Profiles

Seeing a load of mechanical equipment flying high in the sky is old hat for Ian Bergeron of Sprint Mechanical, but he still gives each event his full care and attention...

With climate scientists predicting that average annual global temperatures will continue to rise, summers are expected to last longer...

More and more commercial toilet installations in North America are using in-wall carrier systems, but the path to hidden plumbing is not exactly new for those with a well stamped passport...

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: Engie Mulitech Size of building: 55,000 sq. ft. Geofield: 40 bore holes, 600 feet deep Equipment:…

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 was like a lot of kids at that time,” he said during a recent interview from his Toronto home.…

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 largest indoor family fun centre, sporting an indoor adventure park with a high-ropes course, a…

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 companies that design and manufacture these items must provide enough variety to cater to every taste…

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 third, but Canada’s second oldest company has been a family-owned enterprise since 1786. Andrew Molson,…

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 owner says he was determined to build the most environmentally sustainable operation he could.…

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 sales strategies that will help keep the business profitable during the mid-winter season. For…