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 homesThe 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 studyMost 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 accelerates