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Where Grey Meets Green

Walking into the Greater First Baptist Church of Escatawpa in southern Mississippi in early September 2014, it seemed as if Hurricane Katrina had delivered its…

Breaking Away

Intact Financial and the University of Waterloo announced a national initiative involving the implementation of 20 climate change adaptation projects designed to reduce the physical,…

The Revolutionary Community

Intelligent communities are cities and regions that use information and communications technologies (ICT) to build prosperous economies, solve social problems, and enrich cultures. Many people…

Canada’s Next Top Model?

Since the Private Finance Initiative (PFI) was first launched in 1992 by the United Kingdom’s Conservative government, the use of private-sector capacity and public resource…

Unlocking the Ring of Fire

In 2007, Noront Resources Ltd. announced the discovery of a massive deposit of chromite, nickel, copper, and other minerals in the James Bay Lowlands of…

Greening Transit

Electric commuter rail, long a staple of suburban passenger travel overseas, is finally coming ’round the bend in North America. Guided by overhead wires and…

Follow the Green

The Government of Ontario will soon launch its green bonds program, making the first issues available through its current dealer group to Canadian and international…

The Smart Energy Utility

Across Canada, a handful of energy utilities have been thinking outside the box. Rather than providing individual energy services—such as electricity, natural gas, and heating…

Shared Risk and Reward

For years after the infrastructure boom in the 1950s and ’60s, Canada’s public infrastructure may not have been a top-of-the-mind issue for many, and rightfully…

Nothing to Fear

Big data is all the rage these days. Many facilities managers, especially those in the public sector, may believe it has no relevance to them…

A Brave New Funding Source

Even in the depths of the 2008 financial crisis, Canada’s life and health insurers continued to be strong buyers of long-term assets in Canada and…

Mega Decisions

Enbridge Inc.’s Northern Gateway Project has been a hot topic for more than a decade now, and there still doesn’t seem to be any light…

Freed Breeze

Wind—it’s powerful, plentiful, and now, predictable. Improvements in technologies for managing big data, like analytics, have enhanced the potential for utility companies to forecast and…

Take Cover

Melanie Belz and husband Michael sold their house and are moving into a two-bedroom apartment in Toronto’s upscale Forest Hill neighbourhood this fall. For a…

Balancing Act

Properly maintained water and wastewater systems underpin our quality of life. Most Canadians are unaware of the poor condition of these systems and the risks…

Infrastructure & Your Health

A growing body of research points to the fact that humans have a fundamental affinity for nature and, more importantly, that we need to be…

Pan Am Games: One Year Out

The clock is ticking down until next year’s Pan American and Parapan American games in Toronto—and everything is on track for what will be the…

Risk & Reward

With the recent provincial election, the majority Liberal government now has an excellent opportunity to proceed with its plan to invest $130 billion in infrastructure…

The Way Forward

As public dollars become scarcer, the next generation of American infrastructure will require the public, private, and civic sectors to engage and partner in new…

Risky Business

Congestion—and how to get rid of it—has been challenging cities for much of the modern era. In 1982, Boston decided to go ahead with one…

On the Marine Highway

The Great Lakes-St. Lawrence Seaway marine industry is committing more than $1.5 billion for infrastructure and capital projects designed to make the navigation system more…

Mapped Out

Canada is the largest supplier of energy to the United States, and this trade partnership increases the need for energy reliability. Energy mapping is increasingly…