Registration is open for the Ontario WoodWorks TimBEER engineering workshops, held in Ottawa and Toronto. The events will discuss new developments in mass timber design and explore interesting timber projects through interactive design sessions...
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This year saw completion of more buildings with a height of 200 m (656 ft) or greater than any previous year, says the Council on Tall Buildings and Urban Habitat (CTBUH). According to its...
As this year winds down, Construction Canada is revealing what were the website’s most popular features and articles from 2017. Reread a favorite or check out a piece you missed the first time around.
On October 12, the Toronto Green Standard (TGS) was adopted by the city’s Planning and Growth Management Committee. This updated municipal building regulation is part of TransformTO, a plan led by Toronto’s Environment and...
With its new Toronto chapter, the International Concrete Repair Institute (ICRI) has opened a total of three in Canada. Overall, the organization has more than 2400 members and 38 chapters (including two student chapters)...
For its third year, the annual Winter Stations Design Competition encourages designers to explore the possibilities of lifeguard stands at beaches in the east end of Toronto. Prior to the competition’s November 4 deadline,...
Toronto building gets historical façade facelift
(05/02/2016)
Toronto’s Westinghouse building sets a record for highest historical façade ever retained in Canada. Westinghouse was an industrial building in downtown Toronto during the 1920s. International real-estate developer Greenland Group is renovating the building...
Sustainable Buildings Canada (SBC) is hosting the Sustainable Built Environment Conference of the Americas in Toronto from September 19 to 20. Under the theme “Regenerative and Resilient Urban Environments,” the conference expects approximately 500...
Taking a look at Toronto’s changing waterfront
(12/15/2015)
Toronto’s Lake Ontario coastline is one of its most striking features, but over the years, parts have become derelict and run-down. In November 1999, the Waterfront Renewal Project was launched, with the Government of...
Cion, an Ingenium Group company, acquired Coulter Building Consultants to combine services and expand as one firm, Cion Coulter. Cion provides technical services tailored to the property and facilities management industry in Toronto. Coulter...