Thursday, May 1, 2025
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…
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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…
Royal Inland Hospital: Just On Time
Despite numerous obstacles, Royal Inland Hospital’s new patient care tower was delivered on time When it comes to dealing with a pandemic, hospitals play a vital…
An Emerging Resource
Hydrogen’s important role in Canada’s energy transition By Satvinder Flore Canada is facing pressure to reduce its reliance on fossil fuels, and quickly. Like the…
Prompt Payment
By James K. Little and Natasha R. Rodrigues Targeted at improving systemic late payment and dispute resolution problems in the construction industry, security of payment…
Asset management helping to build resilient communities
By Benjamin Koczwarski In Innisfail, Alta., the problem is rain. Specifically, too much rain: the number of “major” rain events of more than 10 mm…
Standing the Test of Time
Library and Archives Canada’s new Preservation Storage Facility is built to last The preservation of history is a task that never ends. But with the recent completion of…
Intentional Leadership
For the FCM’s Taneen Rudyk, now is the time to engage and empower Canadian municipalities The Federation of Canadian Municipalities (FCM) brings together more than 2,000…
A look inside the 2023 Top100 Projects report
While the COVID-19 pandemic eased, and life inched toward to normal, economic turmoil and rising inflation emerged as the next obstacle to overcome for Canada’s…
Infrastructure Ontario is delivering bigger and better hospitals
In 2019, the Government of Ontario announced one of the biggest capital project pipelines, with 30 projects valued at $65 billion and a significant portion…
Project to explore capturing carbon in concrete buildings
The Canada Green Building Council (CAGBC), in partnership with the University of Toronto (U of T), announced a contribution of $1.7 million in funding from…
Procurement: Make or Break
The link between procurement type and financial performance With the average size and frequency of large civil infrastructure projects, such as highways and bridges, jumping…