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Without a plan for meeting your growth goals, you’ll need a lot of luck. Instead of taking a gamble with your company’s future, set a strategy for the long haul. A focused and well-thought-out plan will get you where you need…

The COVID-19 pandemic has had a significant impact on the world. It has helped heighten our collective understanding and appreciation for indoor air quality. Building owners and facility managers have had to learn and apply new strategies that systematically improve the…

Developing a successful business is no easy task. It takes long hours, dedication, and a skilled team to provide the level of professional support that will get you to where you strive to be. However, even with the time, passion, and…

Lowe’s Canada, one of Canada’s leading home improvement retailers operating or servicing some 450 corporate and affiliated stores under different banners, is proud to have been named one of Montréal’s Top Employer for a second consecutive year. Since 2006, this annual…

When Greg Gillis opened a notice from the insurance provider of his Fredericton condominium last spring, he was shocked by what he saw.  The cost of insurance for the 10-condo building had skyrocketed to $22,000 a year — a $12,000 jump.…

Waterfront Toronto has named two companies that will develop a swath of lakeside land a Google affiliate once hoped to turn into a high-tech neighbourhood. The organization overseeing the city’s waterfront announced Tuesday that it will begin negotiations for the development…

Statistics released by the Canadian Real Estate Association (CREA) show national home sales remained historically high in January 2022 despite historically low levels of both new and end-of-month supplies of properties for sale. Highlights: National home sales edged up 1% on…

A purpose-built rental building is coming to downtown Victoria. Victoria city council on Thursday unanimously approved the development of a six-story, rental-only building for the corner of View and Vancouver streets. Developed by J. Gordon Enterprises, the building will add 163…

Apple Inc. AAPL-Q has threatened to pull out of Sam Mizrahi’s massive retail and condo project in downtown Toronto, dealing a blow to the development of the tallest residential building in the country. The 85-storey skyscraper at Yonge and Bloor streets called The…

The federal government has donated at least $6 million worth of leftover border wall materials to Texas, which will use them for the state’s plan to build its own wall. The materials bought with federal tax money were donated to that…

In just over two years, British Columbia’s booming film and television production industry will receive much-needed new additional studio capacity to accept more highly coveted work from Hollywood. In late 2021, Martini Film Studios (MFS) began construction on its expansion facility on an…

In my last article I talked about some essential construction KPIs that were more specific to subcontractors and general contractors, both of which tend to have long term projects. Although some of the KPIs mentioned in there do still apply to…

Both the immediate and long-term future of the equipment manufacturing industry will be defined by the development of a number of prominent trends, each of which are poised to have a significant impact in 2022 (and, in many cases, beyond). It’s…

The technology sector in B.C. employs more people than forestry, mining, oil & gas and utilities combined and continues to be one of the top five contributors to the provincial economy. An additional 83,000 jobs are expected to be added by…

Here’s Angeline from our Ottawa office. This time she is performing an annual asbestos-containing materials survey update of a 21-storey office building. In the photograph you can see asbestos-containing parging surrounding a shaft behind her. Did you know that you should…