Tony Poulin, Drafting Service Manager and Carolann Lachance, Drafter, two employees of Canam Group, will jointly present a conference at the Autodesk University event in Las Vegas from November 14 to 16. The theme for this annual conference, which brings together thousands of professionals from the construction industry, will be The Future of Making Things.
Their conference entitled Using Revit and Advance Steel for Heavy and Light-Gage Steel Detailing will explain how Canam Group integrated Advance Steel detailing software in order to detail steel beams in light gage stud walls in the firm’s multiresidential projects. Participants will learn, among others, how to create light gage stud walls and header beams with MWF software, developed by StrucSoft Solutions, a Revit® add-in.
Previously distributed by an authorised supplier, the Elocone sales for all Canadian client will now be done by Mr. Pierrot Larose, Manager, external outsourcing services, and the American sales will remain in the hands of Mr. Jean Paul Sirois, Shipping Coordinator.
Developed by Canam, Elocone nuts are special elongated nuts used as a corrective measure when anchor rods do not project far enough above the foundation.
Canam-Buildings and Canam-Bridges received seven awards from five winning projects at the 19th CISC Awards of Excellence Gala for the Québec region held on November 6th, 2017 in Montréal.
Category: Institutional Projects
Saint-Laurent Sports Complex, Montréal (Saint-Laurent district), Québec. This sports complex includes two swimming pools, one of which is recreational with a progressive beach, an indoor soccer field, two gymnasiums, a multi-functional room and a training room. This 153,805 ft.2 (14,289 m2) project is spread over three floors and includes joists and steel deck provided by Canam.
Category: Outside Québec Projects – Buildings
Cornell Tech Campus (First Building) of the Cornell University, Roosevelt Island in New York, New York. This building is built on a 12.5 acre campus. All buildings including the campus environment have state-of-the-art sustainability features, with porous liners, rain water features, native plant gardens and renewable materials. Canam supplied steel deck for this 225,000 ft.2 (20,903 m2) project. Delivery of the components had to be done by boat to Roosevelt Island.
Category: Jury Favorite- Buildings Category: Young Engineers – Architects
Gilles-Vigneault Theater– Saint-Jérôme Concert Hall, Saint-Jérôme, Québec. The 875-seat hall is located near Place de la Gare in the heart of the city. Steel has been favored in this project for its structural qualities and its capacity to achieve large cantilevers for balconies and large spans to optimize the interior of the hall. Canam supplied joists and steel deck on this 37,000 ft.² (3,400 m²) project.
Category: Bridge Projects
Dorval Interchange Reconstruction, Montréal, Québec. This project features the construction of two overpasses – one 577 ft. (176 m) long (3 bays) and one 359 ft. (109.5 m) long (2 bays) – that cross six railway tracks. This project required the fabrication of 14 box girders with complex geometry and cambers, as well as 16 standard girders. Pot bearings, as well as Goodco Z-Tech modular joints and 1000 Series joints, are also part of the construction. The assembly was a challenge because of the important rail traffic at this interchange that could not be interrupted.
Burgoyne Bridge, St. Catharines, Ontario. The bridge structure is unique as it overpasses Highway 406 and Twelve Mile Creek Park. It consists of 32 box girders, the main span of which is supported by a 410 ft. (125 m) arch and made from tubular sections. Goodco Z-Tech supplied 44 pot bearings and four LG-3 modular expansion joints. This bridge also won a prize at the 2017 CISC-Ontario Steel Design Awards of Excellence.
About the Gala
The CISC Design Awards Gala is an annual event celebrating the various teams joining forces to execute complex and innovative steel projects. The different awards conferred in the scope of the gala are unique in that they are jointly awarded to the project owner, architect, engineer, contractor, fabricator and detailer.
It is with pride that Canam-Buildings will manufacture the steel components for two projects of the Swedish giant IKEA that will open in Québec City and Beauharnois in 2018.
