The first mass-timber academic building in Ontario is rapidly taking shape at Toronto’s Centennial College. The A-Block Expansion Project will have the potential to be the province’s first net-zero carbon, mass-timber, LEED Gold-certified higher education facility when completed in 2023. The $105-million addition to Centennial’s A-Block building forms the gateway to its [...]
Few construction companies have the legacy of Double V Construction—50 years of building British Columbia. Double V traces its history to the early 1960s, when all 10 of the Van Vliet brothers moved to British Columbia. Their early passion for construction and attention to detail is evident in early projects such as [...]
In 2022 Western Canada's leader in project and construction management, and multi-disciplinary engineering services, RAM Consulting (RAM), celebrates 15 years of providing solutions in heavy civil and infrastructure. Started in 2007 by fellow UBC Civil Engineering graduates Joe Di Placito (Principal) and Ziad Boustany (Principal), RAM quickly distinguished itself as a market [...]
In 2022, Vancouver’s leading geotechnical engineering firm, Horizon Engineering, a celebrates 25 years of excellence in 2022. The same principles that got Horizon to where it is today is what the company leans on going forward, Karen Savage, P. Eng (President) tells Business Elite Canada. “We endeavour to provide engineering that is: [...]
For over 40 years, Quebecois companies and individuals have trusted Groupe LOU-TEC for their heavy machinery, tools, and specialized equipment needs. Thanks to a new partnership and strategic growth plan, the clientele-base is about to broaden. Founded in 1979, Groupe LOU-TEC is one of the leading equipment rental companies in Quebec, operating [...]
Western Canada's leader in project and construction management, and multi-disciplinary engineering services, RAM Consulting (RAM), is growing. The leading multi-disciplinary firm recently acquired two companies to expand both its services and its geographical reach. Started in 2007 by fellow UBC Civil Engineering graduates Joe Di Placito (Principal) and Ziad Boustany (Principal), RAM [...]
The Phoenix Group of Companies is a world-class industrial contractor providing integrated, end-to-end services and products for clients in oil & gas, power management, energy, and more. Phoenix has been a recognized leader in workplace safety and quality for large-scale construction projects across Western Canada since 1995, offices and fabrication facilities located [...]
Business Elite Canada spoke with CIF President, Jack Fomenoff, about CIF’s history and this milestone anniversary. By Anna Guy CIF Construction LTD, the Prince George-based concrete and civil contractor, is a well-known name in the mining, oil and gas, forestry, pulp and paper, bioenergy, wind energy, commercial and municipal industries. For 30 [...]
Patrick J. Dillon – Biography Patrick J. Dillon is the Business Manager and Secretary Treasurer of the Provincial Building and Construction Trades Council of Ontario. He has held this position since 1997 and was most recently re-elected to that role in 2018. Patrick began his career in the construction industry as an [...]
Research Driven, Industry Focused Bringing people together is part of the Ontario Construction Secretariat’s (OCS) nature and one of the core reasons it exists as an organization. Back in the 1970s, there was a great deal of instability in Ontario’s Industrial, Commercial, and Institutional (ICI) construction sector, and the provincial government felt [...]