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The unforgiving North

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Conference4th Canadian Building Congress: Learning from Experience/ Avoiding Failures: October 6, 1985, Ottawa, Ontario, Canada
Subjectpermafrost; soils; building failures; cold regions; external envelopes; foundations; ventilation; wind; sol; délabrement; région froide; enveloppe (bâtiment); fondation (ouvrage); ventilation; building failures; building envelope; foundations; ventilation; wind, permafrost, extreme cold effects
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Building failures in the North have often resulted from indiscriminate application of standard southern construction practices. A number of environmental factors unique to the North must be taken into consideration before durability can be achieved. This paper proposes solutions to a variety of envelope, foundation and ventilation problems, which are related to the high winds, permafrost and long cold periods characteristic of the North.
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  • 4th Canadian Building Congress: Learning from Experience/ Avoiding Failures [Proceedings of the]: 157–164.
LanguageEnglish
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IdentifierIRC-P-1463
NRC numberNRCC 27895
NRC-IRC-1232
NPARC number20386277
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