The Beauharnois 1,045,978-square-foot (97,175-square-meter) IKEA distribution center is Canam’s largest joists contract since its foundation in 1961. This project also includes joists, joist girders and steel deck. A special feature of this building is the 414,437-square-foot (38,503-square-meter) roof area supported only by a pallet racking system. Deliveries are scheduled from December 2017 to March 2018.
The 241,681-square-foot (22,453-square-meter) IKEA store in Québec City also has joists, joist girders and steel deck. Deliveries to the site began in September 2017 and will be completed in December 2017.
It should be noted that Canam-Buildings has supplied steel components to several IKEA stores and warehouses in the past. Enjoy your next visit to their store and look up to discover our products!
The new Canadian edition of the Technical Manual – Hambro Composite Floor System is now available electronically on the Canam Buildings website.
The Technical manual, presenting the Hambro composite floor system in D500 or MD2000 versions, has undergone a complete revision with a new design, new 3D figures, an update of the technical information according to the current standards and additional sections to enhance the old version.
Designed primarily for engineers, a new section is now available for architects. Here are the novelties and improvements to this publication:
Two separate sections on the Hambro D500 and MD2000 composite floor system
New typical engineering details
A new section with typical architectural details
A new section presenting the Hambro composite girder
The US version is currently under revision and will be released in early 2018.
Canam merged some of its accounts on social media. This merger aims to facilitate the transmission of information on social media and avoid confusion between our various accounts. Thus, we now have only one account on each of the following: Facebook, LinkedIn, Twitter and Instagram.
In order to stay informed, we invite you to follow the following bilingual accounts:
Canam-Buildings has supplied steel components on two projects that have been recognized for a prize by the 2018 Innovative Design in Engineering and Architecture with Structural Steel (IDEAS2). The awards will be presented at the NASCC Steel Conference to be held on April 11-13 in Baltimore.
Projects over $75 million category:
National Award: 150 North Riverside, Chicago
Photo: Tom Rossiter Photography
A 1,200,000 ft.2 (111,484 m2), 53-story office building, where Canam supplied 1,259,000 ft.2 (116,965 m2) of 3-inch Lok-Floor composite steel deck with two types of finish, either galvanized or with zinc phosphate paint.
Merit Award: U.S. Bank Stadium, Minneapolis
Photo: U.S. Bank Stadium, Facebook
A football stadium hosting Minnesota Vikings and other national and international events. Roof deck was provided by Canam.
About IDEAS2
Conducted annually by the American Institute of Steel Construction (AISC), the IDEAS2 award is the highest honor bestowed on building projects by the U.S. structural steel industry and recognizes excellence and innovation in the use of structural steel on building projects across the country.
Canam-Buildings added a new offer to its 3 to 30-storey multi-residential buildings niche being: a complete turnkey superstructure. Two construction solutions are available to meet the needs of the customer.
Solution 1: 2 to 9-storey building
Load-bearing steel stud walls with Hambro floor system
Solution 2:
10 storey + building
Structural steel frame with Hambro floor system
Benefiting from the BuildMaster approach, which reduces the building structural erection time by up to 25%, the complete offer includes:
fabrication of steel components
design-build engineering and pre-construction services
cutting-edge technological expertise
… all in one place.
On February 19, Wood Works announced its 2018 Wood Design Award Winners and Structure Fusion is a proud collaborator and supplier of the winning project in the Regional Excellence Awards. Indeed, the Massachusetts Public-Use Airport Buildings Program, consisting of upgrading 13 regional airports across the State of Massachusetts, was elected winner.
Photo: Mansfield news
In the last century, wood has been shunned as a structural element in commercial buildings compared to the increased use of steel and concrete. Nowadays, engineered mass timber is being used as a material of choice not only for its structural qualities but as an element of beauty and elegance, and it’s even going beyond the use of a single material and creating hybrid exposed materials.
On the Mansfield and Fitchburg airports, Structure Fusion was contracted to manufacture and install the steel structure columns together with glue-laminated wood beams, as well as a roof of cross-laminated panels. Interesting to mention the building was delivered two weeks ahead of schedule even with the challenge of coordinating the different materials.
