Early Thaw Prompts Weight Restrictions
/in front, news/by CANSWeight restrictions will be in place on all provincial gravel roads starting at noon Friday, Feb. 24. Read more.
Federal Infrastructure Funding Delays
/in front, news/by CANSThe federal government has announced unprecedented investment to renew Canada’s aging public infrastructure. However, there have been delays in rolling out the funds to get the much needed projects off the ground and the deadline for Phase I is approaching fast. The Canadian Construction Association (CCA) has expressed concerns regarding the March 18, 2017 deadline […]
Researchers Explore Cooling Film Metamaterial
/in front, news/by CANSMetamaterials are materials engineered to have a property not found in nature. They are composites, usually involving metals or plastics, plus super-small or super-thin materials derived by nanoengineering. They derive their properties not from the properties of the base materials from which they are made but from their newly designed structures. Read more
New CO2-eating Concrete Takes Less Energy to Produce
/in front, news/by CANSAn engineering and materials science professor at Rutgers University has created an eco-friendly, lightweight concrete using reactive hydrothermal liquid-phase densification (rHLPD), according to Phys.org, which notes that the process models generative design behavior of shellfish to create organic ceramics while submersed in water. Read more