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Hines and Waterfront Toronto break ground on T3 Bayside

By:Building .caPosted: Jul 28th, 2020In: ConstructionNews

Hines has begun speculative construction on the workplace component of their Bayside Toronto waterfront master-planned community with the groundbreaking of T3 (Timber, Talent and Technology) Bayside. (Left to Right) Avi Tesciuba, Senior Managing Director, Hines;[...]

Wooden skyscrapers could transform construction by trapping carbon emissions

By:Building .caPosted: Jul 28th, 2020In: ConstructionNews

The Mjøstårnet, an 18-storey mixed-use building constructed with engineered wood, overlooks Norway’s largest lake, in Brumunddal. (Woodify/YouTube) All over the world, architects and engineers are crafting cutting-edge skyscrapers from one of the most renewable and[...]

Multi-use Calgary building reaches major construction milestone

By:Building .caPosted: Jul 23rd, 2020In: ConstructionNews

A multi-use building in the heart of Calgary’s East Village reached a milestone as work crews approach the ‘topping off’ of the 9th Avenue SE Parkade and Platform Innovation Centre. The completion of this seventh[...]

RioCan and partners buy lunches for 1200 construction workers

By:Building .caPosted: Jul 21st, 2020In: ConstructionNews

RioCan teamed up with its development and construction partners to deliver over 1,200 lunches at nine development sites through an initiative called “The Lunchbox Challenge”. Photo credit: Geoff Fitzgerald Photo credit: Geoff Fitzgerald The challenge,[...]

Walmart Canada investing $3.5 billion over five years in ‘smarter stores’

By:Building .caPosted: Jul 20th, 2020In: ConstructionNews

MISSISSAUGA, Ont. – Walmart Canada plans to invest $3.5 billion over the next five years with a focus on technology to make so-called ”smarter stores.” ”The investment will impact every aspect of the business,” the[...]

Ontario changes long term care building fund in bid to spur construction

By:Building .caPosted: Jul 15th, 2020In: ConstructionNews

TORONTO – Ontario is changing the way it funds long-term care home construction in a bid to spur more development across the province. The provincial government says the creation of thousands of needed beds has been slow,[...]

Ontario Construction Secretariat releases its third Coronavirus Contractor Survey

By:Building .caPosted: Jul 13th, 2020In: ConstructionNews

Between June 16 and June 19, 2020, the Ontario Construction Secretariat (OCS) led a Contractor’s Survey of 200 ICI (Industrial, Commercial, and Institutional) contractors from across Ontario. This survey provides insight on how the construction[...]

Carpenters’ Union addresses racist acts on construction sites

By:Building .caPosted: Jul 6th, 2020In: ConstructionNews

In response to recent racist and hateful acts that have taken place at construction sites across Toronto, the Carpenters’ District Council of Ontario, United Brotherhood of Carpenters and Joiners of America (the “Carpenters”) have expressed[...]

B.C. launches Reframed Lab pilot for future-ready housing retrofits

By:Building .caPosted: Jun 30th, 2020In: ConstructionNews

The Province of BC, the City of Vancouver, the BC Non-Profit Housing Association and the Pembina Institute, are working together on a home-safe initiative called the Reframed Lab. Leaders in social housing and retrofits attend[...]

Canadians outfitting backyards with pools to deal with COVID 19 pandemic

By:Building .caPosted: Jun 30th, 2020In: ConstructionNews

TORONTO – Seven-year-old Stanley has been donning a wet suit to swim in his pool since March to keep busy while shut-in at home during the COVID-19 pandemic. That routine will carry on this summer[...]