: Apartment work V seen on increase

By CLIFFORD FDWKE Canadian Builder Frlitiahiy lhe most signiﬁcant ax wcll as the most mnsistent [nature of building clinslruction in Canada today Is the manner in which the volume at apart» merit hulldllll la lncreIIIIIl dur- ing a peri when most other set-lan M the Industry are le-

veling out

Latest oﬂiclﬂl estimates (or dollar volume at building eon- struction this year place the ﬁgure It "ABS-4 millions — I traction pi i pellets-it under the m2 level This allows lor about the same Volume of lllduerlIi building as last year. a 9 percent decru in the volume of cum- menial building. and a mild J! percent increase in institutional building.

Residential building In one at the healthier sectors with I to- tal expected dollar volume at 31.1151 millions. up hartlonally from Ilsf year'i SLIM millions But included in that total for resideatlll work in a boosted Iiguro ior apartment huridiirg which. because 0! Ils volume. may represent an important turninl Point !n hlil‘dine trends this year tor hnmebuilder and building coniraclnr.

Each year since 1951. apart- meat building liIs been taking an increasingly larger propor- HUI of the houslnﬂ market. lar- gely at the expense at single family denched hloule! Tn 195! Lil centres M 5.“ population and over. apartments represent- all only about 16 percent of all housing alarta as against I Q!- lure ol some 70 percent for sin- [la detached houses y . the rtlon of I Irtmeut unit: had crept up to nearly 2a per-sent while that oi single de- united houses had drohPCd tn around 6‘! percent. In 19%. the respective proportions were Ip< lrtrnentl nearly 3! percent and tingle detached houses just over ‘9 percent

Engineerin

are being intensified

as draught

Engineering studies In: the ennstructlnn lit a large water ' llarage dam Lil the upper reIch- on of tile Oldrnan River system Ln southwestern Alberta are be-

ing intensified as I result 0! theI

continuation (if a severe drought Inio its inurth sllrresllve year acrnsh the, southern end oi the loothilir province.

The contemplated dam would provide eiiclive storage ior not less than 200.000 strait. oi water.

Various preliminary surveys roads (or the structure during tho past so years have estimat-

tb coal at amounts ml- I log Mm all million to m ruli- lion.

Flu-r «smaller nnw are held: investigated _ three In the san- yon Iormed by the cldman Riv- er cutting urraugh the Living- stone Range ot mountains. and

iourtli as an alternative eotly mum at 'PIncIIer Station.

The current investigations are behrg conducted under the dir- ection at w. D Gray. regional engineer tor the Prairie l-‘arnr

' Rebabuiiation Administration ethics in Calgary.

While the severity oi lhe drou- ght In the l.elhtrridpa region has spurred drmanns lor the run- strueaon ol the darn. Mr Gray

served.

"It I! altogether inn early to make any lnrerasla as tn Ii Ind will take place or Ita onsslhie coat.

"At the moment, there Is In- iaresl in possible siorages on the ‘per reaches oi the chi- msn rvnr system. but this has ocerrrred several tunes in the past all years and tire investiga- tions have neon rlrnoped. . .

A mNt'. .loa “Should construotlmr ever

Remarkable tor ita annular tency, the tranri has eontinued lslnre. Last year. apartment yumtr represented ti percent or all housing units started in cea- trel oi 5,000 population and over. and lint]! detached hous- el accounted ior u perpenl But this year. estimate ow that the volume oi apartment units run in these centrea Iarol Canada has outstripped the volume oi single detached houses in the January and April this year. out oi a total i 22,319 housing starts. apartment uniu repre- sented 47 percent and single de- tached houses only is percent. Builders. 0! course. have been aware oi the increasing bulk or apartment building In Ihe gen. eral construction picture tor some time. [It iirst it was rt.- garded as a local phenomenon. in several of our maior cities. the rate at apartment building d previously exceeded that o! the traditional single detached house and many people In the

JULY ﬁnk”.

