Every year, the spring freeze-thaw cycle leads to significant structural damage to critical infrastructure. Visible cracks in roads, bridges and buildings are the first signs…
The Guy-De Maisonneuve (GM) Building is about to become a testing ground for Concordia University’s PLAN/NET ZERØ initiative. Through a deep energy retrofit, the university is turning necessary repairs…
Canadians are no strangers to water main breaks. Aging equipment, increased demand and seasonal weather changes, along with many other factors, have added stress to…
Catherine Mulligan, a research chair in geoenvironmental sustainability at Montreal’s Concordia University, was recently named president of the Canadian Society for Civil Engineering (CSCE). Mulligan…