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Ontario home builders urge faster approvals, harmonized green building standards

By:Building .caPosted: Feb 11th, 2023In: ConstructionNews

TORONTO — Ontario should speed up new housing approvals, increase skilled trade immigration, and “rein in” municipalities introducing varying green building standards, a residential builders’ group is telling the government. The province is sifting through[...]

Pierre Poilievre: A look at the new Conservative leader’s key campaign promises

By:Building .caPosted: Sep 13th, 2022In: ConstructionNews

OTTAWA – Pierre Poilievre was elected as the new leader of the Conservative Party of Canada on Saturday night, a definitive first-ballot victory after a campaign that focused on securing more “freedom” for Canadians. Here[...]

Call to Teams for Design Competition for Ontario Line East Joint Corridor

By:Building .caPosted: Jun 30th, 2022In: ConstructionNews

Metrolinx has launched a design competition to encourage teams to submit innovative urban design and landscape architecture solutions for the Ontario Line infrastructure that will be built around the existing rail corridor extending from Eastern[...]

Home Building, Construction and RE Groups Congratulate Ford’s PC Party

By:Building .caPosted: Jun 3rd, 2022In: ConstructionNews

Various construction, home building and real estate organizations have come forward and congratulated Ontario’s Premier Doug Ford and the PC’s for being re-elected. The Progressive Conservatives cruised to a second majority government Thursday. Doug Ford’s[...]

Ontario Home Builders’ Association Welcomes Provincial Budget

By:Building .caPosted: Apr 30th, 2022In: ConstructionNews

According to the Ontario Home Builders’ Association (OHBA), the Ontario government’s 2022 Ontario budget lays out a path forward to build more housing supply and choice across the province. The OHBA states that the budget,[...]

RCCAO welcomes budget’s housing focus, concerned for funding to cities

By:Building .caPosted: Apr 12th, 2022In: ConstructionNews

According to a release by the Residential and Civil Construction Alliance of Ontario (RCCAO), the alliance welcomes the focus on housing and infrastructure investment in the Federal Government’s Budget 2022 but is troubled that there[...]

Ontario plan for GTA transportation includes ‘conceptual’ transit lines, new highways

By:Building .caPosted: Mar 12th, 2022In: ConstructionNews

Photo by Haljackey via Wikimedia Commons Ontario has laid out a 30-year vision to grow transportation networks around Toronto, including road expansions, potential new transit networks and proposed new highways, although much of the plan isn’t fully[...]

Revised Yonge North Subway alignment announced, to tunnel under fewer homes

By:Building .caPosted: Dec 9th, 2021In: ConstructionNews

After input from the Thornhill community, Metrolinx has announced a refinement to the proposed Yonge North Subway Extension route, which tunnels under the neighborhood located in Markham, Ontario. On December 8th, Metrolinx president and CEO,[...]

RFQ Issued for Scarborough Subway Extension Stations, Rail and Systems

By:Building .caPosted: Sep 22nd, 2021In: ConstructionNews

Infrastructure Ontario (IO) and Metrolinx have released a Request for Qualifications (RFQ) to identify teams interested in designing and building the Stations, Rail and Systems (SRS) package for the Scarborough Subway Extension project. According to[...]

SmartCentres REIT Releases Second Quarter Results for 2021

By:Building .caPosted: Aug 13th, 2021In: ConstructionNews

Rendering source: transitcity.com SmartCentres Real Estate Investment Trust reported its financial and operating results for the quarter ended June 30, 2021. “Our second quarter results reflect the continued strength of our portfolio that experienced collection[...]