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CISC 2015 BC Steel Design Awards of Excellence

The CISC 2015 BC Steel Design Awards of Excellence were held in May in downtown Vancouver. Three projects were honoured in their respective categories

Building Strategies & Sustainability

Net-zero buildings seen as manageable targets

While green benchmarks such as LEED are provable targets, net-zero buildings have yet to gain momentum in the industry, mainly due to their perceived cost.

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Hamilton extols space for creative industries

Hamilton promotes its ample stock of affordable space for creative industries to Toronto ubanists and investors.

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First-time buyers big drivers of housing market

First-time buyers are significant drivers of the current housing market, according to CAAMP's new spring report.

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Multi-unit segment drives May housing starts

Multiple starts in Ontario, Quebec and the Atlantic region drove a modest uptick in the trend measure of housing starts in May, according to CMHC.

Design Quarterly

B.C.’s largest private development underway

Construction for a $600 million multi-faceted entertainment resort adjacent to BC Place Stadium is underway. Construction is expected to be complete in late 2016.

Design Quarterly

Adoption of WELL Standard in Canada

Green Business Certification Inc. and the Canada Green Building Council have announced a new agreement to promote and advance the WELL Building Standard in Canada.
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Okanagan College achieves LEED Platinum

The Jim Pattison Centre of Excellence in Sustainable Building Technologies and Renewable Energy Conservation at Okanagan College has been certified LEED Platinum.

Construction Business

Canada’s largest P3 names consortium

Infrastructure Ontario and Metrolinx have named Crosslinx Transit Solutions the preferred proponent to design, build, finance, and maintain the Eglinton Crosstown Light Rail Transit.

Construction Business

Vancouver building permits down in April

Building permits in B.C.'s Lower Mainland dropped in April 2015 following a large increase in March, according to the Vancouver Regional Construction Association (VRCA).
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Apprentice policy on B.C. public projects

The B.C. government's new Apprentices on Public Projects policy aims to connect more young people to the skills and training they need for careers in construction.

Canadian Facility Management & Design

Company faces $70,000 fine after worker injury

A judge imposed a $70,000 fine on a concrete formwork company on June 4 in connection with a worker injury.
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GTA home sales set new May record: TREB

The number of GTA home sales that occurred last month set a new May record, reports the Toronto Real Estate Board (TREB).

Canadian Facility Management & Design

AVG Technologies opens new facility in Ottawa

AVG Technologies has opened the doors to its new state-of-the-art AVG Business facility in Ottawa, Ont.
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Building Strategies & Sustainability

CaGBC awards green building products

The Canadian Green Building Council (CaGBC) presented the Green Building Product of the Year Award to DIRTT Environmental Solutions.

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Old department store to transform in Kitchener

Kitchener developers are set to renovate a 40,000-square-foot brick-and-beam building into a Class A office space

Canadian Apartment Magazine

Zaha Hadid unveils designs for Mexico apartment

Acclaimed Iraqi-British architect Zaha Hadid has unveiled designs for Esfera City Center, a massive apartment community coming to Monterrey, Mexico