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Time is money. It’s a cliché but a constant in the construction sector. The question is, can technology speed up the process once shovels get in the ground and more importantly can robotics ultimately...

Ontario residential construction stakeholders have unqualified praise for a recent Housing Affordability Task Force report that calls for sweeping changes to the province’s planning, zoning...

The projects selected as part of the Ontario Architecture Association (OAA) Shift 2021 Resiliency Architecture Challenge demonstrate how architectural thinking and design can lead to new approaches to...

Nine projects ranging from a music hall in Ottawa to a power generating station in Niagara Falls to a Toronto memorial commemorating Chinese railroad workers are the top selections in the Ontario...

Developing equity, diversity and inclusion (EDI) strategies and policies are among the challenges many companies in the construction and design world face today. At a recent webinar exchange...

B+H + MCCALLUMSATHER - Joanne McCallum, executive officer, co-founder and director of Hamilton-based mcCallumSather, was a panellist during an Ontario Association of Architects seminar entitled The...

Asked by its association to come up with innovative ideas that demonstrate how the profession is uniquely positioned to inspire social change, Ontario’s architectural professionals responded with...

A new awards program is meant to “create the enabling conditions for the industry to really embrace equity, diversity and inclusion,” says Rosemarie Powell, executive director of the Toronto Community...

Four members of Canada’s Black architects community offered advice on partnering with other Black professionals and maintaining strong alliances with supportive white colleagues during a recent online...

With mass timber gaining acceptance for a new breed of midrise buildings, often coined “the missing middle,” architects and code consultants face hurdles getting building permit approvals for designs...

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