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SNC-Lavalin wins large Paris metro contract
A consortium comprising SNC-Lavalin, Algoé and Transamo, operating as the Linéov Group, announced today that it has been awarded a contract to build and operate a new line of the massive Grand Paris...
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Infrastructure investment must be smart, forward-thinking: report
The perennial subject of infrastructure in Canada, featuring now in the election campaign, has reached a point of broad consensus, according to a new report from the Residential and Civil Construction...
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Invest $50 billion in infrastructure over five years or fall further behind:...
Another study, this one from the Broadbent Institute, says that Canada’s governments need to invest at least $50 billion over the next five years to prevent its public infrastructure from decaying...
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Robots, 3D printing to revolutionize building industry unchanged for 5000 years
Robots at work (animated rendering) on construction of Shenzhen Museum of Contemporary Art and Planning Exhibition. An outspoken and controversial architect from Austria says that robotic construction...
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First wood frame mid-rise construction in Toronto will be condos
Rendering of Heartwood condominiums, Toronto’s first mid-rise wood frame building. Source: Quadrangle Architects The first mid-rise wood frame construction project to be built in Toronto will likely be...
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Ontario home builders don’t like government’s inclusionary zoning plan
In response to the Ontario government’s announcement that it will bring forward legislation giving municipalities the ability to implement inclusionary zoning, one of the province’s main builders’...
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Tech sector larger, more important to economy than previously thought: study
Two researchers at Ryerson University’s Brookfield Institute have found that Canada’s high-tech sector is larger, more profitable, and more important to the economy than previously thought. In their...
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Labour groups welcome interim report on precarious workers in Ontario
Ontario’s labour movement is applauding the government’s release of an interim report on revising the province’s labour laws. Unifor national president Jerry Dias called it a “once-in-a-generation...
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Greater transparency, accountability called for in new homes warranty plan...
Following the completion of a study of Ontario’s new homes warranty plan, the government says it will follow the study author’s recommendations and end the monopoly currently held by Tarion Warranty...
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“Fireworks” in Canada’s economy as GDP rises 2.3 per cent in January
Canada’s economy grew at an annualized rate of 2.3 per cent in January, reports Statistics Canada, with widespread growth reported in both goods and service-producing industries. The actual increase...
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