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Stand Up to Sprawl

The sprawling, outward expansion of Canadian cities to provide lower-priced houses to growing populations threatens the financial future of many Canadian local authorities and pushes…

Finding Your Way

Canada’s urban centres are moving—or at least, they are investing heavily in moving people for the future. Almost every municipality in the Greater Toronto Area…

Beyond the Money

Public-private partnerships (P3) are often viewed as a way for cash-strapped municipalities to meet increasing fiscal challenges. It is true that P3s—or alternative finance and…

Data Overload

There is great value in big data if you know where to look—and that’s especially true for the electricity sector, which is well positioned for…

From Vision to Reality

Communities across Canada are grappling with concerns about energy security, global warming, and environmental impacts of energy. In the search for ways to plan for…

Slow Uptake

A common theme among Canadian municipalities is the struggle to maintain, repair, and replace deteriorating municipal infrastructure like roads, water, and sewer networks. Traditionally, communities…

All Wrapped Up

The number-one question asked at every construction industry function is whether government plans to bundle. Project bundling, or combining a number of smaller projects into…

In the Know

It’s not rocket science. Effective communication  with the public about infrastructure decision-making, service disruptions, and ongoing projects is a no-brainer and not terribly difficult to…

Future-Proof Cities

This year may well go down as the year of the flood. For people living along the Red River in Manitoba, and many other waterways…

The Urban Design Action Plan

Implementing urban design starts with the commitment to build the future. Below are the vital elements involved in successful action plans—and a case study of…

Done in a Flash

If you haven’t heard of rapid bridge replacement (RBR), it’s time you did. This state-of-the-art process allows bridges to be replaced in a matter of…

The New Brain Drain

Over the past decade, the Canadian public-private partnership (P3) market has been one of the most active in the world. With more than 200 projects…

The Integrated Grid

Electricity plays an integral role in the Canada-U.S. relationship on energy, which is a fundamental pillar of the broader flow of two-way trade that is…

The Legal Side of Green

As green building practices move into the mainstream, many new significant projects in Canada are “going green.” Increasing energy costs and mounting political and social…

Heart Wise

With aging populations and rising health-care costs becoming a reality for Canada, the need for tangible, realistic ways to keep Canadians healthy and fit is…

Assets or Liabilities?

As Canada remembers the De la Concorde overpass collapse in the Montreal suburb of Laval that happened seven years ago, the state of the country’s…

Experience Pays

Canada has emerged as a leader in the creation of efficient public-private partnerships (P3) for building infrastructure. A Conference Board of Canada report finds that…

Designs on Healing

Years of planning, fundraising, and construction have finally come to fruition for residents of the Sunshine Coast with the newly expanded St. Mary’s Hospital in…

Under Your Control

It is predicted that within 15 years, commercial and residential buildings will be the world’s biggest emitters of greenhouse gases. What’s more, buildings are aging…

Blow by Blow

Ontario currently leads the country in wind power capacity—and some southern Ontario communities are none too pleased by this development. There is a belief among…

Street Smarts

It’s no stretch of the imagination to believe that some day in the relatively near future, all municipalities in Canada will be like Cambridge, Ontario.…