A ground breaking ceremony was recently held to celebrate the start of construction on a new 13,600 square foot tropical greenhouse in Hamilton’s Gage Park.

Toronto-based Diamond Schmitt Architects is among the shortlisted teams to design a national Memorial to the Holocaust in London, England.

ASHRAE is seeking public comment on a new guideline to minimize the risk of Legionellosis found in building water systems.

Royal Roads University held an open house for its Centre for Environmental Science and International Partnership (CESIP) facility, which is currently under construction.

The University of Toronto’s Robarts Library is receiving a major expansion, called Robarts Common, that will add 1,200 work and study spaces to the facility.

Teknion Corporation is the first manufacturer in the world to receive WELL certification at the silver level under WELL v1 for its downtown Toronto showroom.

Diamond Schmitt Architects has been shortlisted to develop a concept design for a new concert hall in London, United Kingdom, in partnership with UK firm AL_A.

The International Organization for Standardization (ISO) has published its third facility management (FM) standard in under half a year.

Toronto installed the most green roofs in 2016, followed by Chicago, Washington D.C., and Seattle.

On July 10, Memorial University signed an agreement with Honeywell to commence the second phase of an energy performance contract, or EPC program.

Ontario is investing $175 million through the Health Infrastructure Renewal Fund to provide repairs and upgrades to 131 hospitals this year.

On July 1, Ottawa’s National Arts Centre (NAC) inaugurated a new building wing, the first transformation the building has seen in 50 years.

Canada enforced changes to occupational health and safety regulations on workplace asbestos today and declared updates to national building codes.

Following 22 months of design and construction activity, Concert Infrastructure has announced that the Saskatchewan Joint Use Schools Projects I and II have reached Service Commencement.

Plessey will be a core partner in the world’s first biophilic design project, partnering with BRE to deliver and monitor the effects of a biophilic office.

Research on organizational productivity could make better use of valuable information archived in the facilities management department, a new report from the Continental Automated Buildings Association and the National Research Council concludes.

Morguard Corporation and William Osler Health System recently celebrated the topping off of the Ancillary Services Building at Etobicoke General Hospital.