The CEO: the modern day housekeeper

A layman’s view (not an architect) I have probably read thousands of historical novels and history books. It occurred to me that in some ways…

February 24, 2019

China and Canada: wood trading

The Globe and Mail published an article in early December 2017 entitled Ottawa holds up venture capital deal to highlight benefits of Beijing ties. The…

February 22, 2019

Size matters

I was happy to read that the sale of Aecon was recently scuttled. It was a bad idea from the start. PCL, Ledcor and others…

February 15, 2019

Travelling to understanding

A layman’s view (not an architect) I was in my forties the first time I visited Europe. My family emigrated from Europe, mostly France and…

February 11, 2019

The future of architecture: valuing and expanding on our heritage

In August of this year, I graduated for the second time. After having spent four years deep in academia at the University of Toronto –…

January 24, 2019

Expect the unexpected

I’m going to start off by saying I have no direct, hands-on, experience with this subject. But I know of it, and that this is…

November 21, 2018