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Volume 12 Number 3 September 2007

Construction Innovation is published quarterly by NRC-IRC. It provides news of recent research results, product evaluations, code developments and conference highlights to Canada's construction practitioners.

Current issue...

Cover story Strengthening the foundation of the construction industry over 60 years

• Have your say in the national construction codes

• Canada's Model National Energy Code for Buildings to be updated

• NEW! CSA Standards Compilation CD-ROM-standards referenced in the National Building Code of Canada 2005

• New Alberta Building, Fire and Plumbing Codes adopted!

• Newsbrief - New code provisions to avoid scalding in bathtubs and showers

• New Evaluation Reports

• 2007 edition of Registry of Product Evaluations now available!

• Fire Safety Research for Better Building Design: Building Science Insight 2007

• Researchers study role of lighting control systems in saving energy

• Newsbrief - Looking at alternative supplementary cementitious materials as an innovative way to achieve concrete sustainability

• Researchers conclude ten-year evaluation of corrosion-inhibiting systems on concrete bridge barrier walls

• NRC-IRC researchers monitor and evaluate parking structure rehabilitated using hydrophobic concrete

• Four architectural firms win RAIC awards for their innovative projects