Editor’s Message

Joshua Mutize, PQS Welcome to 2014!

Ihope you all had an enjoyable 2013 and have had a good start into your business and personal goals and objectives for 2014.

In this issue, we bring to you three exciting articles that I believe you will enjoy reading and that will also inspire you on the vast potentials in 2014. • Construction trends by BTY Group • Top 10 emerging technologies 2014 by Oliver Cann, Associate Director,

Media Relations at World Economic

Forum • Subways or light rail transit by Terry

Harron (see page 20 for article)

Construction trends

2014 is already building some momentum with strong industry capital investments in energy, innovations, and residential as well as commercial construction. Canadian growth in this sector continues to be healthy with continued sustainability in the oil and gas industry

In this issue, we bring to you three exciting articles that I believe you will enjoy reading and that will also inspire you on the vast potentials in 2014.

coupled with new civil works in the mining sector.

For more information on Construction Industry trends, please see the article on page 24 by BTY Group. The article provides a broader view of trends by province. We have also provided a great reference on construction escalations by province for 2014-2016. Please exercise good judgement when using this information. We encourage readers to make their own research and use this reference for comparison purposes.

Top 10 emerging technologies 2014

In reading these top 10 technologies, I believe some of them will impact our industry in one way or the other – bring new projects or a need to refurbish existing infrastructures in order to accommodate these emerging technologies. Some of the industries that will benefit the most are healthcare construction, the mining industry and energy sectors.

For more details see page 16 for the article Top 10 Emerging technologies 2014 by Oliver Cann, Associate Director, Media Relations at World Economic Forum

If you have ideas about other subjects or topics to cover, please let us know!

Have a happy summer!

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