Infrastructure
REMI Network
Facilities get COVID funding boost across eastern Ontario
More than $22 million in infrastructure upgrades will be shared among municipalities across eastern Ontario to protect the health and well-being of residents.
REMI Network
Brand new aquatic centre coming to Kitchener
Construction of a new aquatic centre at RBJ Schlegel Park will bring greater access to recreational facilities for the community of Kitchener, Ont., by way of a multi-level government investment announced today.
Canadian Facility Management & Design
COVID-19 resilience funds disbursed to Ottawa
$11.2 million will be allocated throughout Ottawa’s 23 city wards and put toward outdoor recreational facilities, pedestrian safety measures, and HVAC and digital connectivity upgrades in community centres and other municipal buildings.
Canadian Facility Management & Design
Saskatchewan to tax EV owners for road upkeep
The 2021-22 Saskatchewan budget also commits more than $937 million to upgrade the provincial electricity system and nearly $175 million to underwrite an electricity rebate for SaskPower customers.
Construction Business
Lafarge Canada starts highway improvements
Lafarge Canada’s Northern Alberta construction team is undertaking upgrades at the Highway 19 and Highway 60 intersections west of Edmonton.
Construction Business
EllisDon’s Western Civil group operates separately
EllisDon's Western Civil Group has separated out from under the Buildings Group umbrella to operate as a separate entity.
REMI Network
RCCAO appoints Nadia Todorova executive director
Nadia Todorova has been appointed as executive director of the Residential and Civil Construction Alliance of Ontario (RCCAO), a leading industry advocate for infrastructure investment.
Canadian Facility Management & Design
Northwest Ontario inmates await needed space
Work will soon be underway to ease overcrowding at two Northwest Ontario correctional facilities in the interim before a planned new 325-inmate complex is built in the region.
Construction Business
Economic recovery program addresses climate change
Funding from StrongerBC: BC’s Economic Recovery Plan for the Climate Adaptation Program will increase roadway resiliency.
Canadian Property Management
New CIB chair is supporter of deep retrofits
Tamara Vrooman brings leadership experience in the private and public sectors to her new role as chair of the Canada Infrastructure Bank.
Construction Business
Canada Games Aquatic Centre opens in Kamloops
The Canada Games Aquatic Centre Infrastructure Improvement Project in Kamloops has officially reached completion.
Canadian Property Management
Throne Speech pledges to build back better
Infrastructure investment and climate risk mitigation are key to the Canadian government’s goal to create one million jobs and rebound from the economic slump of COVID-19.
Canadian Facility Management & Design
Research to gauge returns on public transit
COVID-19 has forced Canada’s transit authorities to grapple with the twin challenges of public health logistics and declining revenues. A new stream of federal infrastructure spending will target pandemic-resilient infrastructure.
REMI Network
High-rise builders flagged in new flooding insight
Little has been invested in underground infrastructure to increase capacity when it comes to Toronto's aging sewage and stormwater pipes.
Canadian Property Management
Brookfield looks to Carney on ESG-focused funds
Mark Carney, the United Nations special envoy for climate action and finance, has joined Brookfield Asset Management as vice chair and head of ESG and impact fund investing.
Construction Business
Electrical equipment conglomerate to divest
The Competition Bureau negotiated the terms of agreement to address concerns that one company would gain predominant market share, driving up prices for key components of electricity transmission/distribution systems and telecommunications networks.
Canadian Facility Management & Design
Nova Scotia scurries to expand internet coverage
COVID-19 has prompted accelerated delivery of high-speed internet to some overlooked or underserviced areas of Nova Scotia.