CISC Advocacy Snapshot - COVID-19 March 26, 2020 Letter to The Honourable Dennis King Re: COVID-19 Dear Premier Dennis King, The steel construction industry represents a large portion of the construction activity in Canada, both on and off the job site. We employ up to 130,000 jobs directly and indirectly. As an industry, [...]
CISC Advocacy Snapshot - COVID-19 March 26, 2020 Letter to The Honourable Brian Pallister, MLA Re: COVID-19 Dear Premier Brian Pallister, The steel construction industry represents a large portion of the construction activity in Canada, both on and off the job site. We employ up to 130,000 jobs directly and indirectly. As an [...]
CISC Advocacy Snapshot - COVID-19 March 26, 2020 Letter to The Honourable Blaine Higgs Re: COVID-19 Dear Premier Blaine Higgs, The steel construction industry represents a large portion of the construction activity in Canada, both on and off the job site. We employ up to 130,000 jobs directly and indirectly. As an industry, [...]
Premier Ford and Minister Phillips Announce Additional Health Care Resources and Support for People, Jobs and Employers March 25, 2020 4:00 P.M. TORONTO — Today, Finance Minister Rod Phillips released Ontario's Action Plan: Responding to COVID-19 (March 2020 Economic and Fiscal Update). The government's action plan is a first step in its response to COVID-19 and [...]
The Québec government has ordered the closing as of Wednesday, March 25 at 00:01 until April 13, 2020 of all non-essential stores and services including construction EXCEPT the following: Maintenance and operation of strategic infrastructure, including: the production, procurement, transmission and distribution of energy (electricity, fossil energies). the maintenance in good operating condition of essential public [...]
New Measures to Further Protect the Health and Safety of the People of Ontario March 23, 2020 1:30 P.M. TORONTO — To further contain the spread of COVID-19, the Ontario Government will order the mandatory closure of all non-essential workplaces effective as of Tuesday, March 24th at 11:59 p.m. This closure will be in effect for [...]
Montreal, March 20, 2020 The Canadian Institute of Steel Construction of the Quebec Region (CISC) applauds the measures of support for businesses announced by the Quebec government and Prime Minister François Legault. All of the measures that can help support steel fabricators and suppliers in this difficult time, cover several needs and situations experienced and they [...]
By Pedram Mortazavi, Eden Lee, Oh-Sung Kwon, Constantin Christopoulos, University of Toronto and Justin Binder, Michael Gray, Cast Connex Corporation Steel Eccentrically Braced Frames (EBFs) have been proposed as Lateral Load Resisting Systems (LLRS) for seismic applications since the early 1970s [1-2]. They provide an attractive alternative to more commonly used LLRS in steel structures such [...]
By Charles Albert, P.Eng. CISC provides this column as part of its commitment to the education of those interested in the use of steel in construction. Neither CISC nor the author assumes responsibility for errors or oversights resulting from the use of the information contained herein. Suggested solutions may not necessarily apply to a particular structure [...]
The Third Edition of "Moment Connections for Seismic Applications" is now available. It has been adopted, by reference, by CSA Standard S16:19 as an alternative to physical testing for the design of seismic moment connections. This new 56-page publication is also the 7th entry in CISC's Design Modules lineup. The First Edition of this CISC publication [...]