About Wood Works
Wood Works provides free project assistance as well as education and resources related to the design of non-residential and multi-family wood buildings. WoodWorks field teams have expertise in a wide range of building types, from schools and mid-rise/multi-family to commercial, office, retail, public, institutional and more. Their objective is to make it easier to design, engineer and construct wood buildings at less cost.
After a delightful experience of speaking at one of the New York Build’s workshop last year, Dominique Briand, P.Eng., General Manager of Structure Fusion, returns this year to give one of the sessions of the Workshop 1: Building Solutions and Material.
Talking about A New Approach to Engineered Timber Structures, he will share his expertise on how to make the right structural material choices and how to make objective structural choices when creating hybrid structures to get the best performances.
Join him at 12:10 p.m. on March 19, 2018 at the Javits Center in New York City.
George Poumbouras, Director of Business Development at Canam-Buildings for the Murox prefabricated building system, gave an interview to Construire magazine for the Winter 2018 issue on the topic of prefabrication. This magazine is a publication of the Association de la construction au Québec (ACQ).
In this article, Murox load-bearing wall panels are featured.
On April 11-13, 2018, join our very own Michael Martignetti, P.E. and Tim Holtermann, P.E. at the NASCC: The Steel Conference Sessions held at the Baltimore Convention Center, MD. As part of the conference, you can attend the very sought-after technical sessions given by experts in their field and obtain Professional Development Hours (PDHs). Both of our specialist engineers will share their knowledge and experience under the Constructability Track Sessions.
Michael Martignetti, P.E. and Tim Holtermann, P.E.
Addressing engineers, fabricators and erectors, Michael will give you tools to handle situations when it comes to the “Design of Steel Deck for Concentrated and Non-Uniform Loading” on Wednesday 11th of April at 8:00 a.m. and again on Thursday 12th of April at 1:45 p.m. Gain 1 PDH
Tim will talk about the best connections for both joist and deck as well as loads that are connected to joists and deck in the session entitled: “Simple Connections Simplified” on Wednesday 11th of April at 3:45 p.m. Gain 1.5 PDHs
The inauguration of the new Quebec City Voltigeurs Armoury took place on April 26 in Quebec City, ten years after a fire ravaged the building built in 1887. Structure Fusion, a company that specializes in the design, manufacture and installation of solid and hybrid wood structures, is one of 700 contributors to the reconstruction of this historic building.
For the reconstruction of the Quebec City Voltigeurs Armoury, Structure Fusion supplied 15 glue-laminated trusses measuring 98 feet in length (29.9 meters) by 17 feet (5.2 meters) in height for a total weight of 96,000 pounds. “Since this is a historic building and there were no specific ‘as-built’ plans available, we had to make sure we took accurate measurements to make accurate and precise parts.” says Dominique Briand, General Manager of Structure Fusion.
The new building in short:
Multifunctional room that can accommodate up to 1,300 people.
One hundred anchor points on the ceiling (capacity: 950,000 pounds).
Stones replaced on the outer walls were taken in the same quarry as at the ones from the original construction.
10,000 soldiers from the greater Quebec City area will be able to take advantage of the new facilities.
In the heart of Old Quebec, the Armoury is the only military building in Canada to be recognized as a national historic site.
The centre achieved LEED® version 4 and the highest award level, which is Platinum, becoming Canada’s first LEED® Platinum certified existing building.
Canam provided the steel structure, the joists and steel deck as well as the engineering drawings for this remarkable project built over land and water.
The commitment towards green technology can be found in every corner:
green roof
heating
cooling
on-site water treatment
fish habitat built into the foundation
“This is a project that exemplified how enhancements to existing sustainability measures are possible to achieve higher LEED recognition,” the jury mentioned1.
The Awards of Excellence are given to members of the ACEC who reached the highest level of excellence in terms of engineering quality, innovation and benefits to society as a whole.
