Insights
Field notes, opinions and explainers from our engineers — written for owners, boards and builders, not just other engineers.
Growth Continues at Capacity Engineering
New Team Members, New Capabilities, and Continued Momentum
Read articleMaintenance Plan: Myth or Reality?
The PMPS - Preventative Maintenance Program Study
30 Facts in Planning, Design, Permitting, and Construction
30 Frequently Misunderstood (But Routine!) Facts in Construction
CEL Business Card Crack Gauge - Innovation & Excellence
Can you reach your Engineer? Because our clients can...
Sometimes you need five minutes, and not in two weeks...
What's in a name? Terms and Code Language...
Understanding that words matter.
Cold Weather Concreting and Marginal Weather
To heat, or not to heat, that is the question...
Special Assessments in Condominiums
Bad News Early Is Better Than Bad News Late
Fibre Reinforcement - To Be or Not to Be; that's really not the question...
Stress, Strain, Steel, Plastic, Bondage, Finish, and Exposure
Shattering Glass: Unveiling the Hazards
Nickel Sulphide Inclusions in Glass and Canadian Regulations
A Journey of Growth: Our Office Evolution
Three offices in as many years...
Wooten's Third Law and the AI Among Us
Something is Rotten in the State of The Art...
Why Are Structural Engineers?
Grammar aside, we do add value and safety...
Aluminum Design - Not Your Average Metal
If you're familiar with steel design, aluminum might just surprise you, and be a welcome technical challenge...
Concrete Repair - A Fundamental Essential
Basic, basics, and drainage - Oh my!
Adam Hosny, P.Eng.
At 8:30 EDT, we were notified we had a new P.Eng. on staff...
Tornado Damage? Take our helping hand...
Discounted Forensic Engineering for Ottawa...
History doesn't repeat, but it often rhymes...
Engineering the past, Engineering of the past, and the passing of a very fine Engineer...
Before you build your dream home; Read this!!!
Avoid the most common pitfalls...
Designing Residential Structures - What works and what doesn't
Limits, estimation, sarcasm, and what we do...
When the Engineer Doesn't
What happens when your engineer refuses to look at something?
Travel and Remote Work
When your infrastructure allows you to be anywhere...
Fenestration Canada – Field Testing of Fenestrations
Shop Drawings, Seismic Systems, and the Construction Process – The importance of detailing and reviews
R.E.S.P.E.C.T. – How much does an Engineer’s input mean?
Reserve Fund Studies – It’s all in the details
CEL is growing – Time to Move!
Residential Earthquake Design
Residential Basements – The Danger of Water and How to Deal with It
Pandemic Policy – Covid-19 and working with CEL
Fastening Matters: The fix is in.
Reserve Fund Studies – Terms Matter
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