By BF Nagy According to a 2014 report in archdaily.com, Montreal’s Olympic Stadium has a special place in history as the most over-budget white elephant project in the world of architecture. It’s $148 million budget eventually increased to more than $1.6 billion. Today building energy and material waste are being minimized, a new chapter has been written for the Big O, and there are signs everywhere that construction industry productivity is finally being addressed by the sec

By Alicia Cappello Let me start with a little background. Over the last couple of decades, I’ve lived in six different places – two countries, two provinces, and one state. Plus, when I lived in the US, I worked in a different state from where I lived. This means that over the last couple of decades, I’ve had to learn the waste management rules of seven different locations. And it was, and is, not easy. I recently moved back to Ontario and am now in Trent Lakes. Trent Lakes i

By Charlotte Reboul The long awaited federal budget is a subject deserving of much spilled ink. Here is what we think you should know if you care, even just slightly, about clean air and water, and a safe climate: 1. A $109M budget for Carbon Pricing, over 5 years With this money, the federal government pledges to support the development and implementation of the long-awaited carbon pricing system. With such commitment, the government is working with provinces to put a price