Port view (year of construction – 2007)
Mountain view (year of construction – 2007)
1 Canadian Consulting Engineer magazine, October/November 2018 digital issue, page 72
At the 20th Gala of the Canadian Institute of Steel Construction (CISC) Awards of Excellence for the Quebec Region held on November 8 in Montreal, Canam-Buildings and Canam-Bridges received five awards for three winning projects.
Buildings
Category: Institutional projects
The Pierrefonds Library project includes an expansion and complete renovation of the existing building. This green building has clear walls with different sections designed to foster meetings while the stairs suspended on the central atria invite visitors to linger on. This 24,929 ft² (2,316 m²), two-storey project includes joists and steel deck provided by Canam.
Credit: CISC
The Centre des congrès de Saint-Hyacinthe
Category: Commercial projects
Category: Young architects/engineers projects
Category: Jury’s favourite: buildings
This multi-functional project is the largest convention and exhibition centre outside Montreal and Quebec City.
The Centre des congrès de Saint-Hyacinthe focused on the integration of refined details and luxurious facilities in its vast 230,000 ft² (21,368 m²) space. The building includes a very large main hall, two-storey meeting rooms, private executive rooms and a business lounge.
The building’s architecture features a green roof of more than 58,000 ft² (5,388 m²) that can accommodate receptions for several hundred people. Steel was chosen in this project for its structural qualities and its ability to achieve large overhangs and spans to optimize the interior of the room and the green roof. This project includes open-web joists, girders, bridging and bracing provided by Canam.
Credit: CISC
Bridges
Replacement of the Goethals Bridge in New York
Category: Projects outside Quebec: bridges
The Goethals Bridge, which has connected New Jersey and Staten Island since 1928, has been replaced by two independent cable-stayed bridges with three lanes of traffic each. The I-beams used are up to 4.6 metres high and some are nearly 26 metres long. The eastbound structure was opened to traffic in June 2017 and the westbound in May 2018.
Credit: CISC
About the Gala
The CISC Awards of Excellence Gala is an annual event during which the institute recognizes teams that carry out complex and innovative steel projects. The award is unique because it is awarded jointly to the owner, architect, engineer, contractor, manufacturer and draftsman who worked on the projects.
On January 23, The Palais Montcalm, in Quebec City, hosted the 15th edition of the Quebec City Mérites d’architecture ceremony. On this occasion, among approximately one hundred applications, 20 awards were granted by the jury.
ArchitectsSTGM Architectes/DFS inc./A49 received the most prestigious awards: the public award as well as the special award of the jury for the reconstruction of the Voltigeur of Quebec Armoury, a Canadian historic monument.
The building received the highest heritage designation that can be granted to a federal building by the Minister of the Environment.
“The Armoury reconstruction fosters the heritage preservation while respecting its integrity, as designed byEugène-Étienne Taché[1] in 1885, and gives it a new life through a contemporary touch,” said the jury.
Structure Fusionprovided 15 glulam trusses of 98 feet long by 17 feet high totaling 96,000 lbs. The key to the success of this major project was the collaborative approach between the architects, the general contractor and the engineers.
During the night of April 4 to 5, 2008, a fire caused significant damage to this historic monument which had been home to the oldest, still active French-Canadian regiment. Ten years later, on April 26, 2018, the building reopened its doors in the presence of Canadian Government officials.
“This French-inspired, neo-Gothic military building was the precursor of many other important buildings throughout the country. That’s why it’s the only Canadian Armoury to be designated a national historic site.” [2]
[1]M. Eugène-Étienne Taché, Quebec architect to have designed, apart from the Military Armoury, The Quebec Parliament Building, as well as the previous Quebec Courthouse.
Ice walls, plants, businesses and schools closed, car paint peeling off… it’s not a movie script, but our new reality.
Experts have been studying for some time a weather phenomenon known as the polar vortex or the arctic whirlpool[1] which, under the influence of the jet stream, is expected to move more and more southward, accompanied by extremely low temperatures.
