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In 2020, the District of Kent in Agassiz, B.C. engaged Urban Systems to design the replacement of the Agassiz Flood Gate. Agassiz is a small-town NW of Chilliwack and about a 90-minute drive from Vancouver. The flood gate is located on Dyke Road west of Highway 9 (Agassiz-Rosedale Highway) and south of Whelpton Road. Adjacent […]
An existing, 32-year-old, 3.0 m diameter Corrugated Steel Pipe (CSP) culvert was coming to the end of its service life. The CSP was situated on a two-lane highway in Lambton County, just south of Sarnia, Ontario, located at the intersection of Maundaumin Road and Courtright Line. This CSP, like all culvert/bridge structures, was routinely inspected. […]
As part of our vision on education, the Canadian Concrete Pipe and Precast Association is continually providing training through the following activities: • Lunch & Learns: held both in person and by webinar• Plant Tours: where attendees can see how concrete pipes and products are designed and manufactured• Seminars (half day): cover various aspects of […]
As the City of Ottawa continues to expand, more challenges are encountered given that the prime land has been developed and the remaining developable land has more restrictive characteristics such as flood plain restrictions and environmental habitat considerations. In the case of the Mattamy Homes Half Moon Bay West and Glenview Homes Flagstaff subdivisions, an […]
A 1 million square foot Amazon warehouse distribution centre located in Ajax, Ontario, just west of Toronto, was recently completed. As with many urban areas in Canada, locating a suitable development site that will accommodate a large distribution centre while meeting the stormwater management criteria is a challenge. In addition to the building’s footprint, a […]
Many municipalities across Canada are currently challenged with the impacts of climate change. For municipalities with combined storm and sanitary sewers, extreme rain events can result in the discharge of raw sewage into local rivers and lakes that surround these municipalities. The Combined Sewage Storage Tunnel (CSST) is one of the key projects included in […]
Located in the West End of the National Capital Region (Ottawa), the North Kanata Trunk Sewer Phase 2 project consisted of the installation of a new trunk sewer. This project required the new sanitary trunk sewer to cross various jurisdictions including NCC Greenbelt, intersecting several major arterial roadways as well as a major railway line. […]
The City of Sarnia, Ontario is experiencing significant growth and like many other municipalities acrossCanada, Sarnia must upgrade segments of its infrastructure to meet this increase as well as the anticipated future growth. One infrastructure project that was top of the list for the City of Sarnia was the Bedford Pumping Station Replacement that was […]
The original Boulevard Lake Dam in Thunder Bay, Ontario, was built in 1901-1902 and the currentstructure was built in 1906-1907. It was originally constructed to generate electricity for the surrounding area. Some of the electricity generated was used to power streetcars that ran up and down Cumberland Street. The dam created a reservoir, Boulevard Lake, […]
A Critique of the Comparative Life Cycle Assessment of CSPI’s 1800 mm Corrugated Steel Pipes with North American Reinforced Concrete Pipes written by Groupe AGECO The following document provides comments to help evaluate and clarify the findings of the November 2020 report prepared by Groupe AGECO on Comparative Life Cycle Assessment (LCA) of CSPI’s 1800 […]
