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project

Burnaby Hospital project marks milestone

The Burnaby Hospital redevelopment has reached an important construction milestone with the structural building and concrete pouring completed.
cedar

Major changes for B.C. Building Code 2024

Accessibility, mass timber, liveability and safety are the focus of major changes coming to the BC Building Code.
Mix of challenges thwart convention business

Mix of challenges thwart convention business

Ontario's Auditor General points to challenges with travel logistics, facility space and inadequate surrounding amenities at provincially operated convention centres in Toronto and Ottawa.
schools

Ontario reforming the way schools are built

The province has introduced measures to expedite the construction of brand new schools in growing communities.
Geary Factory Lofts

Geary Factory Lofts to become corporate condo hub

The Geary Factory Lofts will feature raw floor plans of 800 to 15,000 square feet.
Oakridge Mayfair

First phase of Mayfair West project revealed

Grosvenor has submitted a development permit application to redevelop the first phase of Mayfair West.
Uvic student housing

The Sngequ House student complex opens at UVic

A new student housing complex is open at the University of Victoria (UVic), the university’s largest capital infrastructure project to date.
Guelph

Guelph first city in Canada to earn corporate-wide energy management certification

The City of Guelph became the first municipality in Canada to be certified under the ISO 50001:2018 Energy Management Systems Standard.
London Health Sciences

$20-mil donation gifted to London Health Sciences Foundation

The donation marks the largest gift ever in the history of hospital foundations in Southwestern Ontario.
Stantec

Stantec to design billion-dollar battery factory in B.C.

Stantec has been selected to provide design services for a $1-billion lithium-ion battery cell manufacturing facility in British Columbia.
IESO on standby to address municipal councils

IESO on standby to address municipal councils

Ontario’s Independent Electricity System Operator is now on standby to address municipal councils deliberating proposals for new or expanded generating facilities.
Ontario to wrest realty functions from agencies

Ontario to wrest realty functions from agencies

The Ontario government is moving to wrest realty functions from 10 provincial agencies, including the administrator of the health care system, the manager of Algonquin park, major museums and convention centres.
workers

New Ontario legislation supports injured workers

The government also intends to bring forth a regulation that would add poisonings by chlorine, ammonia and hydrogen sulfide to the list of presumed occupational diseases.
Marpole

Work to begin on Marpole-Oakridge Community Centre renewal

The new facility will be the first city-owned community centre built to achieve Rick Hansen Foundation Accessibility Certification Gold.
remote work

Canada ranks high in global remote work index 

Canada outpaces the United States in a newly released survey detailing the top countries for remote work.
WELL Certification

CIBC’s Global HQ achieves WELL Certification first

CIBC's new global headquarters became the largest workplace to achieve WELL Certification at the Platinum level across all sectors in Canada.
New option proposed for Ontario's ICI program

New option proposed for Ontario’s ICI program

Large electricity customers in Ontario could have a new option for reducing the peak demand factors that determine their share of the bucket of electricity system costs known as the global adjustment.