The event was held by Infor-
ma Canada, and accompanied
by PM Expo, DesignTrends,
the Home Builder & Renova-
tor Expo, The National Green
Building Conference and Con-
crete Canada who shared in
the limelight. Day 1 of the ex-
hibit had the city of Toronto
buzzing with excitement, and
had the biggest players within
the industry travel near and
far – from Alberta to Houston
and back -- to reach the annu-
al event. The 24th CEO Power
Breakfast kick-started the
three-day event on December
5th, and brought together the
industry’s most influential se-
nior executives to discuss the
future of Construction over
OJ and scrambled eggs. The
elite panel of members in-
cluded Dan McAlister, Chair-
man of B+H Architects, Jim
Dougan, President of Eastern
Canadian Buildings for PCL,
Mike Reinders, President of
Maple Reinders Constructors
and Douglas Smith, Principal
at Smith + Anderson.
This year’s guest list consist-
ed of 24, 000 attendees and a
roaring 1,050 exhibits, as well
as 450 motivational speakers
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