For safe family fun and heat relief, a community spray park is tough to beat. By following some simple tips, those interested in building a spray park -- from designers, architects and engineers to builders, contractors and city planners --…

After a sharp decline in 2009, overall satisfaction with new-home builders increases considerably in 2010 in the Greater Toronto Area (GTA), according to the J.D. Power and Associates 2010 Canadian New-Home Builder Customer Satisfaction…

Carmanah Technologies Corp. has been awarded a $1.5 million contract by the Town of Markham, Ontario to supply, install, and commission a 250 kW solar photovoltaic grid-tie system. The system will be installed on the Town's newly re-located…

Georgia-Pacific completed the purchase of oriented strand board (OSB) and related facilities in Allendale and Clarendon, S.C., and Englehart and Earlton, Ontario from Grant Forest Products. “The acquisition reinforces…

Denmark-based Schmidt Hammer Lassen Architects has won the competition to design the new Highlands Branch Library in Edmonton, in collaboration with local architects Marshall Tittemore Architects. It is their second library project in…

The 3rd International Holcim Awards competition offering a total of US$2 million in prize money is open to: sustainable building and civil engineering works; landscape, urban design and infrastructure projects; and materials, products and…

For the first time in 35 years, a new professional program in architecture has been granted initial accreditation in Canada -- Ryerson's master of architecture (M.Arch) program. Granted by the Canadian Architectural Certification Board…

Certified green building projects are on the rise and a future where sustainable residential developments are the norm may not be too far away, says ZweigWhite. "If we can ever get this communicated to the building industry, I can't imagine…