Civil Engineering

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Associations & directories

• Canadian Construction Association - information on CCA, its issues, its publications, its services, its members, and the construction industry in general.
• Canadian Institute of Steel Construction - The national industry organization representing the structural steel, open web steel joist and steel platework fabricating industries.
• Canadian Society for Civil Engineering - Calendar of events, contacts, construction division library, links to resources.
• Consulting Engineers of Ontario
• Ontario Assn. of Certified Engineering Technicians and Technologists (OACETT) - OACETT is a non-profit, self-governing, professional association of approximately 20,000 members and a 42- year history of certification in Ontario. OACETT promotes the interests of engineering and applied science technicians and technologists in industry, educational institutions, the public and government.
• Ontario General Contractors Assn. - includes a membership directory.

Dictionaries & encyclopedias

• Civil Engineering Calculators - from Martindale's Reference Desk. A variety of calculators on many topics such as construction costs, concrete estimators, beam analysis, grid calculators, pipe systems, groundwater, water runoff, reservoirs, open channel flow and much more.
• Dictionary of Metal Terminology - definitions include hyperlinks to other terms within the dictionary.
• Contractor's School Online Glossary
• How Stuff Works - Encyclopedia type articles (written in a non-technical language) on how things work, includes pictures, diagrams and related links.