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DreamWall lightweight concrete wall panels are engineered and configured for use in exterior and interior façades where the client has a desire for a high-performance prefabricated wall panel system.

Canadian Concrete Expo speaker describes ‘next generation’ of precast wall panels

Concrete floor expert highlights duties under new standard

Andrea Boddy of Andrea Boddy Consulting (far right) moderated the Women in Concrete: Building Futures and Breaking Barriers seminar.

Women in Concrete panellists address achieving a fair and equitable workplace

Concrete Feature: Moss concrete covering many urban construction challenges

Cement industry undergoing ‘unprecedented transformation,’ says WCA CEO

Supported by Meta, manufacturer Canal Block of Port Colborne, Ont. will be introducing carbon-negative masonry blocks using CarbiCrete technology to Ontario’s construction market within months.

CarbiCrete, Canal Block team to bring low-carbon concrete to Ontario

Canadian concrete producers should develop environmental product declarations: Speakers

Canadian Concrete Expo presenter says main challenge facing industry is education

Some lower- and higher-tech ways to fight corrosion in reinforced concrete

A technology by Hyperion Global Energy Corp. in partnership with Lafarge Canada Inc. is being used as a pilot project to eliminate emissions at Lafarge’s cement plant in Bath, about 25 kilometres west of Kingston.

Ontario Lafarge plant implements ‘new wave of technology’ to combat CO2 emissions

Two hands holding up a tablet device towards a house. The tablet's screen shows a thermal image of the house.

Unique concrete pipe heats and cools Sudbury net-zero building

Charis Village is a not-for-profit organization that provides senior housing for faith-based residents in the City of Lacombe, Alta.

Central Alberta seniors home wins concrete award

Len Overbeek, vice-president of business development with Tilt Wall Ontario, will be presenting at an event the Canadian branch of the Tilt Up Concrete Association is holding called Tilt-Up Nexus in Vaughan, Ont. on Dec. 3.

Tilt-Up Concrete Association to hold pre-Christmas meet-up near Toronto

SYNC111, an apartment building that lies just west of downtown Edmonton, utilized precast concrete for its structure with some steel load-bearing elements. Gardner Architecture acted as architect and prime consultant.

Edmonton apartment building SYNC111 named precast concrete project of the month

The MacLeod Engineering Building at the University of British Columbia has won the Institutional (Large) Award in the 2024 Canadian Green Building Awards, sponsored in part by the Canadian Precast Prestressed Concrete Institute. Undertaken to improve the seismic and climate resilience, the project transforms a 1960s building nearing the end of its service life into a modern facility that supports 21st-century learning.

Renovation of UBC engineering building wins concrete award

The Wellington East Business Centre is a four-storey, 7,432-square-metre commercial condominium building at Wellington Street East and Highway 404 in Aurora, Ont. It is using a unique concrete panel system. Unlike the standard 50-millimetre-thick panels, the above grade ICF forms are comprised of 100-millimetre-thick expanded polystyrene insulation panels on both sides. ICFs are like LEGO that can be put together easily by hand.

Beyond net-zero: Wellington East Business Centre using unique concrete methods

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