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Specializing in residential high-rise concrete forming Office ITALFORM LIMITED Trailer Support 3 SIMPSON ROAD, BOLTON, ON L7E 1E4 TEL: (905) 857-8579 | FAX: (905) 857-9178 905 450-0500 ITALFORM www.italformlimited.com thefencepeople.com Daily Commercial News by Construct Connect® OCTOBER 30, 2018 www.dailycommercialnews.com VOL. 91 NO. 209 $5.23 plus HST GTA construction costs nearly at ‘crisis point’: CanaData speaker ALERT! In the event of a Canada Post strike, ANGELA GISMONDI “We’ve got construction cost particularly that are related to steel. Some of it is coming in you will have access to a digital copy STAFF WRITER on the highrise product which is running at terms of the way the trades have responded to of the Daily Commercial News: onstruction cost is one of the biggest between 10 and 15 per cent year-over-year rise. that uncertainty and a lot of the supply shortage www.dailycommercialnews.com/ issues affecting the economic forecast We’re seeing the fallout of that in terms of quite of trades as well.” issue in Canada, said the chief economist a number of projects, which have launched and Norman focused on the residential outlook C If you have any questions please from Altus Group at the recent CanaData sold, are now being cancelled because the cost during the Outlook Express panel discussion, 2018 conference in Toronto. of actually building it is escalating above the which also featured Raymond Wong, vice-pres- contact our Customer Relations team at 1-800-959-0502. “Construction cost is somewhat elevated right income that came in for that project. ident of data operations with Altus Group Ltd., now across the country in a variety of markets “This is being driven in part by the trade dis- and Alex Carrick, chief economist with Cana- but in the GTA in particular it’s almost at a crisis pute and the costs that are coming through in Data and ConstructConnect. point,” said Peter Norman. terms of steel and some of the other products See ECONOMIC, Pg. 3 In Brief Student project transforms Quebec City legislature pavilion an underground marvel Wolfville Farmers Market PATRICIA WILLIAMS WOLFVILLE, N.S. CORRESPONDENT The Wolfville Farmers Market in Nova new reception pavilion at Scotia has unveiled a new solar installation, the provincial legislature the largest in the town, that will power the Ain Quebec City is being market year-round. constructed underground to pre- The 20-kilowatt installation was under- serve the architectural integrity of taken with support from Bullfrog Power the heritage building. and the Atlantic Canada Opportunities Designed by a joint venture Agency, a statement noted. The grand of architects Provencher_Roy opening took place late last month. and Gagnon Letellier Cyr The project was initiated by Wayne Ricard Mathieu & Associes, the Groszko, applied energy research scientist 3,800-square-metre pavilion is nes- at Nova Scotia Community College, as a tled beneath the parliament build- student project. Students completed a solar ing’s existing staircase. feasibility study as part of a term assign- It is linked to an entrance with ment and then the market decided to an elevator located in the inner move forward with the proposed project. courtyard to allow access to the The solar panels sitting atop the market upper floors of the building, which now reduce the facility’s emissions foot- was completed in 1886. print by 16 tonnes of CO2 equivalent per Facilities are being expanded year and will save the organization $2,700 beneath the inner courtyard as per year in energy costs. The market is well. housed in a 9,000-square-foot facility that A 300-metre-long ramp orga- PROVENCER_ROY was once an apple warehouse. nizes the spaces of the 5,100-square- A 300-metre-long ramp organizes spaces in a new underground reception pavilion being constructed at “It represents everything the bullfrog- metre total expansion around an the provincial legislature building in Quebec City. The ramp also houses building systems. The entrance powered community stands for: helping agora. A central oculus provides a to the pavilion is seen in the background. The pavilion is scheduled to open next spring. advance clean energy development across view of the building’s tower. Canada; educating individuals on the ben- As of early October, construc- civil engineers WSP Canada Inc. security systems as well as to allow major upgrading work has been efits of renewable power; and supporting tion was about 80-per-cent com- and security consultants CSP Con- enhanced access by visitors. carried out in the building’s interior community groups as they develop these plete, said Nicolas Demers-Stod- sultants en Securite