Thursday, October 22, 2026
Reframing the trades
Canada stands at an unprecedented economic and industrial crossroads. Across the country, federal and provincial governments are aligning behind an ambitious mandate to “build, baby,…
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The challenges of building in remote communities
By Jonathan Curley Recreation infrastructure in remote northern regions demands a rare combination of resilience, practical innovation, and community determination. Across B.C., Alberta, Saskatchewan, Manitoba,…
Mobilizing Canada’s infrastructure opportunity
By Johanne Mullen Imagine Canada’s infrastructure in 2050—not as a collection of disconnected assets, but as integrated systems. Roads that access mining regions serve remote…
What it takes to deliver infrastructure at scale
In a market defined by increasingly complex infrastructure demands, the ability to deliver consistently is what ultimately sets leading civil builders apart.
Engineering Toronto’s midtown transit transformation
Beneath the congested, bustling arterial roadways of mid-town Toronto, one of North America’s most complex transit infrastructure projects is quietly reshaping the future of urban…
From Dispute Resolution to Dispute Prevention
By Logan Patience and William Katz Earlier in our careers, one of the authors spent more than a decade in construction, working on heavy industrial,…
PCL is delivering a first-of-its-kind hybrid structural system with CAMH’s Temerty Discovery Centre
The Centre for Addiction and Mental Health (CAMH) celebrated a major construction milestone with a topping off ceremony for two landmark redevelopment projects at its…
Federal marine projects are a different class of infrastructure
By Douglas McNeill Canada is investing at scale in new vessels for the Royal Canadian Navy, the Canadian Coast Guard, and the federal port system.…
Why underground facility locating workforce readiness matters
By Jamie Andersen, Reena Sahney, Ashley Lawson, and Katie Kapscos Modern infrastructure depends on what we cannot see. Beneath roads, rights of way, industrial sites,…
Canada Is Committing Billions To Defence Infrastructure. Who Delivers It Matters.
Canada’s defence infrastructure landscape is entering a defining decade, not just in scale, but in complexity and urgency. While the window of opportunity is opening…
Building Canada’s defence infrastructure
National defence infrastructure is the invisible backbone of a secure society, but the challenges of modernizing and expanding these systems across a vast, geographically diverse…
Driven by Collaboration: Inside Canada’s Nuclear Renaissance at SiteSummit
The nuclear energy landscape is undergoing a massive, era-defining pivot, and Canada is positioning itself at the absolute forefront of global execution. Far from the…
Type II Is Here: What The PPE Shift Means For Your Construction Site
Guest author: Ryan Barnes, CEO & Founder, STUDSON Walk any Canadian construction site today, and you’ll see two kinds of workers: those in Type II…
Canada’s top infrastructure experts are at SiteSummit
Data centres, defence infrastructure, artificial intelligence, small modular reactors—the landscape of Canadian construction is changing in ways the previous generation couldn’t have even imagined. Are…
The World Is Watching Canada
By Rob Thornton A proven energy technology is already at work in 200 Canadian communities. This June, the world comes to Ottawa to see what’s…
Defence construction is accelerating: The risk playbook hasn’t caught up
By Thomas Strong, Daniel Ball and Guy Jolicoeur Canada’s defence infrastructure program has entered a new phase. Through Defence Construction Canada (DCC), annual construction spending is…
The Promise of Collaboration: Unlocking the potential of modular construction
By David Jackson Canada’s housing and infrastructure sectors are facing unprecedented pressures, from rising demand and affordability challenges to keeping up with government targets for…
Where Roads and Utilities Meet: Effectively managing utilities in complex highway projects
By Andrew Mansfield and Andrew Wittig The effective management of existing and proposed utilities is a critical success factor for large-scale highway expansion initiatives. Highway…
Building Nuclear: Business models and risk management for nuclear power plants
By Darcy Holderness Developing a nuclear power program and constructing a nuclear power plant are among the most complex undertakings in the energy sector. These…
A Generational Move: Alto CEO Martin Imbleau on the call to action for Canada’s first high-speed rail network
The Canadian transportation landscape is on the verge of a historic transformation, on a scale not seen in generations. For decades, high-speed rail in Canada…
Building the Surrey Langley SkyTrain one elevated guideway segment at a time
A former vacant industrial site in Surrey’s Campbell Heights neighbourhood is playing a critical role in the construction of the Surrey Langley SkyTrain (SLS) project.…
Reimagining Toronto’s Waterfront for the Next Century
By RJ Steenstra I come from a Dutch family and ancestry, and perhaps that explains why the water has always felt familiar to me. The…
The use of evaluation-based procurement for municipal infrastructure projects
By Lauren Belayneh Every Canadian is more familiar than they’d like to be with the pains of co-existing with a construction project that seems to…
Navigating Turbulence: Lessons from the data for Canadian construction
By Ashish Jain and Michelle Throssell 2025 marked a year of transition for Canada’s economy and construction sector following a step-change in international trade policy…