Ontario housing bill to short municipalities by $5 billion: AMO
Posted: Nov 18th, 2022In: ConstructionNewsTORONTO — Ontario housing legislation could leave communities short $5 billion and see taxpayers footing the bill, either in the form of higher property taxes or service cuts, the Association of Municipalities of Ontario said[...]
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Posted: Oct 29th, 2022In: ConstructionNewsAccording to a release from the Ontario Association of Architects (OAA), housing affordability remains one of the biggest challenges in the province, and association acknowledges that the provincial government is touting Bill 23, More Homes[...]
Read More about OAA Reviewing Ontario’s New Housing LegislationHybrid Timber Floor System project receives Canadian grant funding
Posted: Sep 19th, 2022In: ConstructionNewsThe Government of Canada has contributed over $550,000 to the Hybrid Timber Floor System Project led by EllisDon and DIALOG. The project is funded through the Green Construction through Wood (GCWood) Program and the Investments[...]
Read More about Hybrid Timber Floor System project receives Canadian grant fundingThe cheaper we build our buildings, the more they cost after an earthquake, wildfire or tornado
Posted: Jun 17th, 2022In: ConstructionNewsSeveral people were injured and homes destroyed after tornadoes touched down in Barrie, Ont., in July 2021. (Duckdave/Wikimedia), CC BY-SA Keith Porter, Western University A tornado cut a 270-kilometre path through Kentucky in mid-December 2021,[...]
Read More about The cheaper we build our buildings, the more they cost after an earthquake, wildfire or tornadoKPMB to Reimagine Agnes Etherington Art Centre at Queen’s University
Posted: Feb 24th, 2022In: ConstructionNewsKPMB Architects has announced that it has been awarded the commission to reimagine Agnes Etherington Art Centre on Queen’s University campus in Kingston, Ontario. Photo courtesy KPMB.com According to KPMB, the team will be led by KPMB’s Bruce Kuwabara and[...]
Read More about KPMB to Reimagine Agnes Etherington Art Centre at Queen’s UniversityOntario to make it easier for immigrants to work in their professions
Posted: Oct 22nd, 2021In: ConstructionNewsTORONTO – Ontario is set to introduce legislation that would make it easier for immigrants to get licensed to work in professions that match their areas of expertise. Labour Minister Monte McNaughton said the proposed[...]
Read More about Ontario to make it easier for immigrants to work in their professionsVancouver Affordable Housing Development for Women by Women Achieves Milestone
Posted: Oct 7th, 2021In: ConstructionNewsGBL Architects reports reports that it has received unanimous approval from the City of Vancouver Council for their new housing development for the international non-profit organization and global volunteer organization Soroptimist International of Vancouver. The housing[...]
Read More about Vancouver Affordable Housing Development for Women by Women Achieves MilestoneToronto’s Alexandra Park Community Revitalization Wins ULI Global Awards for Excellence
Posted: Aug 19th, 2021In: ConstructionNewsPhoto: Janet Rosenberg Studio Toronto Community Housing Corporation (TCHC), Tridel and their Toronto community design team have been awarded an international award for development and urban design, the Urban Land Institute (ULI) Global Awards for[...]
Read More about Toronto’s Alexandra Park Community Revitalization Wins ULI Global Awards for ExcellenceCalgary’s first office-to-housing conversion to begin construction
Posted: Jul 22nd, 2021In: ConstructionNewsTwo prominent non-profit organizations have joined forces to convert a vacant downtown office tower into homes for Calgarians in need. Inn from the Cold and HomeSpace Society are partnering on a first-of-its kind project that[...]
Read More about Calgary’s first office-to-housing conversion to begin constructionHolland Bloorview begins construction on largest research expansion in its history
Posted: May 11th, 2021In: ConstructionNewsHolland Bloorview Kids Rehabilitation Hospital’s Bloorview Research Institute (BRI) kicked off construction on the final phase of its largest research expansion in its history. The expansion is entirely funded by an ongoing bold $32-million fundraising campaign,[...]
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