Industry News
Canadian Facility Management & Design
Only a quarter of U.S. staff in optimal workplaces
Less than one in four American employees work in an optimal environment, according to a survey by global design and architecture firm, Gensler.
Canadian Facility Management & Design
MMM Group achieves LEED CI thrice
Three of MMM Group's offices have achieved Leadership in Energy and Environmental Design for Commercial Interiors (LEED CI). Both of its Ottawa offices are now LEED CI gold certified, while the company's Toronto office has been awarded LEED CI platinum certification.
Design Quarterly
Top 10 workplace trends seen in office furniture
The way desks, chairs, cubicles and other furniture have changed in recent years shows how workplaces are evolving, according to leading office and school furniture manufacturer, OFM.
Design Quarterly
Touch Wood art exhibit features Brent Comber
Internationally recognized artist Brent Comber has released his latest sculpture, Pale Shadows, at VanDusen Botanical Garden’s Touch Wood art exhibit ...
Design Quarterly
Omicron acquires Vancouver architecture firm
Omicron has acquired Grant + Sinclair Architects Ltd., one of Vancouver’s most highly regarded architecture firms led by Paul Grant and Douglas Sinclair.
Design Quarterly
Stantec acquires U.S. civil engineering firm
Edmonton-based Stantec has acquired Roth Hill, a civil engineering firm based in Bellevue, Wash.
Construction Business
Regional construction job numbers down in June
Construction employment in the Lower Mainland-Southwest region of B.C. decreased in June, according to the Vancouver Regional Construction Association’s (VRCA) analysis of the Labour Force Survey from Statistics Canada.
Construction Business
New hospital design unveiled
The new design of the Queen Charlotte/Haida Gwaii Hospital replacement project has been unveiled.
Construction Business
Contract awarded for Alberta mine
The board of Coalspur Mines Ltd. has approved a $458 million capital budget for the Vista coal mine project near Hinton, Alta.
Construction Business
Alberta approves $1 billion in emergency funding
The government of Alberta has approved $1 billion to fund the first phase of emergency recovery and reconstruction for southern Alberta families and communities. The money has been allocated from ...
Canadian Property Management
Brookfield names chief investment strategist
Brookfield Asset Management Inc. has appointed Kim Redding to the position of chief investment strategist.
Canadian Property Management
CUI appoints new president, CEO
The Canadian Urban Institute has appointed Peter Halsall to the position of president and CEO.
Canadian Property Management
Power supply tenuous in downtown Toronto
Toronto's electricity customers have been asked to cut consumption after flooding from severe thunderstorms hobbled two of the city's key power stations Monday evening.
Canadian Property Management
Telus announces new Calgary office building
Telus is planning to build a new environmentally-friendly office tower in Calgary’s downtown core at the site of the current Art Central building.
Canadian Property Management
Edmonton’s office sector maintains stability
Tenants in Edmonton are currently able to secure attractive leasing opportunities as a result of a favourable vacancy rate, says Avison Young’s recently released Second Quarter 2013 Edmonton Office Market Report.
Canadian Property Management
GTA commercial market figures down in Q2
Leasing of industrial, commercial/retail and office space dropped seven per cent on a year-over-year basis in the second quarter of 2013.
