Putting high-rises on a low-carbon diet
Workers prepare to pour concrete in a building using BubbleDeck.Bubledeck Canada Ltd.
BubbleDeck. Culver City, CA where BubbleDeck was used for a large office tower called Entrada Creative Office ( just off the 405 freeway ). The picture shows everything in place before the concrete pour. The different colours are recycled material and the black spheres are on the parking ramp which is 16" thick and the while balls are on the ground level which is 18" thick.Bubledeck Canada Ltd.
The Tepper Quad building at Carnegie Mellon University. Here the picture shows large cages of spheres that are placed for reinforcement. This makes for faster installation and a 30 per cent saving in concrete. The spheres themselves were manufactured at Metelix Products Inc. in Brampton and the different colours relate to the recycled material that they keep aside for BubbleDeck use. The material originates from kayaks that have been rejected through manufacturing and re-ground for the plastic spheres.Bubledeck Canada Ltd.
Diagram of the Proposed Code Change to the National Building Code of Canada.Conrad Speckert/Conrad Speckert
Jurisdictional Scan of Building Codes: Maximum Permitted Height for Single Stair Buildings.Conrad Speckert/Conrad Speckert