Posts Tagged: construction
CivMin researchers are exploring ways to meet our housing needs while emitting less Taller buildings get a bad rap. New research from U of T Engineering’s Centre for the Sustainable Built […]
Open-source model enables policymakers to plan for new housing and infrastructure construction while respecting climate targets From Toronto to Tokyo to Tijiuana, a new, open-source model created by U of T […]
Second-year CivMin students had a meet-and-greet with the robot Spot and a presentation on the present and the future of robotics in the construction setting during the Management of Construction […]
Are panels made from mushrooms and hemp a realistic solution to cut greenhouse gas emissions in the construction industry? The construction industry has a pollution problem, but University of […]
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The Structures Lab in Galbraith Building appears somewhat barren of late; crews have completed a massive cleanup, readying for major renovations. The cleanup involved the relocation of 12m-long timber specimens […]
Major renovation of CivMin’s Structural Testing Facility starts with the impressive one-day move of the Shell Element Tester One of the biggest lab renovations in University of Toronto’s history is […]
For Professor Doug Hooton (CivMin), the challenge isn’t really the chemistry or the engineering. It’s trust. “Construction is a very conservative industry, and it’s very decentralized,” he says. “You have building owners, […]
Building a new transit line or a highway almost always takes longer than initially planned. A new study suggests that the biggest contributor to such delays isn’t necessarily the […]
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