Should NB Power Answer for Cost Overruns?
NB Power says the Energy and Utilities Board does not have the authority to question the “reasonableness” of bills it ran up during the Point Lepreau Nuclear Generating Station’s refurbishment because...
View ArticleThe Walking City
Halley Base V, a research base 1,400 kilometres from the South Pole on the 150-metre thick floating Bruntice Ice Shelf, was built on extendable stilts. But after 20 years, they were encased in 75 feet...
View ArticleMay 14, 2013: Industrial Spaces Reimagined
Presented in partnership with ReNew Canada and inspired by the Green Line Ideas Competition launched by Workshop Architecture Inc. in December 2012, the Green Line competition invites landscape...
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The Ed Lumley Centre for Engineering Innovation
The University of Windsor’s new Ed Lumley Centre for Engineering Innovation (completed in September 2012) is meant to inspire engineering students. Dean of the Faculty of Engineering Mehrdad Saif says...
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Report Offers Congestion Mitigation Solutions for GTHA
When and where the volume of commuters exceeds the capacity of infrastructure, traffic congestion is the inevitable result. Transportation failure is gradual and it becomes worse with time at an...
View ArticleNov 13 and14, 2013; CPCI Ontario, Infrastructure for Life Seminar
Organization: Canadian Precast/Prestressed Concrete Institute Where: Westin Bristol Place, Toronto, ON Website: https://secure.cpci.ca/seminars/about_build4.do Email: joel.rochefort@cpci.ca Ph:...
View ArticleJan. 30, 2014; OPWA Annual Conference
Where: Mississauga Grand, Mississauga Organization: Ontario Public Works Association Website: www.opwa.ca The post Jan. 30, 2014; OPWA Annual Conference appeared first on ReNew Canada.
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About the Cover: Smart Density
Watch the May/June 2014 edition of ReNew Canada take shape, through the eyes of Toronto artist Marc Ngui. It began with an initial sketch: From there, another concept was brainstormed: The two concepts...
View ArticleNovember 12, 2014: Optimizing Value in Investment Real Estate: Office,...
Where: St. Andrew’s Club & Conference Centre, Toronto Organization: Queen’s University’s Executive Seminars on Corporate & Investment Real Estate When: Wednesday, November 12, 2014, 8:30 am –...
View ArticleMar 10-12, 2015: Connecting Water Resources 2015
Where: The Westin Ottawa, 11 Colonel By Drive, Ottawa, ON Organization: Canadian Water Network Website: cwr2015.ca The post Mar 10-12, 2015: Connecting Water Resources 2015 appeared first on ReNew Canada.
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Oct 17-19, 2016: QUEST2016
Location: The Westin Calgary, Calgary, AB Organization: QUEST Canada Website: http://www.questcanada.org/quest2016 This year’s Annual Conference & Tradeshow is very special as QUEST will be...
View ArticleAction needed on community energy planning: report
Provinces and territories need to go beyond encouraging voluntary action at the local level to meet energy and climate objectives, finds a new report released by the Community Energy Association, QUEST...
View ArticleGNWT makes case for infrastructure investment
The government of the Northwest Territories has made its case to the federal government for more infrastructure investment in the wake of growing transportation and energy needs. Government officials...
View ArticleLedgett appointed to CCPPP board
Michael Ledgett has been appointed to the board of directors of the Canadian Council for Public-Private Partnerships (CCPPP). Michael has practised law in Ontario for more than forty years. As co-chair...
View ArticleFebruary 7, 2017: Today’s New and Developing Carbon Markets—Part 2
Where: Toronto, Ont. Organization: University of Toronto, School of the Environment Website: www.eventbrite.ca/e/todays-new-and-developing-carbon-markets-part-2 The post February 7, 2017: Today’s New...
View ArticleTender issued for Dartmouth General Hospital
The first tender for the expansion and renovation project at Dartmouth General Hospital has been issued. According to an article from the The Chronicle Herald, the tender was issued Tuesday with a...
View ArticlePeel Region receives $103 million for water infrastructure
The governments of Canada and Ontario have announced that 30 new projects in the Region of Peel have been approved under the Government of Canada’s Clean Water and Waste Water Fund. The federal...
View ArticleVIDEO: Manitoba-Minnesota Transmission Project overview
Manitoba Hydro has released a video simulation to show what the proposed Manitoba-Minnesota Transmission Project will look like. The project would allow the province to import up to an additional...
View ArticleHamilton, Ont., receives more than $30M for water infrastructure
Hamilton receives more than $30 million in federal and provincial funding for water infrastructure projects. Bob Bratina, Member of Parliament for Hamilton East—Stoney Creek, Ted McMeekin, Ontario...
View ArticleVIDEO: Diverging Diamond Interchange opens in Calgary
Calgary has become the first community in Canada to introduce a Diverging Diamond Interchange (DDI) into its transportation system. The $78-million project, located at Macleod Trail and 162 Avenue S.,...
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