
Building the Future
The pursuit of net-zero construction By Denyse van Opbergen As climate change impacts intensify worldwide, it’s abundantly clear: maintaining the status quo is a luxury…
The pursuit of net-zero construction By Denyse van Opbergen As climate change impacts intensify worldwide, it’s abundantly clear: maintaining the status quo is a luxury…
A look at global infrastructure projects being worked on by Canadian firms BOSTON UNIVERSITY CENTRE FOR COMPUTING & DATA SCIENCES BOSTON, U.S. Boston University (BU)…
Cement Association of Canada CEO Adam Auer on the sustainable path forward By Andrew Snook This past Spring, the Cement Association of Canada (CAC) announced…
Indigenous millwrights charting their careers through OPG’s Darlington Refurbishment By Paul Choi Two Indigenous millwrights who got their start through OPG’s Indigenous Opportunities Network (ION)…
By Maureen Sullivan If your organization is like most Canadian public sector organizations, you struggle with construction services procurement. Unfortunately, the challenges come from multiple…
By Tom Mosseau Canada has historically prioritized decarbonization. Since the introduction of the United Nations Framework Convention on Climate Change in 1992, Canada has committed…
By Maged Abdelsayed and Rick Moffat Steering major capital or infrastructure projects to achieve successful outcomes involves navigating multiple risks. And as one would expect,…
By Jaclyn Squizzato When you’re spending millions of dollars of taxpayer money to provide or upgrade a service, it’s important to help people understand how…
What will Canada’s infrastructure sector look like in 2050? From technological advancements, to solving labour shortages and making sure infrastructure projects are adapted for climate…
Justin Trevan CEng, MEng, MIET, is an Englishman on the leadership team for AECOM in Canada. With a focus on new and innovative strategies, Trevan…
Modular construction is picking up the slack to deliver critical infrastructure As the construction industry continues to grapple with rising labour costs due to shortages…
By Jordan Thomson KPMG in Canada in collaboration with the Canadian Construction Association (CCA) surveyed construction companies across Canada in 2020 and presented a Digital…
Growing up I spend summers at the family cottage in the Land O’Lakes region of Ontario. My brother and I spent much of our time…
On May 11, senior executives from throughout the Canadian public sector infrastructure landscape came together at The Pinnacle, Harbourfront Hotel in Vancouver to celebrate more…
Simply put, a hydrotechnical engineer’s job is all just water under the bridge. British Columbia rivers are dynamic and powerful systems that move large amounts…
One of the greatest things about travelling is the perspective it can offer on… home. I recently had the opportunity of a lifetime to join…
By Barbara Capes and Paul Hughes The last few years have seen a spike in costs for construction projects. Although much of this cost increase…
Building a clean, reliable, and affordable electricity grid in Canada A key focus of Budget 2023, delivered by the federal government earlier this year, is expanding…
Metrolinx’s Phil Verster on building an integrated regional transit system in the Greater Golden Horseshoe Metrolinx, an Ontario government agency, is currently undertaking one of…
By Mark Cardwell Toronto architect Mike Love says he’d be proud to be involved with any of the many prestigious building projects that are going…
By Andrew Snook Every fall, universities across Canada welcome thousands of new students excited to begin their post-secondary education. This fall, the University of Toronto…
By Dominic Leadsom At COP26, the Canadian Federal Government pledged to target a net-zero economy by 2050, including a commitment to the enhanced Paris Agreement…
Addressing the skilled labour shortage in the Canadian construction industry is a national pastime, with seemingly no shortage of attention paid by the federal government…
By H. David Edinger, Mollie Deyong and Sharla Johnson Owners owe a procedural duty of fairness to all compliant bidders during the tendering process, but…