For professional engineers in private practice AUGUST/SEPTEMBER 2017 Ready for TAKE OFF New Iqaluit International Airport terminal design embraces its environment. PLUS: ENERGY SAVINGS AT SASKATOON HOSPITAL NEXT-GEN ELEVATORS www.canadianconsultingengineer.com CCE AugSept2017_AMS.indd 1 2017-08-15 12:55 PM Meet TX3-Nano. Powerful Video Entry in a Compact Design The Newest Addition to the Mircom TX3 Communications & Access Family. The TX3-Nano is a powerful Audio/ Video IP Door Entry System that is ideal for multi-tenant dwellings. With a weather resistant design, Mircom’s TX3-Nano provides the security of controlled voice & video entry from your smart phone or tablet. • Audio/Video communication via mobile app • Built-in infrared camera for night vision • Supports Power over Ethernet • IP64 rated for outdoor applications • Browser-based interface for quick setup FULLY COMPATIBLE WITH THE COMPLETE # Come see a Mircom demo at CANASA at Booth 1002 For more information, please visit: www.mircom.com/nano2 170045B CCE_ad_Sept issue.indd 1 2017-08-14 9:09 AM CCE_AugSept_Mircom.inddCCE AugSept2017_AMS.indd 1 2 2017-08-142017-08-15 10:2012:55 AMPM contents August/September 2017 Volume 58, No. 5 Meet TX3-Nano. Powerful Video Entry in a Compact Design features Cover: The new Iqaluit International The Newest Addition to the Mircom TX3 Communications & Access Family. airport opened in August. Photo courtesy Stantec. The New Iqaluit International Airport. Simple and intelligent See page 18 design elements provide a bright and efficient new airport terminal that fits well into its northern climate. The TX3-Nano is a powerful Audio/ By Noel Best, Stantec 18 Video IP Door Entry System that is ideal for multi-tenant dwellings. With Hospital receives thorough checkup. Saskatoon’s Royal University Hospital underwent significant facility upgrades and a weather resistant design, Mircom’s is exceeding the predicted savings from its utility costs. TX3-Nano provides the security of By Doug Picklyk 24 controlled voice & video entry from your smart phone or tablet. The cost of being Smart. A look into recent research on intelligent buildings and the cybersecurity threats that exist. • Audio/Video communication via mobile app By Doug Picklyk 30 • Built-in infrared camera for night vision Protecting the Exterior. Following the tragedy of the Grenfell Tower • Supports Power over Ethernet fire in London, where flames consumed the building’s exterior, could the same happen here? See page 34 • IP64 rated for outdoor applications By William Kuffner, P.Eng., SNC-Lavalin 34 • Browser-based interface for quick setup The Third Dimension – Today. The evolution of vertical mobility includes the latest in elevator technology that features cable-less horizontal travel. FULLY COMPATIBLE departments By Andrew Wells, P.Eng., KJA Consultants Inc. 42 WITH THE COMPLETE Comment 4 Up Front 6 ACEC Review 13 Products 46 Advertiser Index 49 on topic PROJECT MANAGEMENT BOOK REVIEW Next issue: Predict-Ability. How using Life of an Engineer: a review 2017 Canadian Consulting Partnering Scorecards can of The Structure of Design. Engineering Awards. dictate a collaborative project’s An Engineer’s Extraordinary success. Life in Architecture by Leslie # By Sue Dyer. 38 Robertson. 50 Come see a Mircom demo at CANASA at Booth 1002 For more information, please visit: www.mircom.com/nano2 August/September 2017 Canadian Consulting Engineer 3 170045B CCE_ad_Sept issue.indd 1 2017-08-14 9:09 AM CCE_AugSept_Mircom.indd 1 2017-08-14 10:20 AM CCE AugSept2017_AMS.indd 3 2017-08-15 12:55 PM comment FOR PROFESSIONAL ENGINEERS IN PRIVATE PRACTICE engineerCANADIAN CONSULTING Editor Doug Picklyk (416) 510-5119 [email protected] Senior Publisher Maureen Levy (416) 510-5111 Tyco Integrated Fire & Security Industry Cycles [email protected] Art Director n a global scale the consulting engineering business Andrea M. Smith is now Johnson Controls. O continues to consolidate as large firms merge, grow Contributing Editor market share, bolster their expertise, and gain operating Rosalind Cairncross, P.Eng. The combined strengths of two great companies are now under one great name. Making efficiencies. 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Chris Newcomb, P.Eng., Laurier Nichols, ing., Jonathan Rubes, P.Eng., Paul Ruffell, P.Eng., For SNC-Lavalin, the move opens new world markets and strengthens its Andrew Steeves, P.Eng. position in energy sectors including nuclear and renewables. Jacobs, a strong Circulation player in the transportation business, adds a top water design firm to the Barbara Adelt (416) 442-5600 x3546 portfolio with the CH2M deal. E-mail: [email protected] SNC-Lavalin has identified it wants to be among the top three firms in the Account Coordinator Cheryl Fisher (416) 510-5194 global industry, an industry that is showing its maturity. [email protected] In an article from the Harvard Business Review (December 2002) entitled Vice President/Executive Publisher “The Consolidation Curve,” researchers evaluated mergers around the globe Tim Dimopoulos (416) 510-5100 and identified four stages of industry consolidation: opening; scale; focus; [email protected] and finally balance & alliance. 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