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Manufacturing process automation for premium toothpick flavouring and branding

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Daneson Ltd. is a Toronto-based company providing flavoured toothpicks to high end retailers globally. This partnership between Daneson and George Brown College’s School of Mechanical Engineering Technology will lead to the development of customized process automation solutions for Daneson’s toothpick flavouring and bottling process.

Turner Fleischer – Analyzing BIM Models to Validate Quantity Take-off Accuracy

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Turner Fleischer Architects Inc. was founded in 1974 focusing on residential infill revitalization which evolved into large scale residential developments. It has later expanded into substantial commercial and mixed-use projects with site planning and urban design as key components. Turner Fleischer has acquired the interior design firm deSignum Design which has enabled Turner Fleischer’s ability to offer design services into a full range of commercial and residential interiors. Turner Fleischer has approached the Centre for Construction and Engineering Technology at George Brown College to analyze and validate their BIM models for the accuracy of quantity take-off (cost estimation).

Testing CertainTeed Smart Membrain and Blown-In Blanket

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This project will continue GBC’s ongoing research relationship established with CertainTeed under the ARGILE subproject: “Doug Tarry’s Optimum Basement Wall System” and will utilize the rooftop test hut located at GBC’s Casa Loma Campus to study the performance of CertainTeed/ Saint Gobain’s Smart Membrain™ product and their blown in Optima™ fiberglass batt insulation product.

Can you handle the heat?!

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Denise Lorenz has an appetite for hot mustard. So much so that she decided to purchase Susan’s Hot Mustard, a product enjoyed by customers since 1970.