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May 19, 2008

British Columbia “greens” its building code

On April 15, 2008, the minister responsible for housing, Rich Coleman, announced new Building Code requirements that will come into effect on September 5, 2008. Claiming to “green the B.C. Building Code,” these first steps are designed to reduce greenhouse-gas emissions related to all construction.

May 7, 2008

Governments promise more than $3 million in infrastructure upgrades for Kootenay communities

The communities of Warfield, Grand Forks, Greenwood and Rossland will soon see improved roads, water and wastewater systems.

May 5, 2008

Governments announce funds for East Courtenay Reservoir

The federal and British Columbia governments announced that they were making a $2.6 million investment to improve the drinking water supply in the Comox Valley Regional District. The funding will go toward twinning the East Courtenay Reservoir to double the region’s available water supply.

April 28, 2008

Badger Daylighting crew comes to rescue of trapped construction worker

A construction worker trapped in a 12-foot-deep pit in downtown Toronto and buried in mud up to his chest was saved thanks to help from a badger — Badger Daylighting, that is.

April 21, 2008

Capilano-Seymour filtration project’s twin-tunnel construction still faces delays

The construction of two tunnels between the Capilano reservoir and the new Seymour filtration plant has been delayed for three months due to concerns about the safety of underground workers.

April 21, 2008

Epcor launches Lead Service Replacement Program in Edmonton

Epcor has initiated a new program to remove the remaining lead service lines from Edmonton’s water infrastructure.

April 21, 2008

Dockside Green strives for LEED Platinum certification

Dockside Green will include three different neighbourhoods, about 1.3 million square feet of mixed use facilities and about 2,500 people in the 15-acre reclaimed brownfield site when it is finished. The development along Victoria’s waterfront is aiming to become North America’s first LEED Platinum-certified community.

April 21, 2008

Hinton eco-industrial park first to use small-bore sewer system

A small Alberta town is the first municipality in Western Canada to use an innovative sanitary sewer system, which was designed by Clearford Industries, an Ontario-based company.

April 21, 2008

Relocation of utilities poses challenges for Canada Line’s Vancouver corridor team

Moving the water, sewer and other utilities along the Canada Line Vancouver corridor required ingenuity, innovation and “a lot of sleepless nights,” says Les Ptak, P.Eng., a Metro Vancouver engineer involved with the project.

April 21, 2008

Table salt feeds Port Moody’s new rechlorination station

The City of Port Moody has joined a growing number of municipalities that are opting for the low-risk On-Site Electrolytic Chlorination System (OSEC).

April 21, 2008

Stormtec Filtration treats Grouse Mountain ‘tunnel muck’ with organic flocculent

Bilfinger Berger hired Stormtec Filtration Inc. as a subcontractor to treat tunnel muck coming from the construction of twin tunnels that will pump water from the Capilano reservoir to the new Seymour Filtration Plant.

April 21, 2008

Potholes wreak havoc on Ontario’s infrastructure

Mountains of snow and frequent freeze-thaw conditions in Toronto and much of Ontario this winter have pounded streets and highways into pothole nightmares. However, municipalities could face more than just road repairs in the months to come.

April 21, 2008

British Columbia Water and Waste Association members set to gather at annual convention

The British Columbia Water and Waste Association (BCWWA) is holding its 36th Annual convention and trade show in Whistler April 26 to April 30.

April 7, 2008

Governments invest $1 million in Sunshine Coast Regional District infrastructure projects

The governments of Canada and British Columbia are jointly investing $1 million in two projects that will improve water quality in Gibsons and assist the Sunshine Coast Regional District in the management of infrastructure projects.

April 7, 2008

Fifty years later, construction photographer returns to site of Ripple Rock explosion

Construction photographer Bill Roozeboom was standing only 243 metres away when one of the world’s largest non-nuclear explosions was detonated.

March 26, 2008

U.S. academy studies ‘grand challenges for engineering’

The United States National Academy of Engineering has been conducting a fascinating exercise for the last few months.

March 24, 2008

Statistics Canada releases new infrastructure asset study: “Infrastructure Capital, 1960 to 2003”

The study, entitled Infrastructure Capital 1960 to 2003, states that infrastructure is “a set of fixed structures that have long useful lives, whose creation involves a considerable gestation period, that have no good short to medium-run substitutes, that underpin the production of a flow of services, and for which it is difficult to maintain inventories.”

February 25, 2008

Infrastructure value increasing as it gets younger

The value of public infrastructure in Alberta is rising faster than in any other province.