Leading-edge Tech Uses Plants to Treat Sechelt Wastewater
/in front, news/by CANSA new $25 million wastewater treatment facility located in the District of Sechelt, a small community on B.C.’s mainland coast, is leading Canada in innovative technology borrowed from Europe that utilizes the root bacteria from plants, located in a greenhouse over treatment tanks, to cleanse effluent. Read more. Maple Reinders Group of Companies also received […]
Can Trenchless Technology Burst through?
/in front, news/by CANSPipe bursting can cut the cost of water and sewer pipe installation by one quarter over open cut methods— yet the technology isn’t always getting a fair shake, says David O’Sullivan, president of PW Trenchless Construction of Surrey, B.C.. Read more.
Avoiding Pay When Paid Pain
/in front, news/by CANSCDBI’s Risk Management Committee has published a new bulletin titled “Avoiding Pay When Paid Pain”. To deal with the uncertainties caused by cash flow issues, some parties have begun to insert “pay when paid” clauses into their contracts. Essentially, if the payor on a contract gets paid by its client (i.e. someone further up the […]
New Report on the Quality of Design Documents
/in front, news/by CANSIn 2015 the Canadian Construction Association (CCA) embarked on a series of “Quality of Documents” workshops across Canada to explore and discuss the issue of poor quality documentation, its potential causes, and, perhaps most importantly, potential solutions to address the issue. CCA is pleased to publish a summary report of both the workshops and the […]