Special Feature
Concrete
Below are articles from the latest Concrete Special Feature by Daily Commercial News.
Feature Articles - Concrete
Can concrete and asphalt travel down the same road together?
Anyone who has driven from Vancouver to Seattle, or from Winnipeg to Grand Forks...
Resource
George Brown’s Safiuddin a concrete example of a life dedicated to construction materials
As he has an 80-page Curriculum Vitae, it is a task to keep track of George Brow...
Resource
What can Taylor Swift teach us about construction? Canadian Concrete Expo has the answer
While winter slows down or even halts construction completely, the season is als...
Associations
Researchers uncover the ‘secret sauce’ in Roman concrete
Two thousand years ago, the Roman Empire was expanding across much of Europe, cr...
Resource
A bright future lies ahead for precast concrete
The demand for precast concrete components continues to develop across more cons...
Associations
Fibre-reinforced concrete, rammed earth formwork build on lessons from ancient history
Horse hair, beer, urine, tree bark, sugar — all have been used in ancient concre...
Technology
Innovative concrete additives increase strength while reducing waste and carbons
Cement and concrete production has one of the largest carbon footprints of any i...
Labour
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Prescriptive concrete specifications make carbon reduction a hard sell
Given international commitments between more than 77 countries to limit the plan...
Associations , Government , Technology
Fire at Toronto condo development under construction
TORONTO — A fire occurred at a condominium development under construction in T...
Projects
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Huge construction projects pipeline outlined for Ontario
Ontario “is the place to be” with hundreds of billions worth of projects in the...
Infrastructure , Projects
$215M mass timber plant in Nova Scotia a ‘groundbreaking’ Indigenous collaboration
A $215 million mass timber manufacturing plant being developed in Nova Scotia co...
Projects , Resource
Inside Innovation: New solutions for building tall in tight spaces
Constructing tall buildings in tight urban spaces poses several challenges, incl...
Technology
Why can’t transit projects be delivered on time?
Among all construction projects, it’s unarguable large transit projects have the...
Infrastructure , Projects
Full EA planned with no shortcuts for Ring of Fire road project
The two Indigenous-led proponents of the Northern Road Link, that will provide a...
Associations
Project manager Melanie Knowles paving her own path forward in construction
Not only was she eastern Ontario’s first representative on the Ontario Asphalt P...
Labour
Athletics release renderings of new Las Vegas stadium
LAS VEGAS — The Oakland Athletics and their design teams released renderings Tue...
US News
Powerline technician Melissa Dawe weathers all kinds of storms to help others
Although not wanting to go into too many details, Connect Atlantic Utility Servi...