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It’s time to deal with the Lower Mainland’s industrial reckoning

Josh Gaglardi Jul 29, 2021

British Columbia’s Lower Mainland is approaching a critical reckoning when it comes to our industrial property market.Watchers and stakeholders already know that the persistent issue associated with our industrial sector has been…

Cities

Not Your Parents’ City

Patrick M. Condon Apr 15, 2020

The climate emergency is bearing down, hard, on the world's cities. But cities are also facing three other dramatic waves of change, all three positioned to crest sometime around 2060. First, during these four decades the people of the…

Architecture

Vancouver Art Gallery unveils Herzog & de Meuron’s conceptual design

Peter Sobchak Sep 29, 2015

The Vancouver Art Gallery today unveiled Herzog & de Meuron’s conceptual design for a new museum building in downtown Vancouver. The 310,000-sq.-ft. building is designed to serve the Gallery’s expanding collection and to support the…

Real Estate

GTA developers, landlords and businesses being “driven” to locate near rapid transit: Colliers

Peter Sobchak Sep 16, 2015

Colliers International’s Report on GTA Rapid Public Transit Infrastructure finds a relationship between the success of commercial real estate and its proximity to rapid transit, as businesses are now demanding their offices be close to…

Building Design

New residential IAQ guideline contains changes regarding use of high efficiency filters

Peter Sobchak Sep 3, 2015

With recent research showing that ultrafine particles are more hazardous to human health than originally thought, higher-efficiency filters should be used, according to the newly published 2015 version of ASHRAE’s residential indoor air…

Building

New green roof technology “innovative because of its simplicity”

Building magazine Aug 4, 2015

While it may appear simple on the outside, considerable product engineering, research and testing goes into a minimalist green roof to ensure it achieves the necessary performance goals. A minimalist green roof strips away unnecessary…

Building

New development financing framework must take into account emerging global challenges and be…

bdeditor Jul 14, 2015

The new financing framework due to be agreed at Addis Ababa for the universal post-2015 development agenda needs to be bold and transformative in supporting countries to tackle the challenges of eradicating poverty, environmental…

Building

Montral data center to deliver six months ahead of schedule

bdeditor Jul 6, 2015

Urbacon Data Center Solutions Group and FTQ have revised design and construction plans for the joint venture’s Montréal Central Business District (CBD) project, the city’s only stand-alone, purpose-built data center. The…

Building

New partnership agreement will advance the WELL Building Standard in Canada

bdeditor Jun 9, 2015

Green Business Certification Inc. (GBCI) and the Canada Green Building Council (CaGBC) announced a new agreement to promote and advance the WELL Building Standard (WELL) in Canada, a performance-based system for measuring, certifying and…

Building

Consulting Engineers of Ontario praise “Implementation” budget but laments lack of…

bdeditor Jun 4, 2015

Consulting Engineers of Ontario welcomed the passage of the Ontario government’s infrastructure implementation budget, Bill 91, the Building Ontario Up Act. “Where last year’s budget focused on investment commitments…

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