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  1 Addressing Regional Sustainability: A Case Study of Little Mountain Reservoir Reconstruction (LMRR) Using Concrete Containing Large Volumes of Fly Ash
    Document Type: Case Study Report
    Publication Date: October 2004
Author(s): A.P. Sukumar, Phil Seabrook, P.Eng., John Sherstobitoff, Frank Huber
    The Little Mountain Reservoir located in Queen Elizabeth Park, Vancouver, British Columbia, Canada was originally constructed as an open basin in 1910 and a roof structure was added in the mid 1960s. Because of seismic and structural deficiencies of the structure, it was decided to demolish the reservoir and construct a new one on the same site wi...[more]
    See Also: cold weather concreting, cracking, greenhouse gas emissions, permeability, placing, superplasticizers
  2 EcoSmart Concrete Project: USGBC Presentation
    Document Type: Presentation
    Publication Date: November 12, 2003
Presenter(s): Michel de Spot, P.Eng.
    Michel de Spot's US Green Buildings presentation accompanies his conference paper entitled "The EcoSmart Concrete Project: Minimizing the Greenhouse Gas Signature of Concrete." The presentation includes photos of several EcoSmart case studies and includes sample LEED credit calculations and environmental impact reductions for a concrete and a steel...[more]
    See Also: climate change, greenhouse gas emissions
  3 Little Mountain Reservoir Reconstruction
    Document Type: Image
    Publication Date: 2003
    Photograph of the LMRR under construction. Image shows wall forming system. Installing thermocouples and maturity gauges....[more]
  4 Little Mountain Reservoir Reconstruction
    Document Type: Image
    Publication Date: 2003
    Photograph of LMRR under construction. Image is from Phase I and shows concrete placement in wall....[more]
  5 Little Mountain Reservoir Reconstruction
    Document Type: Image
    Publication Date: 2003
    Photograph of LMRR under construction. Photo is from Phase I. The test wall is the one with forms to right....[more]
  6 Properties of High Volume Fly Ash Wall Concrete: Combined Phase I and Phase II Report
    Document Type: Case Study Report
    Publication Date: October 22, 2003
Author(s): Levelton Consultants Ltd
    The Greater Vancouver Regional District (GVRD) is constructing a 38.5 million gallon reservoir at Little Mountain, Vancouver. The Project is known as the Little Mountain Reservoir Reconstruction (LMRR). The use of EcoSmart concrete at the LMRR demonstrates that this type of concrete is ideal for large infrastructure projects. The resulting wall co...[more]
    See Also: durability, shrinkage, strength development, temperature, workability
  7 The Little Mountain Reservoir Reconstruction Case Study
    Document Type: Presentation
    Publication Date: March 2004
Presenter(s): Phil Seabrook, P.Eng., A.P. Sukumar, Rob Karchewski, Daniel St. Pierre, John Sherstobitoff
    EcoSmart showcases climate change mitigation in action on the Little Mountain Reservoir Replacement (LMRR) project – a large GVRD municipal infrastructure works. A brief introduction to Canada's Climate Change Action Plan and the EcoSmart™ Concrete Project sets the stage for the LMRR stakeholders panel – owner, designer, materials engineer, concret...[more]
   
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