For a generation of Canadians, a detached house on a private lot was the standard first home. Today, with property at a premium, sprawling suburban lawns and quiet family homes are being traded for condominium…
The Ontario Ministry of Environment, Conservation and Parks (MOECP) has revised the environmental approvals process in Ontario for air and noise emissions as of January, 2017. The new EASR regulation made under EPA is: O.…
I previously talked about master planning, but not everyone is lucky enough to get to make the decision about the location and layout of a subdivision within a community. So the question becomes, how can…
Master planning is step one in development. Sometimes it’s done through secondary plans, or subdivision plans. Whatever it is labelled, it is intended to be holistic and all encompassing. In this era where pedestrian usage…
The requirement to complete a Third Party Acoustic Audit may be included with an Ontario Ministry of the Environment and Climate Change (MOECC) Environmental Compliance Approval (ECA), or Renewable Energy Approval (REA). When we’re approached,…
I admit, I’m fascinated with snow. I like the way it sounds at -40°C, the way it blows ghost-like across back roads on my commute, the way it swirls. This could be due to the…
