Posts Tagged: construction
CivMin researchers shine a bright light on our future as a record crowd assembled to address the concerns of reducing greenhouse gas (GHG) emissions at an annual symposium. The third annual Embodied GHG Symposium at the University of Toronto saw…
CivMin researchers are exploring ways to meet our housing needs while emitting less A new study looks at embodied emissions for new five- to 20-storey residential buildings. (photo by bilanol via Envato Elements) Taller buildings get a bad rap. New…
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 Engineering researchers provides — for the first time — construction-related greenhouse gas…
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 class. The Department had the pleasure of hosting Sina Karimi,…
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 Toronto alumnus John Kabanda (CivE MASc Structural and Geotechnical Engineering…
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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 (to be shipped out to another Canadian university for testing),…
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 underway. Last Friday, the Shell Element Tester (SET) was…
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, architects, structural engineers, contractors and their tradesmen. None of them…
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