$5.1 Million for Burrard Street Bridge Upgrades

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...

TransLink to Invest Up to $1B

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...

Concrete Heal Thyself

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,...

Condo Market Healthy!

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...

Concrete Recycling Robot? Want One!

From Omer Haciomeroglu of Sweden’s UmeĆ„ 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,...