Mogens Smed out as DIRTT CEO following bitter management shakeup
Founder Mogens Smed is out at DIRTT Environmental Solutions Ltd. following a bitter management shakeup at the Calgary-based office construction company, while a new CEO has been appointed to the firm. Smed, a well-known Calgary businessman, has served as executive chairman…
US military builds barracks using “world’s largest” 3D printer
3D-printed construction seems a good fit for the military. The emerging technology is relatively portable and inexpensive, and could potentially even save lives if it means soldiers receive a safe barracks in a shorter time. With this in mind, the…
Minto Capital celebrates topping off at 39 Niagara in Toronto
TORONTO, Sept. 10, 2018 /CNW/ – Minto Capital Management Inc. (“Minto Capital”) recently held a topping off event at 39 Niagara (“The Project”), a purpose-built rental tower under construction in Toronto, Ontario. Employees and investors gathered on the building’s 14th floor on Thursday, July 26th, 2018 to…
Passive building key to one Coquitlam townhouse complex development
Judging from architectural renderings, a new residential development planned for the 600-block of Foster Avenue in Coquitlam looks like a typical townhouse project. But Scott Kennedy, one of the architects behind the development, said residents will realize how unique their…
Design–build project delivery systems
Design–build (or design/build, and abbreviated D–B or D/B accordingly) is a project delivery system used in the construction industry. It is a method to deliver a project in which the design and construction services are contracted by a single entity…
Why postmodern architecture is making a comeback
Postmodernism is back. We see it in the slew of books and articles about the movement, in the campaigns to save some of its greatest landmarks such as Philip Johnson’s AT&T building in New York, in the listings in the UK of…
Premier Doug Ford sets sights on Ontario Place redevelopment
Premier Doug Ford, whose grandiose schemes for Toronto’s waterfront were thwarted when he was a city councillor and his brother was mayor, is setting his sights on redeveloping Ontario Place. Sources told the Star that Ford wants to scuttle proposals…
Pattullo Bridge in BC to start construction in 2019
Even as British Columbian politicians discuss union contracts surrounding a community benefits proposal, leaders of the planned Pattullo Bridge replacement say the $1.4-billion project remains on budget and ready for a summer 2019 construction start. The contracts under discussion would ensure pay raises for…