment of people and the planet.
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The Gardiner ExpressWay Eastbound Ramp Demolition
Watch Priestly Demolition do the unthinkable—and take down the entire Gardiner Expressway Eastbound Ramp in just 5 weekends. This is a fresh new look at the masters of bridge demolition. See drone footage, time-lapse video, and project highlights of this rapid demo from the PDI team, plus a behind the scenes look at how this project plan comes together, and the people who make it happen.
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Cooper Equipment Rentals celebrates 50 years with Charitable Golden Anniversary Campaign
Cooper Equipment Rentals Limited, a full-service construction equipment rental company servicing contractors across Canada, is celebrating its 50th Golden Anniversary by raising money for two worthy organizations — Steps for Life and Movember. Funds will be raised through rentals of 10 pieces of gold equipment that have been added to Cooper’s fleet, including eight gold excavators, one gold trench shield, and one 6-inch pump.
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Info Session: High-Performance Residential Design and Construction
Our session will provide an overview of the High-Performance Residential Design and Construction certificate of completion and our team can answer any questions you may have. Our info sessions are delivered by industry experts who have honed their own skills in the construction field.
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Corecon Technologies Announces DocuSign eSignature Integration with its Cloud-Based Construction Software Suite
The process for utilizing the new electronic signature feature is quick and easy. After enabling e-signature in Corecon Settings and authenticating the account, the DocuSign eSignature integration can be turned on or off for estimate proposals, client contracts, changes, invoices and all procurement related transactions such as POs, subcontracts, SCOs and subcontractor invoices.
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Resume vs Eulogy
A person’s eulogy virtues are just as, if not more, important than resume virtues. Think about the skills you’d like to be praised for instead of the skills you’d find on your resume. Everyone in a leadership position should understand the importance of building a eulogy instead of a resume.
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Stronger Adoption of Predictive Maintenance Coming, CABA Reports Finds
Predictive maintenance can be characterized as a suite of software and platforms tools that leverage data from control and automation systems, distributed sensor networks, and external business intelligence to predict the next system ‘event.’
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Kee Safety Products & Systems
A short video introducing a full range of safety systems available from Kee Safety: fall protection, safe access equipment for working at height, safety barriers, safety railing, and handrail systems.
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Proposed Updates to Steel Building Standard Could Enhance Earthquake Resilience
Since the mid-1990s, a type of steel column that commonly features slender cross-sectional elements has become more prevalent in buildings along the West Coast of the United States and in other seismically active regions. Although these columns have complied with modern design standards, our understanding of how they would perform during an earthquake has been limited by a lack of full-scale testing.
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Revitalization of CF Toronto Eaton Centre looking up with galleria roof replacement
Cadillac Fairview (CF) is pleased to announce its latest endeavour in the ongoing evolution of its flagship retail asset, CF Toronto Eaton Centre, with a $60 million refurbishment of its galleria skylight roof. The existing glass will be replaced with the latest materials and technologies to improve energy efficiency while maintaining its classic design aesthetic.
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Construction moving forward on major Spadina-Sussex residential project
Construction for a 23-storey residential complex on the intersection of Spadina Avenue and Sussex Avenue, which was started in December, is expected to be completed in fall 2024. Both the real estate agency working with the university on the project and the university itself have expressed excitement about the completion of the new student residence.
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Nord Stream 2: The $11 billion megaproject that's dividing Europe
Nord Stream 2 is a brand new pipeline that will bring an additional source of natural gas from Russia to mainland Europe via Germany. Having another supply of this fuel at a time when it’s becoming ever-more scarce sounds ideal, but there’s a problem.
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Bayers Lake Project - Drone Flyover December 2021
The Bayers Lake Community Outpatient Centre project involves the construction of a new outpatient facility and associated site works located on a 15-acre site in the Bayers Lake Business Park in Halifax, Nova Scotia.
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Time-lapse of Waterman Street Bridge Demolition
The Gordie Howe International Bridge project is a once-in-a-generation undertaking. Not only will the project deliver much-needed transportation improvements for international travellers, it will also provide jobs and opportunities for growth to the Windsor-Detroit region and includes features that make this project truly distinctive.
