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CIVE 493Engineering in the Canadian North

Faculty
Engineering
Offered
Winter
Credit
0.5
Last listed
1994–95

No longer offered. It’s in Waterloo’s scanned calendars from 1974–75 to 1994–95; the 1995–96 to 2023–24 calendars are on ucalendar.

Terrain features and permafrost. Thermal deformation characteristics of frozen and unfrozen soils. Thaw of permafrost and settlement. Ice and snow construction. Buildings and foundation design. Water, wastewater and waste disposal. Ice motion. Policy issues. Transportation in the North.

As printed in the 1989–90 to 1994–95 calendars, read by OCR; the scanned page is the original. Later calendars (1995–96 on) aren’t on uwloo.

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In the scanned calendars

How it read in each calendar from 1974–75 to 1994–95, newest first. The text is OCR of the scanned pages; years whose wording matches are shown once, from the clearest scan. Each year links to its page on uwloo and to that page of the scanned PDF.

1989–90 to 1994–95 6 calendars

Terrain features and permafrost. Thermal deformation characteristics of frozen and unfrozen soils. Thaw of permafrost and settlement. Ice and snow construction. Buildings and foundation design. Water, wastewater and waste disposal. Ice motion. Policy issues. Transportation in the North.

Offered Winter · 2 class, 2 tutorial hours a week · 0.5 credit

1983–84 to 1988–89 6 calendars

Geography of the Canadian North. Engineering aspects of Frozen Ground; Hydrology, Foundation Design, Services. Economic considerations. Northern transportation and communication systems.

1974–75 to 1982–83 7 calendars

Introduction to the technical, ecological and sociological problems associated with construction in the Canadian North. Major topic areas are transportation, water supply, foundations and structures. Specific topics include engineering and feasibility studies for railways, pipelines, natural resource explorations, vehicle development and marine anchorages.

Offered Winter · 4 class hours a week · 0.5 credit