Montgomery Sisam Architects’ new affordable housing project, Hamilton Passive House Modular Housing, will significantly reduce energy consumption, achieved through a self-regulated climate and temperature control system, and a near complete reliance on solar power.
Tag: Ontario
A new gravity dam, built as replacement to severely degraded Wabagishik Side Dams A and B in Sudbury, Ontario, utilized 6,700 m3 (1,473,794 gal) of concrete to achieve foundational integrity.
Ontario’s Provincial government lauded the U.S. Department of Commerce’s recent decision to lower “unfair” duty rates on Canadian softwood lumber exports—however, the government reiterated its position for all duty rates to be removed immediately.
The design for Algoma university’s Mukwa Waakaa’igan Indigenous Centre of Cultural Excellence in St. Sault Marie, Ontario, relies heavily on building expertise held by Anishinabek Nation Elders and community leaders, so to act as...
GTA firms break ground on Meadowvale Commerce Park
(07/26/2022)
H&R Real Estate Investment Trust (H&R REIT), headquartered in Toronto, Ontario, and Tribal Partners, based in Vaughan, Ontario, have begun work on two industrial facilities spanning over 31,400 m2 (337,000 sf) at Mississauga’s Meadowvale...
Construction firms EllisDon and DIALOG have received more than $550,000 from the Government of Canada to fund a study of hybridized mass timber materials, to be developed for achieving reduction in carbon emissions and...
Ontario carpenter strike comes to an end
(06/07/2022)
The provincewide strike of carpenters in the industrial, commercial, and institutional (ICI) sector in Ontario is now over.
Algonquin College, George Brown College, and Mohawk College have established a new four-year business degree, focusing on people working in skilled trades.
LANDinc and Martha Schwartz Partners (MSP) have been selected to design and construct the public realm of Toronto’s Ontario Place.
Designs for new Guelph Central Library unveiled
(10/26/2021)
The Guelph Public Library board of directors has approved the schematic design for the new Central Library recently presented by Diamond Schmitt Architects, including interior and exterior renderings.
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