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Photocatalytic Gas Treatment units at the Uniboard Pfleiderer plant in Moncure, North Caroline. The PGT process was developed by exp to reduce VOC emissions during manufacturing. It won the 2012 Schreyer Award in the Canadian Consulting Engineering Awards.

BuildingsCompanies & PeopleEnvironmentalWater & Wastewater

October 24, 2012
It’s time! 2012 Canadian Consulting Engineering Award winners are announced

October 23, 2012
“Maintenance guy” now needs computer skills as well

October 23, 2012
Divergence between U.S. and Canadian standards for HVAC equipment deemed unhealthy

Concept design for new Regina stadium. Image copyright of Pattern Design Architects.

BuildingsCompanies & People

October 23, 2012
Mott MacDonald to design new Roughriders’ Stadium

Stories continue below

Companies & People

October 15, 2012
Stunning testimony continues on construction industry in Quebec

October 15, 2012
Metrolinx takes over design and construction of Toronto’s LRTs

Hydro-Quebec's Gentilly 2 nuclear power station in Becancour, Quebec.

October 15, 2012
Hydro-Quebec finds nuclear refurbishment too costly

Business & ProfessionalCompanies & People

October 15, 2012
Engineering firms cited as good employers

October 15, 2012
Ontario proposes laws for sprinklers in seniors’ residences and for wood frame buildings

October 15, 2012
New Mining Act in Ontario changes game plan

Cutaway view of an End Pitt Lake from CEMA's "End Pit Lakes Guidance Document."

October 10, 2012
Tar sands pits could turn into lakes

Companies & People

October 10, 2012
Do you know an outstanding engineer?

October 10, 2012
World’s largest wind turbine turns

The King Road underpass in place under the railway lines. (CNW Group/CNW Broadcast Services)

October 10, 2012
Stop the trains – there’s a 2,400-tonne structure coming

October 10, 2012
Government to spend $3 billion on contaminated sites

Companies & People

October 10, 2012
Moving On Up – People News: CIMA+, Buckland & Taylor

EnvironmentalIndustrial

October 2, 2012
B.C. refuses to give environmental approval to gold and copper mine

October 2, 2012
Ontario’s environmental rules: “foibles, fumbles and retreats”

BuildingsCompanies & People

October 2, 2012
Three new centres advance engineering

Ryerson Image Centre, Toronto. Photo by Tom Arban/Diamond and Schmitt Architects

October 2, 2012
When a building becomes a coloured image

October 2, 2012
How to Google in Chinese?

September 25, 2012
Compressed air to be used for energy storage

September 25, 2012
Calgary’s city buildings in poor shape; heading for refurbishments

Companies & People

September 25, 2012
Why video is a useful marketing tool for consulting engineers

Celebrations for the opening of the new Donald Bridge included laying plaques commemorating the workers, and another (not shown) in Revelstoke marking the 50th anniversary of the Trans-Canada highway. Photo courtesy B.C. Ministry of Transportation and Infrastructure.

September 24, 2012
Trans-Canada Highway’s 50th anniversary celebrated in B.C. mountains

September 17, 2012
Legionnaire’s disease in Quebec City prompts action on cooling towers

EnvironmentalTransportationWater & Wastewater

September 17, 2012
Cost of repairing municipal roads – $7,000 per household

September 17, 2012
Toronto’s power grid gets a boost with new mid-town transmission line

Companies & People

September 17, 2012
Company news and people round-up: GENIVAR, BBA, Associated Engineering, ISL

Centre Street Bridge in Calgary with its new LED lighting. Photograph courtesy Lighting Design Innovations by studio 1826, Michael Heywood.

BuildingsTransportation

September 17, 2012
Calgary’s Centre Street Bridge comes alive

September 10, 2012
PEO takes steps after Elliott Lake tragedy

September 10, 2012
Construction booms in Vancouver