- Whether its tight construction deadlines, fire-protection innovation, or offering a sustainable environmental solution, this issue provides a close up look at how Canadians from coast-to-coast are benefiting from the advantages of structural steel. Also read about the role structural steel plays in research and education.
- Read about a steel “fly-over” bridge in Alberta and how Canadians hold a commanding lead in the production and use of HSS. Learn how to achieve a 30% energy saving over the Model National Energy Code or a Silver LEED rating, as in the new GTAA’s Institute. Christopher Hume explains how “we now inhabit the Age of Steel” .
- Part Two of Steel and Other Materials continues with Steel and Wood. Steel comes to the rescue of a Quebec condo building and in developing a dream roof-top garden in Toronto. Also included are our ever-popular overviews of the 2007 Alberta and Ontario Steel Design Awards and the year's Scholarships and Awards.
- Our series Steel and Other Materials concludes with Steel and Concrete. A new series begins on Residential Construction with Hybrid Steel and Hollow-core Systems. The Canadian Matrix: A Category Approach for Specifying AESS with its handy pull-out centrefold is a sure to be classic. Also included; the BC and Quebec 2007 Design Awards.