International contracting giant Royal BAM Group and developed a freeform 3-D robotic printer that can both navigate a construction site and print on its own, according to Global Construction Review. Read more.
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Lock-Block Ltd. of Richmond, B.C. has developed the Arch-Lock, a pre-cast piece of concrete in a wedge shape that can be used to build arches and vaults without steel reinforcement. Read more.
A significant finding resulting from the work of two University of BC Okanagan campus research engineers who controlled alkali-silica reaction (ASR) when using glass in a mortar mix is the potential for reducing fly-ash content as Canada’s supply of fly-ash is predicted to diminish. Read more.
Windsor, Ont.’s $1.4 billion Herb Gray Parkway that opened a year ago and is scheduled to connect to a new bridge to the United States in 2020, was precedent-setting because of how the construction preserved endangered wildlife. Read more.
A 3-D printer is simply a type of industrial robot. The relationship between robotics and 3-D printing had been there all along. Most of us simply never noticed it. Now, though, that relationship is what’s behind a project that would let flying robots —drones — fly into disaster areas and build shelters for survivors using 3-D printing technology. Read more.
The construction industry is going back to school. At this year’s Canadian Apprenticeship Forum conference in Vancouver, speakers from Alberta and Nova Scotia shared a variety of methods to reach teens in high school and expose them to a career in the trades. Read more.
EllisDon, in partnership with six other companies, have developed an industry-led action plan in support of Canada’s international climate change commitments. Read more.
The world today invests some $2.5 trillion a year on transportation, power, water, and telecommunications systems. Yet it’s not enough—and needs are only growing steeper. In a follow-up to its comprehensive 2013 report Infrastructure productivity: How to save $1 trillion a year, the McKinsey Global Institute finds that the world needs to invest an average of $3.3 trillion annually just to support currently expected rates of growth. Read more.
The Fort McMurray Construction Association (FMCA) is urging its members to contact a property appraisal consultant called SPECS Ltd. to bid for subcontract work on the post-wildfire cleanup contract, after an emotional meeting revealed the company is looking for a prime contractor. Read more.