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Acciona’s Carol Miwa applies her expertise to tackle top infrastructure projects 

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Carol Miwa has more than 25 years of experience in management and auditing for quality assurance of health and safety, environmental and sustainability, and...

SPONSORED: Canada’s First Zero-Carbon, Mass Timber Institution

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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

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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

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As the world searches for ways to increase the amount of clean electricity produced, many countries, including Canada are looking to nuclear energy as...

Building Toward the Future

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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 

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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

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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

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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...

Canada’s High Frequency Rail project needs more transparency

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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

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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

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Nothing in construction happens overnight. It is almost always the result of long days, late nights, trial and error, more trials, and more errors,...

Rock Stars

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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 a...

Royal Inland Hospital: Just On Time

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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

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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 rest...

Prompt Payment

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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

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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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