facility design
Canadian Facility Management & Design
A supermarket becomes Meaford’s new library
The adaptive re-use project relocates Meaford Public Library from an inaccessible three-storey building to a one-storey facility.
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Makeover for one of Canada’s oldest marinas
The National Yacht Club in downtown Toronto has chosen French company Poralu Marine to renovate its marina.
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Stantec to design historic solar manufacturing facility
As the largest solar investment in U.S. history, the $2.5 billion venture will quadruple Qcells' total solar panel production capacity by 2024.
Canadian Facility Management & Design
Inside Manulife’s latest workplace transformation
Overhauling Manulife’s Canadian head office in Waterloo transformed into an even more significant project than previously intended.
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Yukon University reveals new science building design
The facility will contain four classrooms and a lecture hall, research labs, a ceremony room and a large social space for events and gatherings.
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Nokia Canada to create sustainable R&D hub
Nokia Canada is transforming its 26-acre campus at the Kanata North Business Park in Ottawa into a sustainable research and development hub.
Canadian Facility Management & Design
How flooring can spark student learning
Designers and facility managers seeking to create the ideal educational space for students face no small undertaking.
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Toronto’s Wallace Emerson Community and Child Care Centre breaks ground
The Wallace Emerson Community and Child Care Centre broke ground this week at the site of the future 20-acre Galleria on the Park community.
Canadian Facility Management & Design
Coast Mountain College boosts Indigenous student housing
The three-storey building at Coast Mountain College replaced 40-year-old-student housing that was no longer fit for purpose.
Canadian Facility Management & Design
Tapping into the disability purchasing market
Canadians with disabilities make up the largest potential market of consumers, clients, employees and homeowners, with an annual buying power of $25 billion.
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Coronation Park Sports and Recreation Centre begins to rise
The facility aims to demystify high-performance sport and encourage future generations of athletes by co-locating the velodrome within a community recreation centre.
Canadian Facility Management & Design
Smarter care at Vaughan’s first hospital
Through the doors of Cortellucci Vaughan Hospital, the first hospital to ever rise in Vaughan, Ontario, life’s health challenges are met with comfort, safety and lots of natural light.
Canadian Facility Management & Design
Solar technology in Canada’s facilities sector
Though solar energy has been utilized for some time, adoption has been hampered by poor aesthetics, high price tags and slow production.
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New design revealed for West Island at Ontario Place
New renderings of the West Island redevelopment at Ontario Place reveal green spaces aplenty.
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Plans move ahead for new science facilities at University of Victoria
The province of British Columbia and the University of Victoria are building new learning facilities to support growing demand in engineering and computer science.
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Scientists developing LED bulb that emits less blue light
A research team at the University of Houston is developing an LED bulb that emits most of its energy from the safer violet segment of the visible light spectrum.
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Advancements in LED illumination
Control and management of the visual experience and the extensive range of available applications have extended the possibilities of lighting performance within a built environment.
