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High rise┬áExpertise and innovation in construction services help Aluma Systems stay on top in its chosen marketplace. Ruari McCallion speaks to president Stephen Tisdall. ItÔÇÖs not that often that something comes around in the construction industry that has what could be described as a transformational effect. But it does happen from time to time, and the Hi-Flyer from Aluma Systems looks like it fits the bill.

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Reaching out┬áKeith Regan learns how CalgaryÔÇÖs light rail transit system is growing in a green manner, roaring past construction and design challenges and keeping community relations in the front car.  The residents of Calgary, Alberta, have consistently shown that theyÔÇÖll use the Calgary Light Rail Transit, or CTrain system, from the time the first station and small section of track line opened to riders from 7th Avenue in downtown to Anderson Road in 1981.

Circle of knowledge┬áEllisDon is constructing a state-of-the-art LEED Gold-certified building for Nova Scotia Community College that will educate students in the building trades. Grab your composition pad and come along with April Terreri to learn more. Some might describe the construction of the Centre for the Built Environment (CBE) at Nova Scotia Community College in Dartmouth, near Halifax, as a veritable learning lab.

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Bouncing back┬áHurricane damage is a way of life for the southern states, but as Dan Bailey learns, they clean up and get on with it. In every generation there is at least one truly devastating hurricane in the Gulf of Mexico that creates enormous damage in the southern states. As a consequence, rebuilding their homes and civic amenities is nothing new to the people of Biloxi, Mississippi.

Growing in the ValleyA huge program of expansion and renovation is under way at West Hills Community College in California. Frank Gornick explains to Gay Sutton how the program has been developed in partnership with the local communities. Situated almost midway between San Francisco and Los Angeles on the western side of the San Joaquin Valley, West Hills Community College District (WHCCD) serves a population of just under 200,000 people in an area of around 3,000 square miles.