Impressive Victorian restoration for Brampton’s Alderlea house
Third-generation master plasterer Jean-Francois Furieri considers his restoration of the long-hidden ornate plasterwork in an iconic Brampton mansion, “one of my best Victorian restorations.”
View ArticleReport gives high marks to Ontario’s AFP model
Infrastructure Ontario’s (IO) Alternative Financing and Procurement (AFP) model for P3 projects has received a thumbs-up in a recent audit-style report that assigned IO top marks in key on-budget and...
View ArticlePHOTO: Project Picasso
Façade work continues at the Picasso on Richmond condominium project in Toronto, Ont.
View ArticleEngineer expertise needed in cap-and-trade system
The Ontario Society of Professional Engineers (OSPE) states Ontario’s intent to create a cap-and-trade system can drive imperative climate action and create new employment opportunities, but it has to...
View ArticleWorker killed at Highway 7 work site in Markham
MARKHAM—One worker is dead after a steel casing rolled and hit him at a work site in Markham, Ont. indicate York Regional Police and other published reports.
View ArticleGroundbreaking partnerships at P3 2015
Welcome to the 23rd straight year of CCPPP’s must-attend annual gathering of P3 decision-makers. The Annual CCPPP National Conference on Public-Private Partnerships is the premier international P3...
View ArticleOn a Scale of 1 to 10: A Rating of U.S. and Canadian Housing Markets
To paraphrase the ‘whole lotta shakin goin on’ lyrics of Jerry Lee Lewis, there are a whole lotta statistics being tossed about concerning residential real estate markets in the U.S. and Canada.
View ArticleChoose your poison in contracts wisely
Even the smallest, most innocuous clause matters in a construction contract, and if you don’t like what you’re reading during the bidding process, short answer: Don’t bid.
View ArticlePHOTO: Welcome to Humber
Work is moving along for the Humber College Welcome Centre at 2 Colonel Samuel Smith Park Dr. Toronto, Ont.
View ArticleFirst Gulf offers direct bus service, easy access to new Oakville building
Developer First Gulf has ensured that workers employed at its new office building currently under construction in Oakville, Ont. have multiple options to get to and from their jobs, thanks to a special...
View ArticleOntario, Quebec finance ministers look to accelerate P3 projects
The governments of both Ontario and Quebec are placing an emphasis on infrastructure investment, not only to address accumulating infrastructure deficits, but also to drive economic growth.
View ArticlePROCUREMENT PERSPECTIVES: The art of the addendum
I have always had concerns over the various ways that the addendum process is conducted.
View ArticleCommunication key building block for transit P3s: panel
Often times with complex projects there is a “need to go slow, to go fast,” stated Infrastructure Ontario’s Ehren Cory during a transit P3s panel discussion at the 23rd annual Canadian Council for...
View ArticleTory states P3s are in play for Toronto
Toronto mayor John Tory said a recent business mission to London, England sent a strong signal about the value of private sector ingenuity to fund and build major transit infrastructure projects.
View ArticleCan big data transform P3s?
The term “big data” describes data sets so large and complex that a new generation of data processing methods must be developed to analyze them.
View ArticleMontreal’s Maison Alcan redevelopment uncertain
A controversial plan to redevelop a treasured Montreal city block has been put on hold, but the reason cited is to study real estate implications, not the heritage considerations that had been the...
View ArticleCCA keeps progressing in Haitian trades school rebuild
Progress continues on the rebuilding of a Haitian trades school for the Canadian Construction Association (CCA).
View ArticleGround breaks on new Picton, Ont. emergency services centre
Prince Edward County in eastern Ontario has broken ground on a new fire and paramedic services facility in the town of Picton, a project which will consolidate these services under one roof.
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