ENGINEERING TECH
Ouellet | January 17, 2022
Ouellet Canada Inc., an international manufacturer and distributor of electric heating products, has announced a partnership with BIMsmith, the leading product research platform for building professionals, for the development of new Building Information Modeling (BIM) tools for architects, engineers, and other construction professionals.
The partnership involves the creation of data-rich digital models of Ouellet products that integrate seamlessly with BIM design workflows used by building professionals globally. Each product model contains key data to represent geometric, electrical, and performance capabilities of each product, streamlining design workflows and providing building professionals with key data early in the design process. Each product model is designed to integrate natively with Autodesk Revit, the leading architectural design software worldwide.
The partnership also involves the publishing of Ouellet products on BIMsmith Market, the leading cloud platform used by architects and engineers to conduct building product research, placing Ouellet in front of a global audience of building design professionals.
"For more than half a century, Ouellet has prioritized the continued success of its customers and stakeholders wherever possible,Our new BIM tools are yet another way that we can support not just architects and engineers, but every contributor throughout the entire building design process."
-Owen Suchar, US National Sales Manager at Ouellet
Ouellet provides architects and other building professionals with a tremendous depth of product and industry expertise," said Benjamin Glunz, CEO at BIMsmith. "We are excited to partner with Ouellet to help expand their support of architecture and engineering professionals everywhere.
About Ouellet
Ouellet Canada, headquartered in l'Islet on the south shore of the St. Lawrence River in Quebec, designs, manufactures, distributes, and markets standard, custom-made, and distinctive electric heating products. Learn more about Ouellet Canada at www.ouellet.com.
About BIMsmith
BIMsmith®, the leading cloud-based building product discovery and selection platform, cultivates global business-to-business relationships between building industry professionals and building product manufacturers. Through direct integration of real product data into the BIM workflow, BIMsmith continues to shape the future of building science technology, placing its clients at the forefront of BIM innovation while addressing the true needs of industry professionals.
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PBC Today | August 26, 2020
Phil Sutton, founder of Econpro, discusses the waste generated by the construction industry. Construction waste accounts for approximately a third of all waste generated in the EU, including materials such as concrete, plastic, metals, and glass.The sector is the largest consumer of materials in the UK and produced an estimated 60 million tonnes of construction and demolition waste (CDW) in 2016. The volume of CDW generated, combined with separation and recovery technology that is well-developed, inexpensive, and accessible, means there is huge scope for the recycling of these materials.Currently, an impressive 90% of CDW is recovered in the UK with heavy materials such as concrete, brick and asphalt making up the majority. These are most commonly downcycled to produce aggregates for use in roads. However, almost 5 million tonnes of waste is sent to landfill, the UK’s second most used waste treatment taking nearly a quarter of all our waste in 2016.
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CONSTRUCTION
Ellsworth Construction | January 11, 2022
Ellsworth Construction (“Ellsworth”), a total site infrastructure construction solutions company, announced that it has acquired A-Tech Paving (“A-Tech”), a premier infrastructure construction company based in Oklahoma City. Like Ellsworth, A-Tech provides a total site solution including asphalt, concrete, earthwork, utilities and pavement maintenance services. With this acquisition“We are very excited to bring A-Tech under the family of Ellsworth Construction companies,” said William Pedranti, Chief Executive Officer of Ellsworth. “The synergy between our two businesses is strong: both long-time family run companies with a rich traditional of providing quality services in our respective markets. We are also excited about the growth potential in the Oklahoma City market which we can capitalize on with this acquisition.”
“A-Tech Paving and Ellsworth Construction are both family run businesses with similar histories and built on the same core values, Ellsworth is the right company to continue to build on the legacy that my family built in starting and running A-Tech over the past 33 years. I am excited to see the growth and continued success of Ellsworth in supporting infrastructure development in Oklahoma.”
-Jay Doyle, owner of A-Tech Paving.
The combination of the two firms creates one of the leading civil infrastructure companies in the State of Oklahoma with plans to expand into Kansas, Arkansas and northern Texas.
About Ellsworth Construction
Robert “Bob” Ellsworth started Ellsworth Construction in Northeastern Oklahoma in 1974. Beginning as a paving and sealcoating company, our specialties have expanded to meet our clients’ growing needs over the years—allowing us to become a total site solution offering asphalt, concrete, earthwork, utilities, trucking and pavement maintenance services. Over the past forty-five plus years in service, we’ve been focused on two things: (i) the happiness of our employees, and (ii) delivering the highest-quality and lowest-stress road construction project services for our clients.
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