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Toronto's TRCA Building: Unpacking Moisture in Mass Timber Roofs During Construction
Toronto's TRCA Building: Unpacking Moisture in Mass Timber Roofs During Construction
Mar 262 min read


Case Study: Javits Center
The extraordinary Javits center is one of the most historic convention centers in America. A colossal structure, at 310,000m2 (3,300,000...
Oct 29, 20213 min read


Monitoring CLT Highway Noise Barriers
(Highway Barrier with SMT PMM sensors embedded) In collaboration with researchers from Clemson University's Glenn Civil Engineering...
Aug 11, 20211 min read


The Dowel-Laminated Timber(DLT) Radium Hot Springs Centre protected from moisture intrusion
Overview LOCATION: Radium Hot Springs, British Columbia COMPLETION: 2018 AREA: 8,000 Sq. Ft. INDUSTRY: Municipal SENSOR CLASS: Moisture...
Jan 11, 20211 min read


Milton District Hospital
Overview LOCATION: Milton, ON COMPLETED: Ongoing AREA: 330,000 Sq. Ft. SENSOR CLASS: Building Intelli Conventional and Inverted Roof...
Jan 11, 20212 min read


UBC Brock Commons: Vertical Movement and Moisture Monitoring
Overview LOCATION: Vancouver, BC COMPLETED: July 2017 AREA: 160,000 Sq. Ft. SENSOR CLASS: Investigative Research INDUSTRY: Institutional...
Jan 11, 20211 min read


Passive House Performance Monitoring
Overview LOCATION: Langley, BC COMPLETED: year SENSOR CLASS: Investigative Monitoring INDUSTRY: Residential Details: The idea of Passive...
Jan 11, 20211 min read


Wood Innovation and Design Centre: Vertical Movement and Moisture Performance
LOCATION: Prince George, BC COMPLETED: 2015 AREA: 52,000 Sq. Ft. SENSOR CLASS: Investigative Research INDUSTRY: Commercial Details: SMT...
Jan 11, 20211 min read


Crack Sensor Research Project
Details: Steel girders of bridges exposed to cyclic truck traffic loads experience fatigue stress, resulting in potential cracks and...
Jan 11, 20211 min read


Simtrec: Heritage Masonry Structure Preservation
LOCATION: Ottawa, ON INDUSTRY: Commercial Details: Canada’s most iconic and historic structures in Ottawa are in the process of a major...
Jan 11, 20211 min read


RTDS/TGS Building: Performance Measurement
LOCATION: Winnipeg, MB INDUSTRY: Commercial Details: The RTDS building is Winnipeg’s first office building on stilts built over a 5.5...
Jan 11, 20211 min read


UBC Centre for Comparative Medicine: Moisture Monitoring
LOCATION: Vancouver, BC INDUSTRY: Institutional Details: Moisture and water damage can occur from the interior of the building when...
Jan 11, 20211 min read


Telecommunications: Moisture Monitoring
LOCATION: Oregon SENSOR CLASS: ‘Stainless Steel (2conductor) adhesive backed Mylar’ INDUSTRY: Commercial Details: On a recent deployment...
Jan 11, 20211 min read


UBC Life Sciences Centre: Leak Detection
Overview LOCATION: Vancouver, BC COMPLETED: AREA: 75,000 Sq. Ft. SENSOR CLASS: INDUSTRY: Institutional Details: SMT Research is providing...
Jan 11, 20211 min read


BCIT: A Pilot Study on First Nation Homes on an Urban Reserve
LOCATION: Squamish, BC COMPLETED: 2013 INDUSTRY: Research Details: Aboriginal families are significantly more likely to live in poor...
Jan 11, 20211 min read


Lakes District Hospital and Health Care: Leak Detection
Overview COMPLETED: 2013 AREA: 12,000 Sq. Ft. SENSOR CLASS: 316 Stainless Steel (2 conductor) Adhesive backed Mylar with FT4 1pr Cable...
Jan 11, 20212 min read


Main Street Pressure Monitoring
LOCATION: Vancouver, BC INDUSTRY: Investigation Details: SMT Research Building Intelligence Platform is used in temporary or long term...
Jan 11, 20211 min read


Seattle Asian Art Museum: Moisture Monitoring
LOCATION: Seattle, WA INDUSTRY: Commercial Details: SMT provided a turn-key monitoring system to investigate the building moisture and...
Jan 11, 20211 min read


CanmetENERGY: Solarwall Monitoring
LOCATION: Ottawa, ON AREA: 7,500 Sq. Ft. INDUSTRY: Commercial Details: SMT is working with CanmetENERGY to test the effectiveness of a...
Jan 11, 20211 min read


UF Hurricane Research: Attic Monitoring
LOCATION: Florida INDUSTRY: Commercial Details: An SMT Attic Moisture Monitoring System was provided to the University of Florida for...
Jan 11, 20211 min read
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