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Progress continues on First Cobalt battery plant
Once complete, the expanded facility will become the only refiner of battery-grade cobalt sulfate—products used to make electric-vehicle batteries—in North America, and the second largest outside China.
Senate of Canada Building wins international design award
Completed in 2019, the project took top honours in the Government Buildings category in this year’s International Architecture Awards.
Lafarge supplies near-zero CO2 footprint cement on Kingston project
Lafarge is working with Habitat for Humanity on the project, and will donate all the concrete required for the building’s footing, walls and floors.
Report: Canada must climate-proof its infrastructure investments
The climate crisis is here and its impacts, such as record-breaking high temperatures in Western Canada, are bringing new risks and challenges for the nation’s infrastructure.
Alexandra Park development wins ULI Global Award for Excellence
The Toronto Community Housing Corporation community was the only one in Canada to earn the honour, and received a ULI Americas Awards for Excellence earlier this summer.