Parking−lot field hospitals can be built in as little as two weeks, have anywhere from 40 to 93 beds and are connected to the hospital by covered walkways. The temporary buildings have their own heating, cooling, air filtration and permanent plumbing for washrooms and showers.

The online tool enables residents to build their own action plans to help the city realize its goal of shedding 1 million tonnes of CO2 before 2030, and being net zero by 2050.

The firms will work in joint venture to renew government research facilities across the country. Their contract could be worth as much as $100 million over five years.

The AMPED Sports Lab and Ice Complex in east-end Ottawa becomes the first complex of its kind to be certified as a zero-carbon building.

Construction of the projects is expected to begin as early as April, and will bring faster, more reliable internet service to more than 1,000 homes and businesses across the region by mid-2022.