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A Virtual Recovery

How digital twins can help heal Canada’s healthcare system By Jean-Pierre Rivard Rising demand, tight budgets, aging population: our healthcare system is facing complex challenges.…

Shifting Gears on Highway 413

By Nadia Todorova Last year was a big year for infrastructure development in Ontario. In the GTA, the Ford government broke ground on constructing the…

Empathetic Engineering

Matt Pinder conveys his ambitious plans for active transportation transformation across the country By Connie Vitello Matt Pinder, a professional engineer with WSP Canada, is…

Paving the Way

Road building technologies attract young skilled workers to sector By Andrew Snook In our world of ever-changing and evolving technologies, it comes as no surprise…

Leading the Sustainability Charge

The path to net-zero includes sustainable materials 
and building performance standards The construction of sustainable, net-zero buildings will play a significant role in helping Canada…

Get on the Housing Bandwagon

By Richard Lyall The federal government’s decision to remove the five-per-cent GST on construction of new rental apartment buildings has come late in the game.…

A Low-Carbon Future 

Embodied carbon is changing how we veiw sustainability  By Glenn Miller The push for ‘green’ is now well-entrenched in our collective psyches but it is…

Building the Future

The pursuit of net-zero construction  By Denyse van Opbergen As climate change impacts intensify worldwide, it’s abundantly clear: maintaining the status quo is a luxury…

Oh Canada!

A look at global infrastructure projects being worked on by Canadian firms BOSTON UNIVERSITY CENTRE FOR COMPUTING & DATA SCIENCES BOSTON, U.S. Boston University (BU)…

Countdown to Net-Zero

Cement Association of Canada CEO Adam Auer on the sustainable path forward By Andrew Snook This past Spring, the Cement Association of Canada (CAC) announced…

First Nations Power

Indigenous millwrights charting their careers through OPG’s Darlington Refurbishment By Paul Choi Two Indigenous millwrights who got their start through OPG’s Indigenous Opportunities Network (ION)…

Forward-thinking Procurement

By Maureen Sullivan If your organization is like most Canadian public sector organizations, you struggle with construction services procurement. Unfortunately, the challenges come from multiple…

Using BIM to explore design virtually

By Jaclyn Squizzato When you’re spending millions of dollars of taxpayer money to provide or upgrade a service, it’s important to help people understand how…

Infrastructure 2050 

What will Canada’s infrastructure sector look like in 2050? From technological advancements, to solving labour shortages and making sure infrastructure projects are adapted for climate…

MaaS Transit

Justin Trevan CEng, MEng, MIET, is an Englishman on the leadership team for AECOM in Canada. With a focus on new and innovative strategies, Trevan…

The Mod Squad

Modular construction is picking up the slack 
to deliver critical infrastructure  As the construction industry continues to grapple with rising labour costs due to shortages…

The Future of Construction

By Jordan Thomson KPMG in Canada in collaboration with the Canadian Construction Association (CCA) surveyed construction companies across Canada in 2020 and presented a Digital…

Top100 Projects West Dinner

On May 11, senior executives from throughout the Canadian public sector infrastructure landscape came together at The Pinnacle, Harbourfront Hotel in Vancouver to celebrate more…