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Adapting to Climate Change - Canada's First National Engineering Vulnerability Assessment of Public Infrastructure

cover Between October 2007 and April 2008 six case studies were completed as part of the Canada-wide assessment with Portage study added as an additional case study for a total of seven. These studies by infrastructure category are:

  • Buildings Tunney's Pasture Campus, Ottawa Ontario Thermosyphon Foundations in Warm Permafrost - Inuvik, Northwest Territories
  • Roads and associated structures Quesnell Bridge Rehabilitation - Edmonton, Alberta Road Pavement Assessment - Sudbury, Ontario
  • Stormwater and wastewater systems Vancouver Sewarage Infrastructure Assessment - Vancouver, British Columbia
  • Water resources Water treatment and supply system - Portage-la-Prairie, Manitoba Water resources assessment - Placentia, Newfoundland and Labrador.
Author:Public Infrastructure Engineering Vulnerability Committee
Publisher: Canadian Council of Professional Engineers
Nov, 2008
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