Recognized for sustainable design excellence, Toronto Metropolitan University’s Daphne Cockwell Health Sciences Complex in Toronto was honored by American Institute of Architects Committee on the Environment’s 25th annual COTE Top Ten Awards. This 28-story vertical campus also earned LEED Gold certification through the Canada Green Building Council.
Finance minister and Deputy Prime Minister Chrystia Freeland visited ROCKWOOL’s Milton, Ontario, manufacturing plant on Nov. 7, along with local MP Adam van Koeverden.
The Canadian Construction Materials Centre recently added the new TYPAR Construction Tape to its list of approved products, making the complete TYPAR Weather Protection System now available to the Canadian market. Builders throughout Canada can now rely on the company’s industry-leading limited lifetime warranty that covers both labor and materials when the complete TYPAR Weather Protection System—which consists of TYPAR BuildingWrap, Flashing and Construction Tape—is installed.
A symbol of downtown Edmonton’s renaissance, Enbridge Centre’s Class AA 575,500-square-foot office building earned LEED Gold certification for Commercial Interiors through the Canada Green Building Council. Continuing to demonstrate its commitment to sustainability, the property also earned LEED Platinum, the highest level of certification, for Existing Buildings Operations and Maintenance.
Ware Malcomb, an award-winning international design firm, announced on Sept. 27 that Catalina Rocha has been promoted to Studio Manager in the firm’s Vaughan, Ontario, office. As Studio Manager, Rocha is responsible for leading the Architecture team and managing clients and select projects.
AD and Torbsa Limited, a building supplies buying group in Canada, are announcing an agreement to merge the two groups. The merger is expected to close July 1, 2022.
The American Concrete Institute (ACI) announced the winners of the 2020 Excellence in Concrete Construction Awards, who were honored during the Institute’s Virtual Concrete Convention, on October 26, 2020.
It was more good news for Georgina Trades Training Inc. (GTTI), as the province announced more than $4 million in funding for its new Skilled Trades Institute on July 3.
Benjamin Obdyke is bringing its flagship product, HydroGap, to Ontario, Canada, after receiving certification from the Canadian Construction Materials Centre.
AD, the contractor and industrial products wholesale buying/marketing group, reported a 7 percent increase in member sales, across 12 AD divisions, totaling $10.2 Billion.