Friday, July 4, 2025
Pushing the Boundaries of Sustainable Construction
Growing up I spend summers at the family cottage in the Land O’Lakes region of Ontario. My brother and I spent much of our time…
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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…
How Hydrotechnical Engineers Keep Water Under the Bridge
Simply put, a hydrotechnical engineer’s job is all just water under the bridge. British Columbia rivers are dynamic and powerful systems that move large amounts…
A Crisis of Confidence
One of the greatest things about travelling is the perspective it can offer on… home. I recently had the opportunity of a lifetime to join…
Dispute Resolution
By Barbara Capes and Paul Hughes The last few years have seen a spike in costs for construction projects. Although much of this cost increase…
Making the Energy Transition
Building a clean, reliable, and affordable electricity grid in Canada A key focus of Budget 2023, delivered by the federal government earlier this year, is expanding…
Transit Progress
Metrolinx’s Phil Verster on building an integrated regional transit system in the Greater Golden Horseshoe Metrolinx, an Ontario government agency, is currently undertaking one of…
George Brown College’s Limberlost Place
By Mark Cardwell Toronto architect Mike Love says he’d be proud to be involved with any of the many prestigious building projects that are going…
Sustainable Learning
By Andrew Snook Every fall, universities across Canada welcome thousands of new students excited to begin their post-secondary education. This fall, the University of Toronto…
The importance of addressing net-zero targets in P3 contracts
By Dominic Leadsom At COP26, the Canadian Federal Government pledged to target a net-zero economy by 2050, including a commitment to the enhanced Paris Agreement…
Addressing Canada’s skilled trades shortage
Addressing the skilled labour shortage in the Canadian construction industry is a national pastime, with seemingly no shortage of attention paid by the federal government…
What are an owner’s obligations when faced with deficient bids?
By H. David Edinger, Mollie Deyong and Sharla Johnson Owners owe a procedural duty of fairness to all compliant bidders during the tendering process, but…
Acciona’s Carol Miwa applies her expertise to tackle top infrastructure projects
Carol Miwa has more than 25 years of experience in management and auditing for quality assurance of health and safety, environmental and sustainability, and for…
SPONSORED: Canada’s First Zero-Carbon, Mass Timber Institution
By Colliers Project Leaders Centennial’s A-Building Expansion will be the country’s first zero-carbon, mass timber academic facility when it opens in Fall 2023. The building’s…
Taking action to repair infrastructure that connects communities
By Keith Holmes When emergencies occur, their impacts can be devastating. Beyond the tragic loss of human life, the hazards left in a disaster’s wake…
Deep Down: Canada’s Plan for Nuclear Waste
As the world searches for ways to increase the amount of clean electricity produced, many countries, including Canada are looking to nuclear energy as a…
Building Toward the Future
The construction industry is making plans to succeed in 2023 By Simon J. Fenn If you’re a builder or a contractor, it may seem like…
Gantry cranes keep Edmonton bridge open during reconstruction
By George Koch The City of Edmonton’s Groat Road Bridges and Road Renewal project set challenging requirements. Despite approaching the end of its service life,…
Federal budget 2023: Long-term investments are needed to fix Canada’s infrastructure gap
By Kerry Black, University of Calgary The federal government’s 2023 budget unveiled investments in infrastructure, with a narrative highlighting resilient and sustainable communities, and pointing to Ottawa’s…
Retrofitting Canada’s building stock to achieve emissions targets
The Government of Canada recently released its 2030 Emissions Reduction Plan: Canada’s Next Steps for Clean Air and a Strong Economy, which lays out the…
Canada’s High Frequency Rail project needs more transparency
by Terry Johnson and Peter Miasek “High Frequency Rail gathering steam,” bureaucrats said at the Canadian Council for Public-Private Partnerships at the November 2022 conference.…
District energy projects putting municipalities on path to net-zero
By Glenn Miller Making tangible progress on climate goals in a country as spread out and geographically diverse as Canada was always going to be…
SPONSORED: The Hydradig Tackles Construction’s Biggest Challenges
Nothing in construction happens overnight. It is almost always the result of long days, late nights, trial and error, more trials, and more errors, until…
Rock Stars
Quebec quarry introduces new soil management model for construction industry By Mark Cardwell Urban environment expert David Garant isn’t surprised by the operational success of…