Inc. Construc- In addition to visitor reception courtyard. projects throughout the country,” said dart, a partner in Provencher_Roy. tion manager is Pomerleau. Con- areas, the pavilion also houses a Respecting the architectural Holly Bond, vice-president of regional The pavilion’s construction costs struction got underway in 2017. multifunctional educational hall, integrity of the building, designed sales for Bullfrog Power, in the statement. are estimated at $35 million. The addition of a reception an agora for holding conferences by architect Eugene-Etienne DCN NEWS SERVICES The project team includes elec- pavilion for the Quebec National and screenings, and two new par- Tache, was top of mind for the trical-mechanical engineering con- Assembly was recommended in liamentary committee rooms. architects. sultants CIMA+, structural and part to improve the building’s In parallel with the project, See CONSTRUCTION, Pg. 3 BUILDING REPORTS • CENTRAL 4–11 • EASTERN 11–13 • WESTERN 13–17 • NORTHERN 17–18 BIDDERS’ REGISTER 19–26 • CERTIFICATES AND NOTICES 27–32 • MARKETPLACE 31 • ECONOMY AT A GLANCE 2 Publications Mail Agreement 40064512 Design, Supply & Install, Rental • Stair access • Scaffolding • Slab edge protection • Shoring edge protection • Structural hoarding • Temporary fencing • Pedestrian protection • Weather / debris protection TCS Technical Concrete Solutions T: 905 761 9330 1341 Kerrisdale Blvd. E: [email protected] AND CONSTRUCTION RECORD SCAFFOLDING Newmarket, Ontario www.tcsscaffolding.ca News Daily Commercial Page 2 Daily Commercial News October 30, 2018 Economy at a Glance Daily Commercial News Prepared by Alex Carrick, ConstructConnect® Chief Economist AND CONSTRUCTION RECORD With U.S. tariffs on Chinese ‘parts’, advantage goes to Canada SERVING THE CONSTRUCTION INDUSTRY SINCE 1927 3760 14th Avenue, 6th Floor, Markham, Ontario L3R 3T7 in auto sector investments (Part 1) Phone: (905) 752-5408 • Fax: (905) 752-5450 www.dailycommercialnews.com The Trump Administration in Washington has Fuel efficiency is still best among cars, but recently imposed $200 billion in tariffs on imports ‘light trucks’ have also made significant strides in Mark Casaletto, President from China. Included in those new duty assess- reducing energy consumption, going partly elec- [email protected] ments are auto parts. tric and lowering harmful carbon emissions. Peter Rigakos, Vice President of Sales This action, along with another key develop- The clearly-defined switchover to greater con- [email protected] ment in Mexico, has introduced a strange twist sumer demand for ‘light trucks’ versus passenger (905) 752-5547 into the dynamics of where, in North America, cars began four years earlier in Canada (in early John Richardson, Vice President of motor vehicle assemblers may wish to carry out 2010) than in the U.S. (in early 2014). Customer Relations Canada future capital spending. Alex Carrick Graph 3 highlights that total annualized demand [email protected] Before getting into the meat of the matter, how- (in units) for motor vehicles in the U.S. has returned (604) 412-2206 ever, let’s first examine the history of motor vehicle to the same level (about 17.5 million) as before the Marg Edwards, Vice President of Content demand in the U.S. and Canada, as set out in Graphs 1 2009 recession, but it has stayed flat over the past three years. [email protected] through 3. After mid-2009, Canadian annualized demand for motor Graphs 1 and 2 show the shift that has been occurring in vehicles climbed steadily and the level at present (close to EDITORIAL consumer demand away from passenger cars and towards 2.1 million units) has far surpassed its former peak. Editorial inquiries: [email protected] To be continued in Economy at a Glance, Vol. 14, Issue 89. what are known in the industry as ‘light trucks’. The des- Vince Versace, National Managing Editor ignation ‘light trucks’ includes trucks short of heavy-duty [email protected] freight haulers and it also encompasses a vast array of highly For more articles by Alex Carrick on the Canadian and U.S. economies, please (905) 752-5544 popular vans and SUVs. visit: www.constructconnect.com/blog. Lindsey Cole, DCN/JOC Editor [email protected] Don Wall, Staff Writer Graph 1: Motor vehicle sales in the U.S. [email protected] (12-month moving totals) Angela Gismondi, Staff Writer 13.0 [email protected] 12.0 Maggie Cadeau, Editorial Associate Light Trucks 11.0 [email protected] 10.0 CONSTRUCTION REPORTS 9.0 BIDDERS’ REGISTER INQUIRIES The last data points are for August, 2018. 8.0 Toll free: 1-800-387-0213 • Fax: 1-800-794-6913 7.0 Based on not seasonally Phone: (905) 752-5540 • Fax: (905) 752-5431 adjusted (NSA) numbers. 6.0 [email protected]