Nothing is standard about this project meant to change everything about office buildings  By Derek Howchin, Senior Project Manager, Walters Group and Jessica Ranalli, Project Manager, Walters Group Head down the Gardiner Expressway in Toronto and you can’t miss the towering structure next to Scotiabank Arena: CIBC SQUARE. It’s the most advanced tower ever constructed in [...]

The B.C. Ministry of Health, according to B.C. Finance Minister Carole James, will spend at least $4.4 billion over the next three to five years on 13 major hospital construction projects.   The COVID-19 pandemic has strangled B.C.’s once full-throttle private construction industry, the proposed multibillion-dollar hospital construction program aims to salvage an industry that accounted [...]

Hellen Christodoulou, PH.D. Ing., B.C.L., LL.B., M.B.A. The Canadian Institute of Steel Construction (CISC-ICCA)   Fabricator QUIRION MÉTAL Architects LEMAY Structural Engineers ELEMA EXPERTS-CONSEIL Detailers ASIMUT Contractor POMERLEAU Owners ALLIED PROPERTIES REIT Credit Lemay Technical info.   This daring project involved the harmonious integration of a contemporary block into the Read Building, a historic building dating [...]

Hellen Christodoulou, PH.D. Ing., B.C.L., LL.B., M.B.A. The Canadian Institute of Steel Construction (CISC-ICCA) 2019 Winner of the Québec CISC-ICCA Awards for Excellence in Steel Construction in the category of “Erection - Ingenuity - Constructability” Owner Quebec Ministry of Transport, Sustainable Mobility and Transport Electrification (MTMDET) Steel Fabricator Canam Engineering team SNC-Lavalin /CIMA Joint venture Contractor [...]

  Hellen Christodoulou, Ph.D. Ing., B.C.L., LL.B., M.B.A. Regional Manager, Canadian Institute of Steel Construction (CISC-ICCA) The CISC-ICCA Steel Bridge Certification Standard, 3rd Edition, for Complex Steel Bridges and Simple Steel Bridges is designed to assess the Fabricator’s Quality System. Additionally, it provides a level of assurance that the company performing the fabrication processes has personnel [...]

Thrill seekers anxiously awaited the opening of Canada’s Wonderland Theme Park this year, as the 2019 season brought with it the public opening of the world’s longest, tallest and fastest dive coaster.   The Yukon Striker Dive Coaster is Wonderland’s newest attraction, taking park goers on an unforgettable ride as they plunge down 245 feet of [...]

5,600 tons of structural steel, design changes, and inclement weather were no match for the construction company’s expertise   By Mark Koppelaar, Executive Vice-President, Projects & Production, Walters Group   Cavendish Farms’ new $360 million potato processing plant is a huge feat, not just in stature but in its expected impact on the residents of Lethbridge. [...]

  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 [...]

By: Hellen Christodoulou, Ph.D. Eng., B.C.L.,LL.B., M.B.A, Quebec Region Manager, CISC

By C.P. (Ken) Rebel and Raj Singh McElhanney Consulting Services Ltd. On a stretch of highway in northern British Columbia, 27km north of Prince George, a narrow two-lane truss bridge crossing the Salmon River had to be replaced due to its ageing structural condition and restricted functionality. The 55-metre long single span structure had a small [...]