The City of Winnipeg is looking at a new funding model for road renewal, which it hopes will improve road conditions, add to the city’s active transportation network, and make our streets safer. The proposed funding strategy is on the agenda…
The City of Winnipeg is looking at a new funding model for road renewal, which it hopes will improve road conditions, add to the city’s active transportation network, and make our streets safer. The proposed funding strategy is on the agenda…
For the fourth consecutive year, Minto Group’s homebuilding team in Ottawa engaged the community to name the Minto Dream Home for CHEO. Over 540 participants entered the 2023 Minto Dream Home Naming Contest, submitting a range of ideas, from the Canterbury to the Saddletree.…
Fast + Epp, an internationally recognized Structural Engineering firm with offices in Canada, the United States and Germany, is pleased to announce the appointment of Robert Jackson and Tobias Fast as Partners in the firm. The expanded partnership broadens and diversifies the firm’s leadership and reflects the company’s desire…
Construction has officially started at 908 St. Clair – the second phase of St. Clair Village by Canderel™ with the first phase – 900 St. Clair gearing up for occupancy. The 12 storey, 173 suite building serves as a testament to…
A group of four architectural technology students and their teacher will work all summer to finish the design of a tiny home prototype adapted to northern Ontario weather. Program coordinator Denis Ouimette says the most important challenge with the build is…
US home building surged in May, climbing 21.7% from April, as low inventory in the existing home market continued to boost interest in new homes. Housing starts, a measure of new home construction, came in far beyond expectations that they would…
A major transformation is well underway on the Calgary Stampede grounds, with the 565,000 sq. ft. BMO Centre expansion project just a year away from completion. Journalists got a tour of the interior of the massive building on Thursday, showing off…
Van Horne Construction Ltd. has been chosen to build the new JK to Grade 12 school at the site of the current Parry Sound High School by the Parry Sound build committee. The committee chose the contractor at its June 22 meeting after…
British Columbia’s workplace health and safety agency has fined a construction company more than $43,000 for a “high-risk and repeated violation” at a Victoria job site. WorkSafeBC says it imposed a penalty of $43,359.04 against the Vancouver-based VPAC Construction Group on…
The American Concrete Institute is pleased to bring the ACI Concrete Convention to Boston, Massachusetts, USA. Known as the world’s gathering place for advancing concrete, the convention will take place October 29 – November 2, 2023. Engineers, contractors, educators, manufacturers, and material representatives…
Craig Race is all for seeing Toronto put more homes on existing lots. That’s what the architect did with his own property, splitting the east-end home into two units. He and his family live in one of those units, while the other is rented…
Infrastructure providers are grappling with getting projects off the ground as quickly and smoothly as possible to stay on pace with population growth in Metro Vancouver. B.C.’s population reached 5,399,118 in the first quarter of 2023 – a 2.7 per cent…
One of Canada’s leading architects will design a proposed housing development for the Town of Lunenburg, but many locals aren’t convinced the project should happen at all. On Tuesday, Lunenburg councillors awarded MacKay-Lyons Sweetapple Architects a $151,000 contract for the Blockhouse…
Pacd Homes, a residential construction company based in Guelph, Ontario, is introducing its new line of modular homes designed to address the evolving housing crisis. Pacd homes are environmentally sustainable, compact builds that enable first-time home ownership or rental units. Additionally, they…
Developers Great Gulf Group, Dream and Westdale Properties were recently joined by Frank Gehry to celebrate the official start of construction on the world-renowned architect’s homecoming project, Forma. Gehry is among the most influential in contemporary architecture with award-winning work spanning across the globe, including the Guggenheim Museum…