The Globe and Mail | October 25, 2022
The architects and builders redeveloping Cambridge Suites Hotel at the edge of Toronto’s financial district say their plan is going to take construction techniques in the city to a whole new level. It looks like they’re not exaggerating.
The development proposal for the 21-storey property on Richmond Street East near the city’s soaring bank towers starts with the removal of the 1990 postmodern building’s peaked roof.
Construction Business - AB & Alberta's Construction Mazazine | Sept-Oct 2022
Roger Steers, MEng, P.Eng., LEED® AP | Executive Principal
Roger Steers has been practicing structural engineering in B.C. for almost three decades, and is a well recognized expert in the evaluation, restoration and repair of structures.
Recently appointed as executive principal of RJC Engineers, Steers has been involved in restoring many parking structures in Western Canada. “There was the old Woodward’s Cordova Street parkade, work for the City of Vancouver and lots of parking structure work for mall owners including Oakridge, Metrotown and Pacific Centre,” he says.
Daily Commercial News by ConstructConnect | Oct 5, 2022
Eric Wilson, EIT, B.Eng, MASc, PhD Candidate | Indigenous Projects Liaison
A conference held on the National Day for Truth and Reconciliation explored how engineers, architects and construction professionals can be better allies to Indigenous Nations and honour the Truth and Reconciliation Commission’s Calls to Action by supporting Indigenous Protected and Conserved Areas (IPCA).
Building a Foundation for Reconciliation 2022: The Interconnections between Infrastructure, Culture, and Environment was hosted by RJC virtually Sept. 30.
Canadian Consulting Engineer | Oct 3, 2022
On Sept. 30, RJC Engineers hosted its second annual National Day for Truth and Reconciliation webinar for engineers, contractors and architects, drawing nearly 600 attendees.
The two-hour mini-conference, ‘Building a Foundation for Reconciliation 2022: The Interconnections between Infrastructure, Culture and the Environment,’ was organized in partnership with the IISAAK OLAM Foundation, Tsawout First Nation, Halalt First Nation and the Roots to Roofs Community Development Society. By exploring how Canada’s architecture, engineering and construction (AEC) professionals can honour the Truth and Reconciliation Commission‘s Calls to Action as allies to First Nations, it expanded upon last year’s inaugural session.
Advantage Steel | Summer 2022
Geoff Kallweit, BSc, P.Eng. | Associate
Completed in 2019, the Westbrook Pedestrian Bridge was built to replace an existing bridge as part of Calgary’s Area Redevelopment Plan (ARP), which envisions a safer and more walkable neighbourhood surrounding the Westbrook LRT Station. It was erected by general contractor Graham Construction based on designs by RJC Engineers.
“We blurred the line between the span and the support and integrated those elements aesthetically so that one flows into the other,” says Geoff Kallweit, Associate with RJC Engineers. “The result is that it doesn’t look like a steel span perched on a concrete base, but more like the span and the base flow into one another.”
Daily Commercial News by ConstructConnect | September 30, 2022
Daniel Snodgrass, BASc, MEng, P.Eng., LEED® AP | Associate
After four years of construction, two distinctive looking 62-storey towers in Mississauga, Ont. were officially “topped off” in early September by the developers and Mayor Bonnie Crombie.
M1 and M2 are the first towers of Rogers Real Estate Development Limited and Urban Capital’s M City, a multi-phase, master-planned community located on Burnhamthorpe Road West and Confederation Parkway.
Alberta Condo Connections | Fall 2022
Stacey McDougall, P.Tech.(Eng.), LEED AP BD+C, NCSO | Technologist
Balconies are a feature of many condominiums. Balconies are typically constructed of wood or concrete, and the structure is often covered with a protective membrane. It is important to understand how balcony protection works to understand how to care for it and when to report concerns to the condominium board.
Daily Commercial News by ConstructConnect | September 2022
Michael Park, CET, CAHP, BSS | Regional Manager, Principal
One of the most historic buildings in Kingston, Ont. is undergoing a top-to-bottom $950,000 restoration. The Bishop’s House project includes the installation of both a new copper mansard roof and a new EPDM one, restoration of the cornice below, the refurbishment of 26 windows and the replacement of seven others, wholesale masonry repointing and some stone replacements.
Canadian Property Management | August 2022
Kevin Zwaagstra, BSc, P.Eng. | Project Engineer
“All sites today must be designed for seismic loads,” confirms Kevin Zwaagstra, project engineer with RJC’s structural group in Calgary, a city often considered to be a low-seismic area. “The misconception about zones likely stems from older building codes that used to specify regions according to the prevalence of earthquakes. For instance, buildings in ‘Zone 0’ did not need to be designed for seismic loads, unlike the way it is today.”
Canadian Property Management | July 2022
Wendy Macdonald, PENG, LEED AP:BD+C, ENV SP | Sustainability Consultant
Broadly speaking, the term ‘net zero’ refers to any time the same amount of something is produced as removed or expended. In the building sector, we often hear “net-zero” used in connection with energy or carbon—two words that are not interchangeable but commonly misused as such. Wendy Macdonald, Sustainability Consultant at RJC Engineers, is on a mission to help clear up some of the confusion around these terms, given the urgency building owners are now facing to join this all-important movement.