Clay breaks ‘ ‘ giant dam

All water reservoirs lealr a‘ little. bill the W D Hunt re- ‘aervalr in Winnipeg la in a cat. legory all its own

Lari winter as much as I“ million [aliona I day — llir months ~ allied through crIakI ‘ ' i This was the laleal in a long Ilia! Ill breaks PlaKutng the «or million resarvnir since the 1% 'ol ainter. its Ilrsi.

The reservoir was designed by the city oi Winnipeg. approved try the Greater Winnlpeg Water. District. and Inrnrporlled in the design warn rennmmendallnns‘ lrlim I rrirlsllltlillz llnn whirl! waran nl lrnilblrsllme mil rm... l it‘lllﬂlll Pm ate contrIclors built

in the part. rlsy srrelling and shrinking around the wtr 40.3 imam gal. rolls pushed o . in, l ‘Cnnri’elP slips not ill niarc. :nehrlrv 5 - in In ear-anal planes

‘Pi‘lAmlEa mnuzsr

. The rescrvorr was the largest on the prairies at the lime. and lengtneerlng sieps were taken to Ioveroome the clay problem —

industry were inclined to regard it as a passhig phase and tend- ed to assume that the old bal- ance between the alngle-lamlly and the muitI-Iamlly unit Wnuid re~assert itsel! in due course. But the consistent Increase ln apartment bulldan over the past decade and the tact that. m0- hably {or the first time. apart— ment starts on I national basis

ryuring tart that this is s iundamenlal development in new during which is here to stay. lt sug- gests that because of various socioldglcal and other isrtors, Canada may eventually lose its claim tn being one at the roun- iries wiui the highest proportion or homo - owners in the world. it suggests that many huuders will havn in revise their present patterns at operation to adapt tn the new Il

Another malnr contribution Cl) ward better, saler roads and streets will be realized within the next two months with the publication or new design manual by the Canadian Good Roads Association.

9 studies

managing d tor,

Mr, Gilchrist raid the "Maine rial ot Geometric Design surn- dnrr-la ior Roads and Streets re presents a tremendous amount oi research by a group oi 98 oi the best qualrlied design engin- eera trom government and in- dustry in Canada.

continues

lstari. the ioh would last at least two years. inan lilier three. de- pendlnl on the program that would have to be iollnwad “ The most pressing need lor the dam arises born the tool that the mum - acre Lrlhbrld- (9 Northern Irrigation Distrirt. whlrh draws its water supply directly born the Oldmau Riv- er. has on river storage facili- ties whatever ior impoundina the usually heavy spring run- all

He laid the manual. a natural llillow - up u: I. ‘a CGRA-pro- dured manual on uniinrm trafv (It: control devices. "will in no way attempt to dictate pnlirlea

‘Company proud of road role

The orec an o! the Faﬁeﬂ o! Conlede'ratlon Memorial buil- ding is a littlnil climax lo a Krnat hirhway and bridge cen- strut‘Lion program carried

Alan coloring into the needs now are the water reourremenia ol retaining. and For: Maeleod. whioh In located on ills old- man River and could iaos water shortage. in times oi low stream ﬂow.

The Livingstone Gap L-Inyun has been promoted Ior decades Isa an ideal sito ior a dam to

are now those 0! HOUSE BUILDING A 'vrrv IS BRISK ALL ACROS§ PROVINCE single detached houses. dispro — es this, Eve pohrts in the

This release dale was givenlmuat he auiiicienl. til pl'lW!d=lSPE€d by c. w. Gilchrist. CGRA'aIapaca irec |rn

In new impetus when a mainr urge lilo lederal government In our WIII simply lay down gulde‘ih to wn y

or m the United states to determine paved ior the lirst BM ml. nut this provides during the last zsrwhelther I coat ‘ men

super highway, 'h . {ween the two countries tor va- l 1.137.: ml. to the Alaska border.

