Industry News
Construction Business
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.
REMI Network
Hamilton extols space for creative industries
Hamilton promotes its ample stock of affordable space for creative industries to Toronto ubanists and investors.
REMI Network
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.
REMI Network
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.
Design Quarterly
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).
Construction Business
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.
CondoBusiness
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.
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.
REMI Network
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





