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Smart City Learning: how surveillance can help build safer, smarter schools

Keith D'Sa Oct 15, 2020

From superbugs to lootings and aggressive behaviours, building within a world of ever-evolving security threats requires smarter solutions, especially when it’s something as important as our schools. You may already have heard of the term…

Real Estate

Covid-19 and Canadian real estate: where we are (at the moment)

Jeffrey W. Lem and Megan Lem Apr 14, 2020

This article purports to present a snapshot of what is happening in Canadian real estate markets now, not what is going to happen after the pandemic lockdown is over. There will be plenty of time to speculate on what the post-Covid-19…

Features

Managing a Home Hot Zone – How to Self-Quarantine at Home

Paul J. Krupin Mar 19, 2020

A National Emergency has been declared. Coronavirus cases are rising. The likelihood that you may soon be exposed is increasing. You’ll need to know what to do if you do get exposed and have to self-quarantine.Assume someone in your…

Energy & the Environment

OP-ED: Preparing the Housing Industry for Climate Change

Gary Martin and Ruth McKay Aug 31, 2017

An Ottawa condo developer recently claimed that he’s not concerned about the impact of climate change on his business. This was in a private conversation and he said he didn’t care about something that is “10 years in the future,” and “When…

Real Estate

Fears of widespread fallout in commercial real estate from oil price plumet prove largely…

Peter Sobchak Sep 30, 2015

New CBRE report finds retail and hotel sectors have prospered in energy-dependent markets, while adverse impacts in the office sector have been limited to a handful of key submarkets

Construction

Global construction industry on highest risk since Q1

Peter Sobchak Sep 27, 2015

According to the latest update of Timetric’s Construction Risk Index (CRI), the overall level of risk facing the global construction industry picked up in Q3 2015, rising to its highest level in four quarters. This entirely reflects a…

Building

New report shows REITs and private equity real estate funds embracing sustainability practices

Peter Sobchak Sep 15, 2015

GRESB, the global standard for portfolio-level sustainability assessment in the real estate sector, released its 2015 data and industry report, based on an assessment of 707 property companies and private equity real estate funds,…

Building

Canadian Precast/Prestressed Concrete Institute criticizes Quebec government’s decision to allow…

Peter Sobchak Aug 27, 2015

“Just because we can – doesn't mean we should,” says CPCI

Building

Over one-quarter of B.C. house owners rent out a portion of their home

Peter Sobchak Aug 25, 2015

Over the past six months, Vancouver-based Square One Insurance has talked to over 4,000 house owners across Canada and has found over 14 per cent of them rent out a portion of their home to non-family members. B.C. has the highest rate at…

Construction

BC Court Of Appeal upholds Borden Ladner Gervais construction insurance win

Peter Sobchak Aug 18, 2015

A unanimous panel of the British Columbia Court of Appeal upheld the BC Supreme Court decision to award $9-million in construction insurance coverage to the clients of Borden Ladner Gervais LLP (BLG), Acciona Infrastructure Canada and Lark…

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