Feature Articles

Environmental remediation has become more and more commonplace in urban developments in recent years. Numerous government jurisdictions offer incentives to develop brownfields within [...]

As municipalities look to slow urban sprawl, planners look to create high-density development through intensification in and around urban centres and near transit hubs.  In urban areas there are [...]

When dealing with poor soil conditions on a development site, your first thought might be excavations, concrete, rebar, and lots of dump trucks.  This is largely how the industry has been run for [...]

A typical safety meeting goes something like this… “last week we had 5 near miss incidents, we have to do something about this, something has to change!” states the safety manager. With earnest [...]

Ground improvement techniques have become commonplace in Ontario over the last decade. Owners, developers, contractors, engineers, and architects have all taken notice of the many advantages [...]

Innovative Solutions for the Redevelopment of Brownfield Sites Those who have been involved with brownfield redevelopment projects know there can be significant risks in removing impacted soils [...]

Getting out of the ground is one of the major sources of cost and schedule risk on your construction and/or development projects.  In certain cases, the soils on your project are unsatisfactory [...]

Increased density and urbanization in Ontario has created the need to infill urban areas and construct new structures on sites that do not have adequate bearing capacity at founding level. [...]

Have you experienced the following scenario? You’ve found a site, you assembled the properties, the zoning looks good, and the price looks just about right for your pro forma. But then you are [...]