Preventing the collapse of partially-constructed new homes
Posted: Sep 1st, 2022In: ConstructionNewsPhoto: Peel Regional Police on Twitter (2 homes damaged on Quintette Close in Brampton. No injuries reported. Officers reported strong winds + rain at time – March 16, 2016) By Sarah Stevenson, P.Eng., Ph.D. Candidate[...]
Read More about Preventing the collapse of partially-constructed new homesBillions needed to prepare buildings for climate change
Posted: Jul 27th, 2022In: ConstructionNewsALBERT GAZETTE Changing buildings to make them more weather resistant will save money and lives in the long run, says one expert. In the wake of another summer of extreme weather events, including another fire[...]
Read More about Billions needed to prepare buildings for climate changeThe cheaper we build our buildings, the more they cost after an earthquake, wildfire or tornado
Posted: Jun 17th, 2022In: ConstructionNewsSeveral people were injured and homes destroyed after tornadoes touched down in Barrie, Ont., in July 2021. (Duckdave/Wikimedia), CC BY-SA Keith Porter, Western University A tornado cut a 270-kilometre path through Kentucky in mid-December 2021,[...]
Read More about The cheaper we build our buildings, the more they cost after an earthquake, wildfire or tornadoFlooding cuts 8.2 per cent off average Canadian home sale prices, says study
Posted: Feb 16th, 2022In: ConstructionNewsGatineau, Quebec, Canada, April 2019: Volunteers walk through water to carry sand bags while trying to protect a home during the spring 2019 floods of the Ottawa River. Flooding Canada experienced in the last decade[...]
Read More about Flooding cuts 8.2 per cent off average Canadian home sale prices, says studyHurricane straps keep roofs on houses and can improve safety during tornadoes
Posted: Sep 3rd, 2021In: ConstructionNewsSome of the worst damage from the EF-2 tornado that struck the Ontario city of Barrie on July 15. (Northern Tornadoes Project), Author provided Gregory Kopp, Western University Many people think of a well-built house[...]
Read More about Hurricane straps keep roofs on houses and can improve safety during tornadoesFive men now confirmed dead in Kelowna, B.C., crane collapse as body found
Posted: Jul 15th, 2021In: ConstructionNewsKELOWNA, B.C. – The body of a fifth man killed in the collapse of a construction crane in Kelowna, B.C., has been recovered. A statement from the RCMP says the body was found late Tuesday night as[...]
Read More about Five men now confirmed dead in Kelowna, B.C., crane collapse as body foundMost buildings were designed for an earlier climate – here’s what will happen as global warming accelerates
Posted: Jul 14th, 2021In: ConstructionNewsLunatictm/Shutterstock Ran Boydell, Heriot-Watt University Climate change will affect every aspect of our lives – including the buildings we live and work in. Most people in the US, for example, spend about 90% of their[...]
Read More about Most buildings were designed for an earlier climate – here’s what will happen as global warming acceleratesMultiple fatalities after construction crane collapses in Kelowna, B.C.
Posted: Jul 13th, 2021In: ConstructionNewsKELOWNA, B.C. – The head of a development company building a 25-storey residential tower says there were “multiple” fatalities after a crane collapsed in Kelowna, B.C., on Monday. Jonathan Friesen of the Mission Group said he didn’t[...]
Read More about Multiple fatalities after construction crane collapses in Kelowna, B.C.Canada needs infrastructure that can handle climate change, report says
Posted: Jul 13th, 2021In: ConstructionNewsNATIONAL OBSERVER Canada should act fast to protect critical infrastructure from climate breakdown by building resiliency into ports, power grids, bridges, and more, the International Institute for Sustainable Development (IISD) says. Many solutions, like building[...]
Read More about Canada needs infrastructure that can handle climate change, report saysMany feared dead after Florida beachfront condo collapses
Posted: Jun 25th, 2021In: ConstructionNewsSURFSIDE, Fla. (AP) – A wing of a 12-story beachfront condo building collapsed with a roar in a town outside Miami early Thursday, killing at least one person and trapping residents in rubble and twisted metal. Rescuers[...]
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