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Volume 2, Number 3, Winter 1997

Construction Innovation is published quarterly by NRC-IRC. It provides news of recent research results, product evaluations, code developments and conference highlights to Canada's construction practitioners.
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On the Cover

IRC celebrates 50th anniversary

Conductive concrete wins Popular Science prize

Construction Codes

Clemmensen new chair of Codes Commission

Adoption of the 1995 NBC

Newsbrief

CCMC

One-component, post-expanding foam compounds now used as fillers

New product evaluations

Air Barrier Systems for Walls of Low-Rise Buildings: Performance and Assessment

Highlights of sixth meeting of the CCCME

Indoor environment

Study of workstation emissions offers insight into indoor air quality

IRC finds study opportunity on its doorstep

Research on air-diffuser layout indicates greater freedom possible in office design

Industry partners

Research collaboration benefits both wood industry and IRC

Fire safety

National Fire Laboratory refocuses program to better serve its partners

Fire Risk Management Program

Conference on performance-based codes and fire-safety design considered a success

Urban Infrastructure

Researchers advance non-destructive method for testing of pavements using genetic algorithms

Repair technology

Stainless steel reinforcing research provides important performance data

International news

New agreements significant for Canadian exporters to Japan

Newsbriefs - CCMC part of new federation of assessment organizations

Newsbriefs - Battelle, IRC start research collaboration

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Volume 2, Number 3, Winter 1997