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JASON FALOVO / Vice-President/General Manager, Canada, Cradlepoint

On wireless platforms for next generation construction sites:

“This new way of working means jobsites must be connected to the internet. That can be hard to achieve when infrastructure is yet to be built, but Wireless Wide Area Networks (WWANs) and the latest generation of cellular technology, 5G, fit the bill to help move massive amounts of data between many people and devices throughout the construction lifecycle.”

JACOB STOLLER / Principal, StollerStrategies

On the use of telematics as an essential source of enterprise data:

“Equipment managers are getting requests for data from parts of the organization that until recently had little interest in what the equipment was doing… It’s not just executives that need the numbers, however. Data can be a powerful tool for encouraging field personnel to pay more attention to their own impact on the environmental footprint.”

DAVID BOWCOTT /Managing Director, Construction, NFP Corp.

On the impact of broad-based inflation on the insurance industry, and customers in the construction industry:

“When it comes to property and casualty insurance, especially within the construction sector, global price increases have been substantial with prices going up 25 per cent for each of the past four years. These increases have hit construction stakeholders in two ways: first on their practice, or annual, insurance policies; and second, and perhaps more expensively, on their project-specific insurance policies.”

ERIN CUTTS / Partner, Construction Group, Borden Ladner Gervais LLP

On change and amendment provisions of contracts:

“… depending on the circumstances of the contract at issue, it is always a possibility that a contractor who carries out change work without proper authorization risks being denied payment for the unauthorized work. Accordingly, it is important that contractors understand the change and amendment provisions of their contracts and follow the required processes under those provisions prior to undertaking any work outside of the base scope of their contract.” www.on-sitemag.com

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AGO to add 40,000 square feet

The initial designs have been released for the Dani Reiss Modern and Contemporary Gallery at the Art Gallery of Ontario (AGO), a massive expansion project set to increase the museum’s gallery space by 40,000 square feet. The downtown Toronto project will increase the AGO’s total available space to display art by 30 per cent adding at least 13 new galleries across five floors. The design of the addition has been the work of architectural partners Diamond Schmitt, Selldorf Architects and Two Row Architect.

The project is being made possible through a lead gift of $35 million from Dani Reiss, the chairman and CEO of Canada Goose. The Dani Reiss Modern and Contemporary Gallery will sit one story above the AGO’s existing loading dock, nestled between the AGO and OCAD University.

The addition will feature an all-electric mechanical plant that uses no operational carbon and creates no emissions. The AGO plans to seek CAGBC Zero Carbon Operating Building certification,

Contract awarded for B.C. museum

Maple Reinders has been awarded a $204.8-million contract for the construction of the Royal B.C. Museum (RBCM) Collections and Research Building in Colwood, B.C., Lekwungen Territory. The procurement and partnering process was conducted by the Province of British Columbia, Royal B.C. Museum, and Esquimalt and Songhees Nations.

The new 15,200-square-metre (163,611-square-foot) facility will be an advanced, sustainable, and culturally sensitive building that will serve as a community and learning hub for the region. Once complete, the new facility will house the museum’s collections, research departments, learning spaces and the B.C. Archives. Plans call for extensive use of mass timber construction, and that the building be constructed to meet CleanBC energy efficiency standards, and be LEED Gold Certified.

“We are humbled to have been chosen to design and construct this important cultural facility,” said Reuben Scholtens, vice-president of major projects at the Maple Reinders Group. “Our team is committed to delivering a world-class facility that will not only serve as a community and learning hub but will reflect and pay respect to the deep cultural connections the local Indigenous peoples have to the place where the facility will stand.” which would make it one of a very small number of museum spaces to accomplish this. It will also be built to Passive House standards, for maximum heating and cooling efficiency.

Construction on the project is set to begin this summer, with completion expected in 2026.

Construction is expected to commence in 2024, with EllisDon serving as the project construction manager.