By Denise Deveau Project: Evergreen Brickworks Kiln Building (Building 16) Location: Don Valley area, Toronto Project manager: Ellis Don Architects: LGA Architectural Partners Mechanical Engineer: BGIS Mechanical Contractor:…

By Adam Freill The highway of Tom Cochrane’s life has taken him all over the world, including to the stretch of highway officially named in his honour, but his musical journey started with his first guitar at the age of 11. “I think I…

By Adam Freill What do you do with an 850,000 square-foot decommissioned cereal plant? Well, if you’re in London, Ont., you turn it into an entertainment mecca, of course. The former Kellogg’s plant is now The Factory, Canada’s…

By Simon Bowden Whether you view sinks and faucets as merely functional items that serve a purpose, or as ”jewelry for the kitchen and bathroom,” modern life would not be the same without these ubiquitous plumbing fixtures. The…

By Adam Freill One of the biggest challenges that faces a family business is the passing of ownership and management from one generation to the next. Some companies are able to navigate to a second generation, far fewer to a…

By Denise Deveau When Quebec City-based Chic Alors! owner Hugues Philippin had the chance to build a new restaurant, he decided a geothermal system would be the perfect choice. A mechanical engineer by education, the pizza restaurant…

By Mark Parliament and Alexandra Wennberg Parliament Around this time each year, with early season installs and retrofits pretty much wrapped up, it’s not unusual for sales to seem to flatline for contractors, so the focus goes to…

By Adam Freill Despite being one of the top curlers in the world, John Epping still plans his own schedule and answers his own phone. That’s life at the top levels of his sport, so it’s a good thing that he loves what he does. If he…

By Denise Deveau About a month ago, Longo Brothers Fruit Markets opened a new retail location in Stouffville, Ont., that achieves a near-net-zero rate of electrical energy consumption. The project is the first of its kind for a supermarket…

By Marty Silverman Grease, sludge, sand and ice stoppages can present a significant challenge for many cable drain cleaners, but water jetter machines are designed to slice right through these difficult blockages. Whether electric or…