The Return of the BeeHive
Hespeler Village ‘tedx’ talk
Gorilla recording Jan 16th at the Riverbank Lofts
Presentation to students of
Ryerson University’s School of Interior Design
during their site orientation
Are you building in an earthquake zone? UPDATED
Maybe…
Thanks to Richard Levesque of HTS Ottawa
for a very informative presentation
See presentation slides: Seismic Presentation-jANUARY2015
Gorilla recording of the presentation may be viewed here
How is seismic compliance
impacting 
the construction industry
in Ontario?
Strategies for successful tendering, tips and demos
Jan 21st at the GVCA
In the News…Specifying restraints for non-structural building elements
Special Holiday Edition of the Fluffy Beaver
The Best Christmas Gift is
the Love of a Friend
Just in time for the Holiday melt down!
The Fluffy Beaver 9
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Saturday on the Night/Shift
Working the Night/Shift just keeps getting better
Many Thanks
to all who make these events possible
BROVOS
See post on grandsocial here
Living in the moment in Waterloo Region…
Thanks to the Museum
for hosting this evening’s forum for local candidates
to interact with & be informed by
the community
of our vision for a
vibrant & viable
Art & Cultural experience in Waterloo Region
Like the soundtrack?
"The Pool of Bethesda" composed & performed by Waterloo folk music artist, JoJo Worthington
SJU Campus Renewal 2015 groundbreaking photographed by Jessica RoseLocal musicians “The Vaudevillian” photographed by Jessica Rose Block 3 photo by KB Photography
Eliminating the Concept of Building Waste – 2014 Summit
Outstanding achievement by RG Integration
& Construction Resource Initiatives Council
Shout out to the OAA and many distinguished sponsors
of the upcoming Summit
Nov 17-19th
Summit Details & Registration Here
CSC Design Competition 2014 Montage
Video Posted on Updated on
Team Touch takes first place
The CSC Student Design Competition 2014 is one of the outreach initiatives spawned by the Grand Valley Chapter of Construction Specifications Canada. With the assistance of neighbouring chapters, Toronto & Hamilton-Niagara and with the generous support at the CSC National level, this competition was made possible.
This video begins with a slide show expressing the initial invitation extended to local design students to dream, to dazzle and to breath new life into this dormant yet majestic and historic building and captures the excitement Thursday evening at Connections Cafe during the 2014 CSC National Conference May 21st to 25th. Broadcasting live from the Crowne Plaza in Kitchener, the top five student proposals were acknowledged and the winners announced among a cheering crowd of leaders in the construction industry including architects & contractors, specification writers & manufacturers, Participating schools included The University of Waterloo School of Architecture, Ryerson University, Conestoga College & Sheridan College.
SJU CAMPUS & The Art of Building Backwards
- Breaking Ground in Waterloo Region
A LOOK INSIDE THE BIG ROOM
A Look Inside The Big Room is a link to a Prezi storyboard that captures my experience in the “big room” in February 2014 as an observer and complete newbie to Lean Methodology & IPD as a Project Delivery Method. Thanks to Arthur Winslow for opening the door (again) and for the encouragement to keep asking lots of questions.
“transformative innovation requires the deliberate support of enabling organizational culture, perspectives and processes” Roger Martin
ST. JEROME’S UNIVERSITY IN THE NEWS:
WHAT IS IPD?
WHO ELSE IS USING IT?
CSC Student Design Competiton Awards May 22nd, 2014
Coming to you live from the Crowne Plaza in Kitchener
Thursday, May 22nd at 7pm
Watch the Award Ceremony here
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Architectural & Interior Design students have been challenged to design a restaurant using the old Galt Post Office as the subject building.
There are 12 entries in total from design teams from the University of Waterloo, Ryerson, Sheridan and Conestoga College. The top five entries will be displayed and the three winning proposals will be publicly acknowledged at the Crowne Plaza on Thursday evening at 7pm during the Connections Cafe. Cathie Schneider, Chair of the CSC-Grand Valley Chapter will make the announcements.
2014 Competition details and history about the CSC Student Design Competition
More at cscdesignchallenge.ca
Conference Sponsors at http://csc-dcc.ca/Conferences/2014+Conference+Sponsors/
Hope you can join us!
Class #11 Notes
Radiohead
Optimistic - song (kid A album)
- Tom (soprano?) loves dry vocals but brings out reverb in the chorus
- vocals, drums, lead guitar & bass guitar; synths
- great sound on the toms; snare joins the vocals at the chorus
- warm jazz-like drum tone
- sounds like a jam session brought into a multi-tracked studio recording session with various sound and accompanying vocal harmonies & aftereffects (like space echo)
- very sonic & covers a full hearing spectrum
- repeating phrases; alot of push & pull (cohesive band)
- “phrygian” sound: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Phrygian_dominant_scale
also…
Band – Helmet
track produced by Steve Albini:
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Steve_Albini_discography
http://www.electricalaudio.com/
singer – Page Hamilton
music & musings 