Photo: Getty Images / Scott Olson Ice walls along Lake Michigan
Murox offers a cost-effective and eco-responsible business solution
The ventilated thermal panel, part of the load-bearing Murox wall panel developed by Canam is a solar collector that preheats incoming fresh air before it enters an air makeup unit.
Among the benefits of choosing the ventilated thermal panel, we can count lower energy costs, as well as the contribution to the LEED certification required by a green project.
The ventilated thermal panels (VTPs) are an efficient and cost-effective solution for buildings that require frequent air exchange. Heating fresh air as it enters the building reduces energy costs by up to 25%. The VTP is incorporated in the Murox load-bearing wall panel and is entirely shop-assembled to ensure quick on-site installation. The depth of the VTP is similar to that of the load-bearing wall so it does not detract from the aesthetic design of the building.
Murox is a load-bearing wall panel fabricated under ideal conditions, allowing for a perfect installation of the insulating materials and a superior finish quality.
Contact our experts for more information on the Murox ventilated thermal panel.
[1] The polar vortex: an upper level low pressure area lying near one of the Earth’s poles. The bases of the two polar vortices are located in the middle and upper troposphere and extend into the stratosphere. Beneath that lies a large mass of cold, dense Arctic air.
With the month of March already underway, is it necessary to proceed with removing snow off your roof?
Some signs do not lie. If you:
See cracks appearing on the walls,
Have difficulty operating your doors,
Hear strange creaking noises of unknown origin,
Notice sprinkler heads lower than usual
See your ceiling deform or crack
Then, it is necessary to act immediately. In the case of buildings where the roof structure is very high and without a ceiling, for instance industrial buildings, warehouses, etc., signs of structural deformation may be more difficult to identify.
An assessment may be necessary if some of these signs appear simultaneously or if you have any doubts. It is strongly suggested to consult an expert to assess the situation as structural deformations may not only be problematic, but also a hazard to the occupants.
The building codes establish snow loads for the calculation of roof structures (live loads) which may vary depending on climate zones. Even if your roof is designed to receive snow loads, excessive buildup can affect its structural integrity.
There is always a danger when the roof supports a load greater than the one it was designed to.
Packed snow from successive snowfalls on the roof becomes denser by absorbing moisture, like partially melting snow or during rain or ice storm. It is therefore important to inspect the roof during winter and, if necessary, remove excessive snow.
When snow removal involves climbing on the roof and for safety purposes, it is strongly advised to seek the services of a specialized contractor.
In his presentation – Properly Specifying Steel Joists – Tim Holtermann will highlight the current codes and specifications that apply to steel joist construction and provide insight into the best way to plan your project.
The construction of commercial, industrial and institutional buildings can be exponentially accelerated through the use of prefabricated, factory-assembled load-bearing wall panels. Since these walls are manufactured under ideal conditions and with strict quality control, labour on site is considerably reduced which therefore speeds up construction schedule considerably.
Discover a compelling example of construction speed with this time-lapse video showing the expansion of a commercial building in less than three weeks!
This type of load-bearing wall can also be used for buildings such as:
Fire stations
Schools
Offices and mixed-use buildings
Shopping centers
Composite Floor System
The construction of multi-residential buildings can be accelerated by the use of a composite floor system. This system can reduce the erection schedule of the superstructure by up to 25%. The quick installation of floors makes it possible to accelerate access to other trades.
Witness a quick installation with this time-lapse video presenting the erection of a superstructure of 140,791 ft² (13,080 m²) in only 15 weeks!
This floor system is widely used throughout North America for the construction of multi-storey buildings. The joists that are part of the system are known for their unsupported spans that reach up to 13.1 m (43 ft) and for providing maximum openings through the floor assembly.
You benefit from the reduced height and large free spans.
With Hambro composite floor system and Murox prefabricated wall system, Canam Buildings provides homeowners, developers and general contractors optimized building system solutions for commercial, industrial, institutional and multi-residential projects.
See our projects and discover the Canam difference.
Tim Holtermann, Senior Sales Engineer,