Friday, June 13, 2025
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…
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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…
Planning a Path to Zero Carbon
By Chirstian Cianfrone In June 2022, Canada released its first-ever Emissions Reduction Plan, indicating a building sector-specific GHG emissions reduction target of 37 per cent relative…
Cracking Up
GIS technology helps city streamline sidewalk inspection process and reduce costs By Rob Santos Provincial legislation requires Canadian municipalities to have their sidewalks inspected annually,…
2023 Top100 Projects Preview
Cost rises cast a shadow over government infrastructure plans By John Allen Annual lookaheads are notoriously treacherous as recent years have shown. Barring unforeseen, once-in-a-lifetime…
Digging Deeper
A new organization for Canada’s underground technology sector Many of the services communities rely on—including water, sewer, stormwater, and telecommunications—involve underground infrastructure. At the…
Canada Abroad
An overview of some of the infrastructure projects Canadian companies are working on around the globe SIXTH STREET VIADUCT — U.S. Spanning the Los Angeles…
Going Green: Harnessing green energy to achieve net-zero
As Canada sets out on a transformative journey to reach net-zero GHG emissions by 2050, we need a powerful boost from wind energy, solar energy,…
In the Driver’s Seat
Doug Parker is a transportation systems engineer and planner, specializing in assisting public agencies with applying advanced technology. He is a recognized leader in transit…
The Green Winds Of Change
By Mike Crawley It is virtually certain that the world will need greener power and zero-carbon fuels, like green hydrogen and ammonia, to decarbonize our…
Indigenous Partnerships
The power of partnership takes centre stage at Forward Summit 2022 By Andrew Snook The Forward Summit 2022, in association with the Canadian Council of…
First Nations community gets first-rate water treatment facility
By David Horton Since the 1970s, the Canadian government has promised to provide communities living on First Nation Reserves with the same quality water and…
Women in asset management
Engineering and asset management used to be fields dominated by men. That of course is no longer the reality, but as more women continue to…
Turning waste gas into power
Calgary’s Bonnybrook Cogeneration Expansion project turns waste gas into power By George Koch Sewage treatment generates large volumes of gases as solids are broken down…
SPONSORED: Housing Supply Summit 2.0
The Residential Construction Council of Ontario (RESCON) is hosting a free online summit on Oct. 6, 2022, to examine what has been done to boost the housing supply in…
New guide to help municipalities improve flood-resiliency
Climate change is causing a steady increase in the frequency, intensity and duration of weather-related natural disasters. Damages caused by floods and rainstorms comprise a…
Climate Change Won’t Wait
Getting started on climate adaptation and resiliency plans By John Estey Climate change is here to stay, and its impacts are creating different challenges for…
Strengthening Canada’s supply chain through its ports
Canada will see significant investment in port infrastructure over the coming decade, as efforts will continue to expand port capacity at several of the country’s…
Authentic Leadership
Infrastructure Ontario’s Heather Grey-Wolf on transit-oriented, accessible infrastructure development As chief development officer at Infrastructure Ontario (IO), Heather Grey-Wolf oversees IO’s work on transit-oriented communities,…