Friday, July 25, 2025
Accounting for Infrastructure
Long-term financial planning for municipal governments By Arshad Akhtar Nothing happens until it’s funded. Long-term financial planning is increasingly becoming one of the most important…
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Standing Tall: The New Ontario Court of Justice
How a high-rise courthouse was brought to life in the heart of downtown Toronto By Mark Cardwell Can justice be better served if it’s dispensed…
Highway 104: Built for and by Nova Scotians
By David McPherson “If you build it, they will come.” These whispered words Ray Kinsella hears in the middle of his Iowa cornfield in the…
SPONSORED: People, Places and DG Group
In today’s rapidly growing and evolving world, land development plays a crucial role in shaping the way we live as Canadians. For the past 40…
Advancing regulatory tools for climate-resilient buildings
By Selina Lee-Andersen Since the introduction of Canada’s first building energy code in 1997, there has been an increasing emphasis on improving energy efficiency in…
Shifting Gears: Canada’s Energy Transition
With the shift from fossil fuel to zero-carbon energy sources, Canada’s energy transition is in full swing. But what does this mean for municipalities, construction…
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…
SPONSORED: CSA Group standards help charge the move toward electric transportation
Electrification of transportation is critical for achieving Canada’s goals for greenhouse gas emissions reduction. With gas prices going up, more and more Canadians are exploring…
Workers traverse heights to complete hydro line replacement
If you happened to drive by OPG’s Sir Adam Beck generating stations this fall, you likely got a glimpse of a major project taking place…
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…
Nuclear energy will power Canada’s net-zero agenda
By Tom Mosseau Canada has historically prioritized decarbonization. Since the introduction of the United Nations Framework Convention on Climate Change in 1992, Canada has committed…
Getting to the CRUX of cost overruns on capital projects
By Maged Abdelsayed and Rick Moffat Steering major capital or infrastructure projects to achieve successful outcomes involves navigating multiple risks. And as one would expect,…
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…