The site’s potential has long sat unrealized and under threat by flooding, and the ambitious Port Lands Flood Protection and Enabling Infrastructure Project seeks to fix all that

By Paul Adair

Located at the mouth of the Don River, Toronto’s Port Lands was created over decades by infilling what was once one of the largest wetlands on Lake Ontario. The area is one of the largest underdeveloped stretches of downtown waterfront in North America; long considered undevelopable due to its vulnerability to flooding from extreme weather events brought on by climate change.

REVITALIZING A MAJOR MONTREAL TRANSPORTATION NODE IS "A HUGE 3D PUZZLE"

By Sarah B. Hood

The Turcot Interchange is the gateway to southwestern Montreal. Since freight and passengers entering the island city by rail or road have a limited choice of routes, more than 300,000 vehicles per day pass through this dense transportation network. It is the connection point for three highways, access to the Champlain Bridge and the ground route to Montréal-Pierre Elliott Trudeau International Airport. Montreal’s main rail lines also pass through the area.

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Constructing the Glacier Skywalk

By Heather Hudson

The best things in life are rarely exactly the way we imagine them. And the breathtaking Glacier Skywalk in Jasper National Park is no exception.

Back in 2010, Brewster Travel Canada put out an Expression of Interest to three construction firms to create a tourist attraction featuring a “cliff-edge pedestrian walkway” snaking its way along the Canadian Rockies.

Though the initial concepts included cable- supported structures, when Dr. Simon Brown of Read Jones Christoffersen (RJC), a consulting engineering firm, and construction manager Scott Updegrave of PCL Construction Management took a trip up the side of the mountain, they were inspired to create a new design.

“After seeing what the site had to offer, we changed our minds based on the spectacular scenery,” said Brown. “We didn’t want anything above the viewing place to obstruct the view and we wanted to maximize the excitement of the glass floor element.”

As the only Saskatchewan company capable of extensive high capacity structural remediation, Innovative Piling Solutions used its expertise to salvage a condo building that was sinking fast

By Lisa Gordon

Fortunately, complete engineering failures are rare in the construction world.

But when they do happen, the best remediation plans often call for an innovative approach that identifies how to fix structural problems as efficiently and cost effectively as possible.