CISC Advocacy Snapshot - COVID-19 March 26, 2020 Letter to The Honourable Brian Pallister, MLA Re: COVID-19 Dear Premier Brian Pallister, The steel construction industry represents a large portion of the construction activity in Canada, both on and off the job site. We employ up to 130,000 jobs directly and indirectly. As an [...]
CISC Advocacy Snapshot - COVID-19 March 26, 2020 Letter to The Honourable Blaine Higgs Re: COVID-19 Dear Premier Blaine Higgs, The steel construction industry represents a large portion of the construction activity in Canada, both on and off the job site. We employ up to 130,000 jobs directly and indirectly. As an industry, [...]
Premier Ford and Minister Phillips Announce Additional Health Care Resources and Support for People, Jobs and Employers March 25, 2020 4:00 P.M. TORONTO — Today, Finance Minister Rod Phillips released Ontario's Action Plan: Responding to COVID-19 (March 2020 Economic and Fiscal Update). The government's action plan is a first step in its response to COVID-19 and [...]
The Québec government has ordered the closing as of Wednesday, March 25 at 00:01 until April 13, 2020 of all non-essential stores and services including construction EXCEPT the following: Maintenance and operation of strategic infrastructure, including: the production, procurement, transmission and distribution of energy (electricity, fossil energies). the maintenance in good operating condition of essential public [...]
New Measures to Further Protect the Health and Safety of the People of Ontario March 23, 2020 1:30 P.M. TORONTO — To further contain the spread of COVID-19, the Ontario Government will order the mandatory closure of all non-essential workplaces effective as of Tuesday, March 24th at 11:59 p.m. This closure will be in effect for [...]
Montreal, March 20, 2020 The Canadian Institute of Steel Construction of the Quebec Region (CISC) applauds the measures of support for businesses announced by the Quebec government and Prime Minister François Legault. All of the measures that can help support steel fabricators and suppliers in this difficult time, cover several needs and situations experienced and they [...]
By Pedram Mortazavi, Eden Lee, Oh-Sung Kwon, Constantin Christopoulos, University of Toronto and Justin Binder, Michael Gray, Cast Connex Corporation Steel Eccentrically Braced Frames (EBFs) have been proposed as Lateral Load Resisting Systems (LLRS) for seismic applications since the early 1970s [1-2]. They provide an attractive alternative to more commonly used LLRS in steel structures such [...]
Located in downtown Montréal, the Humaniti complex is a mixed-use project stretching 120 metres high, with 39 floors of various vocations. Client: Cogir Real Estate Architect: Lemay Structural engineers: Consortium SM Group/ELEMA Contractor: EBC Project end date: Fall 2020 The complex includes 1,600 m² of commercial space, 6,000 m² of office space, a 193-room hotel, and a residential [...]
The 2020 CISC Educators Forum biennial event was held in Winnipeg, MB, on February 28-29, 2020. The CISC brought together academics teaching steel design to undergraduate students in faculties of engineering and architecture at universities across Canada. Thanks to the generous travel support from local CISC Regional Committees and CISC Member, Gerdau. The theme of this [...]
“Success requires that we consistently work to achieve our goals through integrated initiatives that place priority on moving the steel construction industry forward simultaneously on multiple fronts.” Michael Holleran, P.Eng. Though iron has been around for centuries, its usage of structural steel in construction is relatively modern. As the production methods improved around the Industrial Revolution, [...]