Title:
Racing Towards a Green Future
Author(s):
Allan Scott, Jacob Carlos, Jon Remacka, Stephanie Paitich, and Neil Hoult
Publication:
Concrete International
Volume:
40
Issue:
1
Appears on pages(s):
31-35
Keywords:
cement, mixture, strength, runners
DOI:
10.14359/51702017
Date:
1/1/2018
Abstract:
The Great Northern Concrete Toboggan Race is a competition among engineering students from colleges and universities across Canada and the United States. In 2017, the Queen’s University, Kingston, ON, team won the overall championship as well as the award for Most Sustainable Toboggan with the self-consolidating magnesium silicate concrete racing toboggan.
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