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Moving the ICMS standard forward in construction
RICS, CIQS and CACQS held a joint information session about the International Construction Measurement Standards for reporting on construction projects.
LaBranche legacy entrenched in BOMA BC
Wrapping up a 25 year tenure with the Building Owners and Managers Association of British Columbia, soon-to-retire president, Paul LaBranche, characteristically looks through the lens of his organization's strategic plan to assess what he has accomplished.
Plans for first net positive energy office building
An office building in Markham, Ontario's technology hub plans to be the first net positive energy office building in Canada.
Construction retirements drive recruitment need
Canada’s construction industry must remain focused on recruitment and retention as more than one quarter of a million workers are expected to retire.
Construction side effects carry deadly risks
Living through construction may be a fact of life for city dwellers, but living through construction can be a fact of life and death for hospital patients.
Condo conversions to see expanded warranties
Starting next year, builders and vendors of residential conversion projects will have to register with Tarion and get approval to proceed with their plans.
Equipment: the buy vs lease dilemma
Should you buy, rent or lease equipment for your construction projects? Equipment investment is a necessary cost for many general contractors.
Builders abuzz about cannabis legalization
Ontario’s residential construction industry is anxiously awaiting tools from the province to help it uphold its workplace health and safety obligations when recreational cannabis becomes legal next year.
Forest fires pose indoor air quality challenge
Indoor air quality specialists concur that larger commercial buildings are among the better places to be when outdoor conditions are compromised since HVAC systems typically incorporate air filtration.
Envisioning tools get an upgrade
3D and photo-realistic envisioning tools are nothing new, but they now allow changes to be made on the fly.
Post-occupancy audits in P3 construction projects
When carefully and transparently planned, P3s offer some significant advantages to owners and communities.
Bergeron Centre a model for fully integrated BIM
The use of building information modelling to develop the Bergeron Centre at York University earned the project a Canada BIM Council award.
Top 14 stories to watch in 2017
Last year, the commercial real estate industry faced a number of diverse challenges and successes that are expected to develop throughout 2017. Here, REMI’s award-winning
Library facility reads like ‘fragment’ of its landscape
The new Waterdown Library and Civic Centre is designed to read like a ‘fragment’ of the Niagara Escarpment over which it cantilevers.
A facility addition with surgical precision
Adding a new wing to the fully developed site would require surgical precision. The original Chinook Regional Hospital, which was constructed close to 30 years
Low scores in infrastructure benchmark debut
The inaugural Global Real Estate Sustainability Benchmark assessment for infrastructure reveals that the asset class generally lags real estate's offerings of environmental, social and governance evidence for investors.
Brookfield GIS expands and rebrands
A visitor to Brookfield GIS' new Innovation Centre might miss one of its most novel features without the benefit of a tour guide.