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// THE QUOTE
“one of my colleagues is a researcher in concrete materials known internationally”
— Brandon Searle · UNB Off-site Construction Research Centre (OCRC)
Concrete cylinders buried in the Bay of Fundy facing double tide cycles, plus Atlantic Canada's brutal 12-to-minus-30 swings — niche durability credibility.
Full episode at 44:37How UNB's Off-site Research Centre Is Bringing Modular Construction to Atlantic Canada (And the Financial Risks GCs Need to Know) ▸
THE LESSON THIS CLIP CARRIES
Atlantic Canada's extreme freeze-thaw cycling may stress materials more severely than northern Canada's stable cold — local material research is not a second-tier problem.
“we go from in january we'll have like a random 12 degree day and then we're back down to minus 20”
THE CHAPTER IT LIVES IN
Funding, Partners, Upcoming Events, and Closing
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