From engagement to execution, OHBA’s next chair leaves nothing to chance Early in her July photoshoot for this story, Christina Giannone posed near the front door of FRAM + Slokker’s head office [...]
Climate-resilient construction measures are coming to a code near you The City of Toronto earned a dubious honour on June 23, 2025. As the mercury hit 36°C, with a record-breaking humidex of [...]
With banks pulling back, alternative financing is picking up Usually, when you’re writing about financing construction projects, the first source is big banks, or “A lenders,” as they’re also [...]
Five luxury cottage builds that checked all the clients’ boxes With the world in such flux, cottage country provides a most welcome retreat for tens of thousands of Ontarians. But some new [...]
Founded: 1953 Members: 119 OHB: You folks were hit rather hard by the March 30 ice storm. Sandy Tuckey: “The region is still reeling from the damage. Personally, we lost at least 20 trees, [...]
Some renovation surprises are bigger than others. Hissing raccoons, infestations of mice and old newspaper clippings are typical surprises renovators come across during the course of a project. [...]
New Enerquality project examines carbon-conscious construction “The urgency to reduce carbon emissions in the building sector has never been greater—and Ontario’s building community is uniquely [...]
Could build-to-rent be a practical housing model in Ontario? While there’s no debate that Canada has a housing problem, the solution is complex. Affordability remains the highest hurdle. Although [...]
‘Buying Canadian’ is a noble pursuit, but suppliers are caught in the middle Back in 1969, when the late Pierre Elliott Trudeau, Prime Minister of Canada, travelled to Washington to meet with [...]
Greater Ottawa HBA Founded 1951 Members: 436 OHB: So how did a Newfoundland boy end up as GOHBA’s Executive Director? Jason Burggraaf: “I came to Ottawa to go to Carleton University and [...]
