Four ways to leverage mixed reality for smarter infrastructure design
/in front, news/by CANSWhen Microsoft released the HoloLens in 2015, most saw it as a flashy new gaming platform, a goggle set that projected 3D images into the physical world. It wasn’t virtual reality, it was a mixed reality of actual environments and virtual objects in which players could quasi-physically engage in laser-gun fights with alien arachnid robots. But some […]
Education, communication key to reducing underground incidents
/in front, news/by CANSIan Wisdom, health and safety manager for Entera Utility Contractors, says there are seven words that make his blood run cold: “that’s the way we’ve always done it.” “The number one issue is overestimating capabilities and experience,” he said, adding workers need to understand the seriousness of a misstep especially when working on underground infrastructure. […]
Waterloo build sets example for green design and construction
/in front, news/by CANSThe Cora Group has been awarded the first Zero Carbon Building — Design certification by the Canada Green Building Council (CaGBC) for evolv1, a new commercial multi-tenant office building currently under construction in Waterloo, Ont. The building is one of 16 projects across Canada to be selected by the CaGBC to participate in a two-year […]
Mother Nature could be key to coping with climate change
/in front, news/by CANSKimberly Gray has spent much of her career dealing with environmental concerns. She’s chair of the civil and environmental engineering department at Northwestern University, in Evanston, Ill. Since completing her doctoral work 40 years ago much of her teaching and research has dealt one way or another with problems of sustainability. In the last few […]