International
Design Quarterly
Tariff pressure intensifies for woodworkers
Canada’s secondary wood manufacturing sector sees U.S. measure extend beyond previously tariffed finished products into selected furniture, millwork, panels and cutting tools.
Facility Cleaning & Maintenance
Winter maintenance budgeting gets slipperier
A threatened 50 per cent tariff on Canadian road salt imported into the United States is creating winter maintenance budgeting uncertainties on both sides of the international border.
Canadian Facility Management & Design
Accessibility-first focus strengthens communities
Accessibility is frequently sidelined during building and public-space design, with key features added long after construction is completed. This approach reinforces the notion that such
Canadian Property Management
ENERGY STAR caught in legislative limbo
For now, ENERGY STAR’s various labelling, certification and benchmarking initiatives are in a precarious, but not necessarily fatal position.
Canadian Property Management
Canadian investors escape super BEAT down
International negotiations have given Canadian investors a reprieve from threatened higher costs of doing business in the United States commercial real estate market.
Canadian Property Management
ENERGY STAR status a cross-border worry
Reference in U.S. statute makes the ENERGY STAR program resistant to a sudden takedown, but still vulnerable to coordinated efforts through legislative channels.
Canadian Property Management
Data centre investment rests on solid energy
Canada could be well positioned to capture more data centre investment if the United States government continues to antagonize its trade partners.
REMI Network
U.S. has slim window to evade aluminum tariffs
The U.S. Window and Door Manufacturers Association is one of many industry associations voicing dismay about the newly imposed 25 per cent tariff on aluminum and steel imports.
Canadian Facility Management & Design
FM industry preps for fallout of tariffs
The U.S.-imposed tariffs on Canadian goods and Ottawa’s retaliatory measures will impact facility management across North America.
Canadian Property Management
Tariff chill could put CRE investment on ice
Tariff chill pervades the investment climate throughout Canada’s economy this winter, but commercial real estate insiders are tallying some reasons to be optimistic.
Construction Business
Construction industry condemns U.S. tariffs
Canada’s construction industry and business groups are condemning the punitive tariffs imposed by the USA on Canadian goods.
Design Quarterly
Ukrainian urbanists incubate post-war recovery
A network of Ukrainian urban planners and designers is looking ahead to post-war recovery as the country endures an 11th month of destruction, displacement and uncertainty.
CondoBusiness
Could a Florida condo collapse happen in Ontario?
How would this scenario unfold in Ontario? Leaving aside the construction process itself, there are vast differences between Ontario and Florida condominium laws that would have given the Champlain towers significant added protections following registration.
Canadian Property Management
WTO okay with provinces buying biomass power
The World Trade Organization agreed with Canada that the U.S. conflated wholesale and retail electricity rates to arrive at its supposition that B.C. and Quebec hydro utilities overpaid for biomass power.
REMI Network
Top 12 stories to watch in 2018
The REMI Network's editorial team takes a look at last year's top stories and how they will continue to impact the commercial real estate industry in 2018.
Canadian Property Management
Business opportunities ample in China and India
China's aggressive target to reduce greenhouse gas emissions and India's ambitious scheme to embed information and communications technology in urban development and infrastructure are seen as prominent opportunities for Canadian investors, businesses and professionals.
Building Strategies & Sustainability
EU contemplates foam insulation ban
The European Parliament's environmental committee has moved to ban foam insulation manufactured with ...

















