Resurrecting The Past The Faro Mine Remediation Project is one of the most complex abandoned mine cleanup projects in Canada. Opened in 1969, it was the largest open pit lead-zinc mine in the world, at one time. It was abandoned in 1998. The remediation project was established to prevent contamination of the [...]
Making it Last By Heather Romito For more than 50 years, the Louis-Hippolyte-La Fontaine bridge-tunnel has been an important part of Montreal’s busy infrastructure. In that time, it has served the geography well but has seen some inevitable wear and tear. The Québec Ministry of Transportation is taking on the daunting task [...]
The Future of the Community Library By Heather Romito While the Dewey Decimal System may be online rather than in a card catalogue these days, one thing that hasn’t changed is the importance of libraries as a place for communities to come together. Recognizing this, the Edmonton Public Library (EPL) decided to [...]
A Creative Incubator in Montreal’s Quartier des spectacles By Heather Romito A joint effort between The Société d’habitation et de développement de Montréal (SHDM) and Montréal architect firm, Provencher_Roy, has resulted in the visually stunning and sustainable Îlot Balmoral Building. Located in the heart of Montreal’s Quartier des spectacles, the Balmoral represents [...]
By Dave Carpenter Calgary’s Historic City Hall is a National, Provincial and Municipal Heritage Resource. It has stood for 109 years, and after four years of meticulous work on the facility, Darrel Bell’s confident it will last for a hundred more. Bell, the Acting Director of Facility Management for the City of [...]
By Dave Carpenter You can imagine the satisfaction that the project team felt this past September upon the completion of Calgary's Crowchild Trail Upgrades project, one of North America's most innovative transportation construction projects deemed 'never been done before' in the media from the outset. The upgrades stemmed from a multiyear transportation [...]
By Dave Carpenter As Manager, Capital Projects, Town of Oakville, Nick Valerio played a central role in the recent completion of the Oakville Trafalgar Community Centre that’s received high praise in this community west of Toronto. That said, Valerio is quick to point out that the new community centre would have never [...]
By Dave Carpenter Upon taking on Library and Archives Canada's new preservation facility project, Nathalie Ethier was so excited; she felt like it was her baby. Except this baby should live for 500 years. Nathalie Ethier is the Project Director, Library and Archives Canada (LAC) for the new, and second, preservation facility [...]
By Tina Costanza For many Canadians, one image that comes to mind when they think of Canada is the Centre Block and its Peace Tower on Parliament Hill in Ottawa. The team behind its restoration and modernization — the largest and most complex heritage rehabilitation project ever seen in Canada — has [...]
By Tina Costanza A $205-million West Side Modernization Project at Port Saint John in Saint John, New Brunswick, will boost shipping opportunities that will have positive impacts on the economy at the local, provincial and national levels. In partnership with the Government of Canada and the Province of New Brunswick, the project [...]