Toronto, Ontario – April 20, 2011 – Students in Humber College’s civil engineering technology and architecture technology programs will now have use of a new Structural Steel Teaching Aid as they learn about structural detailing and design.
The steel teaching aid is built-up by connecting a variety of structural steel shapes using bolted-type or welded-type connections. It is approximately 4.5m tall by 3.5m wide and is supported by a single reinforced concrete spread footing (concrete foundation). It will be dedicated in a special ceremony on Tuesday, April 26 at Humber’s North campus.
The purpose of the steel structure is to help students visualize how the wide variety of structural steel shapes come together and are joined to form the frameworks in buildings, towers, bridges and other edifices which dot the landscape of Canada.
“This will be an advantage for our students and be used as an effective learning tool in our structural detailing and design courses,” said Bill Angelakos, program coordinator of the civil engineering technology program in the School of Applied Technology.
The Canadian Institute of Steel Construction (CISC), under the direction of Suja John, CISC regional contact for Ontario, facilitated the donation of the steel teaching aid, which has a value of approximately $40,000 (parts and labour). Humber is only the third college in Ontario to receive this teaching aid.
Event: Dedication of Steel Teaching Aid
When: Tuesday, April 26, 2011
Time: 1:15 pm – 2 pm
Where: Behind Building G, Humber College, North Campus, 205 Humber College Blvd., Toronto
Interview Op:
John Davies, president, Humber College
Paolo Colucci, chair, CISC
Zoran Radonich, Pittsburgh Steel
Gina McKinnon, Civil Engineering Technology student representative
Photo Op: Unveiling/dedication of Steel Teaching Aid
The steel teaching aid and its site installation were donated by Pittsburgh Steel, Russell Metals Inc. and Pure Metal Galvanizing Inc.
The concrete foundation and its installation were donated by C&T Reinforcing Steel Co. (1987) Ltd., Premform Ltd., and Canada Building Materials (CBM).
About Humber’s School of Applied Technology
Humber’s School of Applied Technology offers the most comprehensive range of interdisciplinary programs that focus on design and sustainability. Within the framework of a polytechnic vision, the school offers four-year bachelor degrees, two and three-year advanced diplomas, certificates and apprenticeships. Students have access to the latest software technology, facilities and equipment and receive hands-on training in innovative labs. Faculty are current industry professionals.
About Humber College Institute of Technology & Advanced Learning
Established in 1967, Humber is one of Canada’s leading postsecondary institutions. Committed to student success through excellence in teaching and learning, Humber serves more than 22,000 full-time students and 56,000 continuing education registrants. With an internationally recognized reputation for quality learning, Humber offers a wide-range of career-focused opportunities for students to personalize their educational path. Our 150 full-time programs include four-year bachelor’s degrees, two and three-year diplomas, one and two-year certificates, and apprenticeship training. As a founding member of Polytechnics Canada, Humber offers students the opportunity to participate in applied research projects that find solutions for issues confronting small and medium-sized enterprises. Humber is one of 12 Vanguard Learning Colleges as identified by the League for Innovation, and the League’s only Canadian board member. Humber finished first in its class in the highly regarded Community College Survey of Student Engagement in 2009 in each of four categories, including Active and Collaborative Learning, Student Effort, Academic Challenge and Student-Faculty Interaction. More than 85 per cent of Humber graduates are employed within six months of completing their studies. Visit humber.ca.
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