All the best, The Editorial Team We will keep adding business units that enhance our offering and separate us from our competition. “ ” Editor From The Dear Reader, Welcome to the latest issue of Construction Source Canada, the magazine that highlights the best in building and building products across the country. In this edition, we’ve focused on companies that are looking towards the future and embracing innovation. In a lot of cases, that means pushing the envelope in terms of environmentalefficiency and sustainability. Globally, buildings are responsible for 40 per cent of carbon emissions – many of these companies recognize that and they want to do their part to make a change. Kearns Mancini Architects Incorporated is the best example – they are an award-winning architectural practice that has always strived to deliver environmentally-friendly buildings. They have been working with Passive House design since 2009, and today they are one of the few firms that do it in-house. To learn more about their process, and everything a passive house has to offer, we talked to Jonathon Kearns, CEO and Principal in Charge, Deborah Bryne, COO, and Rick Sealey, Project Manager. Also in this edition is Anxin Projects, the developer behind Squamish’s upcoming ‘AegeanHomes,’ a project that is very close to nature. Director Kelvin Pan calls that development a “unique and vibrant gateway to all-season mountain recreation,” as it’s on the doorstep of world-class mountain biking, kiteboarding, running, climbing, and hiking. Kelvin walked us through those opportunities, everything else the development has to offer, and Anxin’s long-term vision to provide more affordable housing to the market. There’s also Three Bridges Properties, the Vancouver-based developer behind the acclaimed ‘Gold House’ development in Burnaby, now working on ‘The Great Falls’ in Niagara. With ‘The Great Falls’ – which takes place on a 7.5-acre piece of land with over 2.2 million square feet of buildable space – they are building three towers which will comprise over 1,500 hotel and residential units and 336,00 square feet of commercial space. We spoke to Dan Zhang, Director and CEO, who walked us through his lofty vision for that project, as well as all the work they have done in the Niagara community in the course of making it happen. For those stories, and many more like them – about more forward-thinking and boundary-pushing designers, builders, and developers – just keep reading.
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