Sunday, July 27, 2025
Retaining employees in the skilled trades
The Residential Construction Council of Ontario (RESCON) released the results of a construction skilled trades survey conducted in the Greater Toronto Area during a keynote…
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Finding funding for green
As governments across Canada prepare to spend close to $300 billion on infrastructure in the next decade, the conversation continues to focus on the need…
NDP, UCP release election platforms
The governing New Democratic Party (NDP) and the challenging United Conservative Party (UCP) have released their platforms ahead of the April 16th election, providing insight…
New opportunities in the energy sector
Leaders from across the North American energy sector gathered in Toronto for the Fortis Energy Exchange, focused on fostering dialogue on the industry’s biggest opportunities…
Commentary: The what-ifs of SNC-Lavalin
For weeks now, ReNew Canada has avoided reporting on the news surrounding SNC-Lavalin (SNC) and the federal government. And for good reason. Much of what…
Navigating the New Normal
More than 250 people joined the Ontario Public Works Association in Mississauga for the 2019 annual conference and awards luncheon. This year’s conference, Navigating the…
Infrastructure’s vulnerability in a populist climate
The rise of populist governments and politics is changing the way we need to approach the narrative on building infrastructure in Ontario, North America, and…
Battleground Canada
The posturing and politicking has already begun in the run up to two significant elections taking place in 2019. And both will have a significant…
ReNew Canada’s 2019 Outlook
It’s difficult to project what will happen in a year ahead when so much still seems up in the air, especially on the political front.…
Factoring the city into Smart City development
As communities across Canada work to integrate new technology and innovation to transform existing communities to smart cities, the world is watching as the process…
Renovating for net zero?
Is it possible to renovate an existing residential, commercial, industrial, or institutional infrastructure asset to meet net zero carbon standards? With a comprehensive business case…
Ontario’s path to data-driven decision-making
The recent release of the EY report analyzing government spending in Ontario did not shed light on the future of infrastructure investment in the province,…
Cannabis in Construction
With 1.4 million people in Canada working in construction, we would be naïve if we thought the use of recreational cannabis was a new issue…
Five Days in October
It’s rare to see three important elections fall within such a short timespan, but that’s exactly what we will see when the second half of…
The Vulnerable Future
The future of Canada’s public works industry has some difficult challenges ahead, but by recognizing those challenges now and integrating them into long-term planning, the…
The Quebec Moment
There was a time when elections meant the knives were drawn as commitments of incumbent government were not so much dissected, but hacked up and…
The Changing Landscape
The fluctuation in the world economy and the impact of multiple recessions over the past twenty years have had a direct impact on the industry.…
#GimmeRelief
It was January 30, 2018 when all eyes were on Canada’s busiest transit hub—Bloor-Yonge subway station in Toronto. That’s the day when a vortex of…
Building a ‘future ready’ Toronto
What does it take to build a city that is ‘future ready’? What does that infrastructure look like? How do we plan our transit system?…
The future of clean transportation
How do you solve the transportation emissions issue plaguing the Greater Toronto Area? That was the question at the top of the minds of the…
Redefining smart for future cities
What does smart really mean in the context of building the ‘smart’ cities of the future in Canada? If you ask Paul Dowsett, co-founder of…
Islands of Good in the GTA
As a rapidly growing Toronto struggles to keep pace on the development of affordable housing, day care and other vital services, there’s a potential solution…
Ontario secures its infrastructure future
The federal government has pledged more than $11.8 billion over 10 years for infrastructure in Ontario. At an official ceremony hosted at the Edward J.…
Scheer disappointed with Budget 2018
Two days after the release of Budget 2018, it was clear that Conservative Party of Canada leader Andrew Scheer was less than impressed with what…