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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...
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, a...
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 global...
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 same...
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 River,...
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...
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...
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 Aboriginal...
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...
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 by...
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...
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...