Sat.May 08, 2021

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How do Poor Construction Practices Cause Crack Development in Concrete Elements?

The Constructor

Several poor construction practices, such as inadequate concrete curing, lack of formwork support, insufficient concrete compaction, and adding water.

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Indigenous Canadian Forest Gardens

Natural Building

A new study led by Chelsey Armstrong, an ethnobotanist with Simon Fraser University, has shown that there are “forest gardens” surrounding now-vacant historical villages of Ts’msyen and Coast Salish nations in British Columbia. These forest gardens are the result of careful management by Indigenous communities and have persisted as islands of ecological diversity long after those communities were forced to move.