store the Waters oi the oldrnan “v1.13,” I “‘V" “"1 “‘95’ "9 "Mi"- lrland'tt people would not hava‘ nee-lilo of new waler inpuly the "p, [M

Safer highways is goal of group’s new manual

lines {or adequate. and there-’Increases. accidents Int-reuse hell: I It and on many miles at (are Ialer. design. -rause drivers lake Chances in rnad lhat are only 18 to Do it

done are some oi the Iunda~ltryinﬁ to overcoma its elleolr. . wide, mental points concerned in the! Lanes should be approximate-l Frnper alignment and slghi manual-

. Hy 12 it, wide. or at least wideydisunoes Sharp curves constit Adequau lane and shoulder enough to permit vehlrles III lit! a deﬁnite hazard. especial- dﬂis. The number of lanes pass with salety at reasonrbiauy those Ihatcnme up unexpect- 5. Today. many cnm .eia edly. When Vehicles “are aver. ior the vehiclea and muve- i rial vehicles operate as the cal: am, 35 mg. mm, “mm oi traiiic. As congestion‘ fie stream whose over-all width my”: mm “mm a! m

.to soil it. Now stopping sight dls~

Movement to paveggom .. mad gets impetus‘

The mounting crusade to para log the long northern highs-y. the Alaska Highway will reserve These represenlallans a I s o

ihlll the trials opened up dai apila precautions.

Feb 5 troubles came ‘frnm a new source, A sudden warm spell — temperatures role to ring in ii hour-a _— hirer three weeks ol sub - zero war, ther expanded the 3 - it think Ice cover and punched open the t jainLa between the top two cnaw erete slabs around most oi the

clrl‘urnlereiir- lit the basinshap I ed reservn

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\ ‘ C 01 Co Expectation: are that the :riu- Chicago engineering ilrm. esii- ‘ r I Ierenne will draw arrollg repre-‘mated the cost wnilld tnlaI sins slirv

mutations from Alaska. Yukon. Alberta. Brltlah ColumblI In

million. That all lmllld a ‘paVed Alaska Highway would

onions. pay tar itseli in lean man all The nr-ltish Columbia chain- years. - her of Commerce now Is urgillxl The 1.52: . mi. highway be me Canadian government to open [Ina at Dawson Creek, C. negotiation! Immediately Wilh ends al Fairbanks. Alaska it is

sharing arrauxe‘ of Dawson Creek. with a gra- Worked nut bol-yl’el surluce Ior the remaintnl

problems developing tor th e LNID. the city oi Leihhridge- and the lawn oi rort Maclend.l Ilhe Alberta government in most Ireqnes tlln eral govern- ‘n-lent'a PFRA to report on the ‘possible beneiiia oI low stream devgnfﬂf}."j’gsgkggaﬁj; .augmeniolion and domestic. andiA PM“, Machinery!“ "m industrial uses that might be de- Mashed ' rived rrom water storage in the “For mm than A “an” M L’Vlﬂiil‘mr Gar ""- a rentury we hav- supplied Ca~ E'i'i" “‘"Vw" l1’0‘“?""h'lterpillur machines tor the road drought worsening lhe slluallonylmuming pmmm Caterpillar u this Alberta goverrnent renuerrtm,e mom a, "H. mm Wm, "...! '8» "MINI "i "W" “WISE horn stun-redid in the construc- possihiiities in his upper resrh- “..., hum...“ es oi the tumor hiver nvslem ttCampm“ mum,” a, I!“ by constantly improving the de- aurm unau- DAM isn oi t on ‘ some strontium is expected ‘zuagluwnliﬁmhlgh standards at "‘ b‘ "’9’" "“ h“"‘““‘ " “'1' tractor will thrive with Cater Mot-Mm IVA-milea-lons dam on mllar." the statement conclude britlrh Columbia's rem River. rd.

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