Construction
Canadian Property Management
Protracted construction prompts aid for TO BIAs
Toronto introduces grants of up to $50,000 for business improvement areas where multi-year transit expansion projects are occurring.
CondoBusiness
Maintaining healthy contractor relationships
Construction and project planning, now more so than ever, must assign realistic expectations of scheduling and staging to meet contractor and material availability.
REMI Network
GTA new condo sales for September down 89%
New condo sales in the Greater Toronto Area were down 89 per cent from September 2021 and 84 per cent below the 10-year average.
Construction Business
Tim Smith named to international bridge board
The appointment of Tim Smith to the Windsor-Detroit Bridge Authority board of directors reinforces the team stickhandling construction of the Gordie Howe International Bridge.
Construction Business
Energy sector workforce evolves and expands
Energy efficiency is projected to create more jobs and assume a larger share of energy sector economic activity in step with a heightened focus on reducing greenhouse gas emissions.
Canadian Property Management
CRE measures up as Canadian economic driver
A new report estimates commercial real estate made a $148.4 billion total contribution to Canada’s GDP last year, when factoring its direct, indirect and induced impacts.
REMI Network
Solid job growth for mechanical contractors in Ottawa
According to BuildForce Canada, 11,330 new workers will be needed to replace retiring workers in the next decade.
Canadian Apartment Magazine
Quebec leaves uncontested rent period in place
Quebec backs away from an amendment that would have shortened the current five-year period for uncontested rents in newly constructed rental housing.
CondoBusiness
Special assessments foreseen as CPI rises
Coming out of an extended period of low inflation, many condo boards will confront reserve fund shortfalls as the consumer price index now pushes up toward 7 per cent.
Construction Business
Nicole Bryant joins B.C. northern association as CEO
Nicole Bryant has been appointed to the position of CEO of the Northern Regional Construction Association (NRCA).
REMI Network
RESCON observes National Day of Mourning
On this National Day of Mourning, workplaces across Canada are encouraged to remember those who have lost their lives, suffered injury or illness on the job, or experienced a work-related tragedy.
Canadian Facility Management & Design
Ontario adds jobsite safety oversight options
Numerous references to “professional engineers” have been replaced solely with the word “engineers” within nine of Ontario's Occupational Health and Safety regulations.
Canadian Property Management
Budget allocates for net-zero capacity building
The buildings sector is tapped to be the flow-through recipient of more than $706 million in federal funding for research, policy development, pilot projects, preparedness studies and design work.
Facility Cleaning & Maintenance
Ontario disburses electrician training funds
The $13 million funding allocation is an effort to steer more apprentice and journeyperson electricians to construction, maintenance and network cabling jobs.
CondoBusiness
The Value of Independent Pre-construction Surveys
To limit the impacts of adjacent construction work, many condominium corporations are turning to independent pre-construction surveys for protection.
Canadian Facility Management & Design
Building code harmonization advances
Consultations are underway in the ongoing exercise to harmonize the Ontario Building Code with model national building, energy and plumbing codes.
Facility Cleaning & Maintenance
Ontario may relax squeeze on storage sheds
A proposed regulatory change would allow storage sheds to be 50 per cent bigger before Ontario property owners would have to obtain building permits.
