by Eidelman | Mar 13 2014 | Construction
Vancouver Concrete Cutting & Coring has signed an exclusive agreement with Ontario-based Sidewalks Plus to provide sidewalk repair and trip hazard abatement services in British Columbia and Alberta. Sidewalks Plus’ exclusive, patented precision-guided sidewalk cutting technology produces a perfect ramp with each and every cut. The benefits to municipalities include increased pedestrian safety, avoiding the high cost of sidewalk replacement, and demonstrating due diligence against liabilities and lawsuits among others. Services have already rolled out in Burnaby with other locations in BC and Alberta soon to follow. See Sidewalks Plus in...
by Eidelman | Mar 3 2014 | Construction
The City of Vancouver is investing $5.1 million for upgrades to the 81-year-old Burrard Street Bridge. Improvements include repair and replacement of bearings and expansion joints, as well as concrete rehabilitation. Congratulations to our friends at Graham Construction for undertaking this important...
by Eidelman | Dec 9 2013 | Construction
TransLink announced that it is spending $164 million on upgrades to seven SkyTrain stations and that the total spend on improvements could rise as high as $1 billion over the next 30 years. This would include more than doubling train capacity and bettering access at the Expo Line’s 20 stations. Click here to see renderings of the planned station improvements. Have your say. Is this money well...
by Eidelman | Sep 16 2013 | Construction
Dr. Diane Gardner of Cardiff University in Wales took the top prize at the British Science Festival’s “You Heard It Here First” event for work on self-healing concrete. The concrete uses a combination of crack controls including recycled fibres, bacteria, and nanotechnology. You can read a full report on the new material at NewsWales...
by Eidelman | Aug 29 2013 | Construction
New Report: No Bust in Condo Market Contrary to gloomy predictions, according to a new report by the mortgage insurance company Genworth Canada and the Conference Board of Canada, Vancouver’s condo market remains healthy. Citing market fundamentals such as first-time home buyers, aging downsizers, and city dwellers desiring shorter commutes, the report sees Vancouver as a buyers market in 2013 because of downward pressure on prices. Sales are expected to increase in 2014. You can learn more in this story from the CBC or, for a more critical review of the report, check out this article in the Vancouver...
by Eidelman | Jul 24 2013 | Construction
From Omer Haciomeroglu of Sweden’s Umeå Institute of Design comes ERO, a concrete recycling robot developed in partnership with Atlas Copco Rockdrills AB. The ERO, an IDSA 2013 International Design Excellence Award winner, brings together hydro-demolition, centrifugal decanter, and omni-directional track technologies, to demolish and sort reinforced concrete in place. ERO is designed to minimize water use and waste. The collected debris is recycled as pre-cast concrete. Personally, I think it’s just really cool to imagine a fleet of EROs gobbling up derelict buildings. I mean look at this image from Haciomerglu’s site! You can read more about the ERO and see photos on Haciomerglu’s site and in Dave Pinter’s piece at PSFK: Concrete Eating Robots Could Recylcle Entire Buildings....
