Elevator installation in Calgary skyscraper completed
TK Elevator Canada announced this morning that it has completed the installation of 17 elevators in the Telus Sky building in Calgary, the third tallest building in the city at 729 feet. Three of the mixed-use skyscraper’s residential elevators move at 1,600 feet per minute, making them the fastest elevators in Western Canada. The installation of TK Elevator’s advanced elevator systems was completed in December 2020.
Saskatchewan is investing $ 2 million in channel clearing
The Saskatchewan government will provide $ 2 million over a two-year period to expand the canal opening to rural communities across the province. The Water Security Agency originally budgeted $ 600,000 for the canal clearance over a two-year period. The increase in funding will bring the program to $ 500,000 for fiscal 2020-21 and $ 1.5 million for 2021-22. Sewer cleaning removes beaver dams, debris, trees and bushes and removes silt and blows dirt from and along natural canals.
Schedule world installation day
Tomorrow, March 11th, is World Installation Day. The celebration of World Plumbing Day is an opportunity to reflect on the important role the plumbing sector plays in our daily lives and the skilled plumbers of men and women who have continued to serve this industry throughout the pandemic,” said Dave Holek, President and Chairman of the Mechanical Contractors Association of Canada. “At the same time, and certainly in the context of a global pandemic, it is all the more important that we recognize the systems that are so important to our health, safety and well-being.”
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US-based company Via acquires a transportation mapping platform
US-based transit technology company Via announced today that it has acquired Remix, a San Francisco-based transportation planning and mapping platform specialist. The move will “support the transport community in the multimodal planning, planning and operation of on-demand and fixed-transit, paratransit and school buses,” according to a press release.
