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By Leah Kellar
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2014 marks 95 years of firsts, in Canada and internationally,
for the award-winning firm of HH Angus and Associates Ltd. —
from its early days engineering the rudimentary beginnings of
electricity use to being among the first in the industry to design
sustainable buildings, well before it was standard practice.
HH Angus engineered the first district heating system in Cana-
da in the 1960s, now known as EnWave. The firm designed and
engineered the mechanical and electrical elements for the first
skyscraper in Canada (Cadillac Fairview’s TD Tower in Toron-
to), completed in 1967. The skyscraper was one of HH Angus’
first iconic commercial projects. Another landmark project was
Canada’s first sports stadium with a fully retractable motorized
roof—Toronto’s SkyDome opened in 1989, and is now known
as Rogers Centre. HH Angus also led the way in sustainable de-
sign and building as early as the 1980s when it incorporated
