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Colonnade BridgePort is proud to announce that Green Building Council Inc. (Canada) has awarded the LEED® Platinum v4.1 Certification for Operations and Maintenance to 66 Slater. The 257,000 sq.ft. downtown Ottawa office building is managed by Colonnade BridgePort on behalf of the…

What does heritage look like? In Toronto, you might immediately suggest a gabled Victorian house. You would not, probably, think of the St. Lawrence Centre for the Arts. Built in 1970, this Brutalist complex in the downtown is a legacy of…

Residential builders in Regina can finally submit permit applications online thanks to eBuild, launched by the City of Regina on Tuesday. “eBuild is another example of the City’s commitment to provide more consistent, convenient and effective ways of delivering service to…

Within a few days of moving into his new townhouse, part of the recently built Altona Towns development in Pickering, Conor Soye was armed with recommendations from friendly neighbours about the best internet and TV packages in the area. But while…

Procore Technologies, Inc., a leading provider of construction management software, today published the results of a new survey that found Canadian construction managers who can access real-time insights into performance are estimated to be saving 4.5 hours each week. The study,What…

Please register for SBC: Capital Cost Allowance for Energy Conservation on June 21, 2021 10:00 AM – 12:00 PM EDT at: http://bit.ly/SBC-Webinar-Jun21 Sustainable Buildings Canada invites you to the latest in our recurring series of webinars highlighting products that will help…

Israeli company ElectReon Wireless is building a 0.6-mile-long (1 kilometer) stretch of electric vehicle-charging highway, between Milan and Brescia in Italy, to test the technology for widespread adoption, a report by Innovation Origins explains. Though the trial in Italy won’t be the first example…

Graham, and its partners, delivered the Oakville Trafalgar Community Centre on-budget and on-schedule through an Integrated Project Delivery (IPD) method. Town of Oakville, Ontario’s, 53,000-square foot Trafalgar Community Centre was built on the footprint of the small Oakville Trafalgar Memorial Hospital…

A brand new multi-million dollar highway that looks ready for GTA  drivers may not be open until next year, according to recently filed court documents about the dispute between the province and the consortium hired to build it. To the naked eye,…

Autonomous and semi autonomous applications were terms once used to describe mines of the future, but that future is now. The industry as a whole is sold on the precision, efficiency and productivity benefits of autonomy, although we are still seeing…

The orange cones that line Montreal’s abundant construction sites have become a symbol of a city under near-constant repair, spawning cone-themed comics, a board game and trinket versions sold in gift shops. Last week, the Montreal administration unveiled its latest attempt…

A new report, Construction in a digital world, by the Canadian Construction Association (CCA) and KPMG in Canada, identifies significant opportunity for Canadian construction firms to adopt innovation. As many as 75 per cent of construction firms surveyed by CCA and KPMG…

The Government of Canada is revitalizing the Parliamentary Precinct, preserving it for all Canadians, ensuring it meets the needs of a 21st-century Parliament and making it greener, safer and more accessible. The Honourable Anita Anand, Minister of Public Services and Procurement, officially launched…

An Inuk student at the University of Manitoba is getting set to graduate with a masters in architecture and set off to take on her own projects. At the same time, Nicole Luke may be the first Inuk to complete an…

As Nova Scotia deals with another wave of COVID-19, people in the construction industry say staff are dropping fast and construction projects are getting harder to complete. “We’ve been impacted pretty hard,” said Nick Rudnicki, CEO of RSI Projects. “A number of our crew members have said…