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Report - Canadian Real Estate Construction Costs Are Amongst North America’s Lowest
It’s not unexpected when Toronto is the least affordable city in North America. Unexpectedly, Toronto is amongst the cheapest major markets to build a home.
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First full-service hotel to be built in Toronto’s Distillery District
Led by a talented team including IBI Architects, ERA Heritage Architects, and Studio Munge, the project will pay homage to the building’s rich history as a rack house built in 1890. This previously stored up to 15,000 barrels of alcohol as part of the liquor manufacturing operations of the Distillery District, until its closure in 1990.
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A contactless drilling robot can bore through the hardest rocks on earth
A robot called Swifty, created by a San Francisco-based start-up Petra, can drill through the hardest rocks on the planet, which would normally destroy drilling equipment, using super-heated gas. Petra’s semi-autonomous tunneling robot offers fast and cheap solutions for infrastructure projects.
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NIBS to Launch Infrastructure 2022 Series
This year, the National Institute of Building Sciences’ Consultative Council plans to launch Infrastructure 2022, a quarterly webinar series around key infrastructure topics.
Webinars will cover transportation infrastructure and how this affects daily commutes, goods and supply chain challenges, lifelines and access to high-speed networks, and preparedness and mitigating the climate crisis.
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New Concrete, New Standards
Industry professionals who are looking for ways to improve the economics and performance of concrete, and to reduce its environmental impacts, are paying attention. They are developing new concrete materials and mixtures, applying cutting-edge nanotechnology to improve the material’s compressive strength and ductility, and finding new ways to incorporate recycled materials into the final product.
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Construction Tech Company Ecobot Raises $2.8M
This new investment round will allow Ecobot to widen its scope of environmental permits and build additional project management tools into the platform. Also as part of this expansion, Ecobot will provide more integrated ways for engineers to leverage field data into a digital twin to improve the resilience of the built environment.
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3D-printable foam alternative to concrete created
Building geometrically complex formwork for concrete elements that are optimized for resource-efficiency is often wasteful and labor intensive. FoamWork explores how foam 3D printing (F3DP) can be used to produce unique shapes for functional stay-in-place or temporary and recyclable formwork in concrete casting.
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CxEnergy 2022 Technical Program Announced
The premier event in commissioning, energy management, and building analytics and diagnostics, CxEnergy 2022, announced its technical program today. The event takes place April 19-22, 2022 in Orlando, FL at the Caribe Royale.
CxEnergy draws hundreds of the nation’s leading commissioning experts, energy management professionals, MEP engineers, HVAC testing professionals, facility managers and building owners.
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ACI Publishes New Concrete Field Testing Technician Certification Workbook
The American Concrete Institute has released a new, 40th edition of its most popular certification publication, CP-1: Technician Workbook for ACI Certification of Concrete Field Testing Technician — Grade I. The newly released edition takes a significantly different and enhanced approach to preparing potential candidates for ACI certification as Concrete Field Testing Technicians.
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BUILDEX Vancouver is Western Canada’s largest forum connecting the holistic building industry to learn from leading industry experts and discover the newest innovations. Expand your professional skills, knowledge and understanding of future construction, design and property management trends and explore new, innovative products, materials, technologies, and services changing the way we do business. Key themes for 2022 include Future Work, Carbon Reduction & Wellbeing, Digitization & Industrialization. |
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The Canadian Concrete Expo enters its 4th year, and 2022 it is set to be the shows biggest year yet. The floorplan is expanding to include dedicated zones for industry categories like; technology, aggregate and masonry.
Over 350+ exhibitors are expected to fill every corner of the 250,000 sq.ft. with every possible concrete construction solution you will need.
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World of Asphalt is the leading asphalt trade show and conference. Industry manufacturers and service providers in the aggregate, asphalt, pavement maintenance, and traffic safety industry sectors come together to showcase their latest products and technologies.
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Canada is playing a critical role in the development of the global hydrogen economy with innovators in production processes and pioneers in fuel cell technology. To demonstrate Canada’s leadership in hydrogen, the Canadian Hydrogen Convention will launch its inaugural event in April 2022 in Edmonton, Alberta. This must-attend event will bring the entire Canadian supply chain together to discuss innovations and solutions for low-carbon hydrogen production, energy infrastructure, storage and the path forward as Canada works towards net zero by 2050. |
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