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Ontario’s restaurants need more working capital to successfully reopen: survey

Building May 7, 2020

A new survey from Restaurants Canada has revealed that most foodservice businesses in Ontario might not have enough cash flow to successfully reopen their doors to diners. As the province moves forward with lifting emergency measures,…

Building

Medicom to build surgical mask manufacturing facility in Canada

Building May 6, 2020

SNC-Lavalin has been selected by AMD Medicom Inc. (Medicom) to support the establishment’s first Canadian mask manufacturing facility that will produce N95 and surgical masks.The governments of Canada and Québec have recently named…

Architecture

Carleton University Announces the New Hobin Prize in Architecture and City Building

Building Dec 20, 2019

The new Hobin Prize in Architecture and City Building recognizes outstanding work produced by students at Carleton University’s Azrieli School of Architecture and Urbanism.The Ottawa firm Hobin Architecture, whose founder Barry…

Building

The “Unignorable Tower” Brings Attention to Poverty in Toronto

Building Nov 15, 2019

KPMB Architects, along with the United Way, Norm Li Studio and TAXI, are bringing attention to the size and scale of poverty in Toronto by imagining a tower to house the 116,000+ individuals and families in need. If it were real, “The…

Architecture

Toon Dreessen: What It’s Worth

Building Oct 23, 2019

Arnaud Marthouret: Why is the current procurement of professional services model a problem?Toon Dreessen: I think it is a problem we have this illusion that what we buy we have to equate with getting best value and there's this belief…

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

Building

CaGBC announces 2015 Greenest Schools in Canada

Peter Sobchak Sep 21, 2015

The Canada Green Building Council (CaGBC) and the Canada Coalition for Green Schools have announced the winners of the second-annual CaGBC Greenest School in Canada competition: St. Marguerite d’Youville Elementary School in Hamilton, ON,…

Real Estate

Economic slowdown doesn’t dent housing industry confidence: report

Peter Sobchak Sep 18, 2015

Fortress Real Developments issued their semi-annual Market Manuscript, which brings together third party reports, original surveys, and custom analysis for key markets across the country and uses them to paint a comprehensive picture of…

Construction

Ontario Building and Construction Trades Council signal endorsement of nuclear power through…

Peter Sobchak Sep 17, 2015

Bruce Power and the Ontario Building and Construction Trades are joining forces through a new collaboration agreement signalling a shared commitment to the ongoing role of nuclear power in the province and recognizing the strategic…

Construction

Tarion introduces new registration requirements for new home builders

Peter Sobchak Sep 1, 2015

As of September 1, 2015, Tarion will begin phasing in new education criteria that all new builders will need to meet as a condition of their registration in Ontario. The new requirements will enhance Tarion’s existing qualification…

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