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  In the face of extreme conditions affecting power supplies, microgrids can provide an uninterruptable solution. Storms of all types can wreak havoc on healthcare facilities, especially with their energy supply. Worst case scenario: these buildings lose power completely. If severe enough, power outages can last for quite some time. To counter this, having a…

Madison’s fleet superintendent, Mahanth Joishy, continues working on reaching the city’s ambitious goals for its vehicle fleet. It’s a challenge that he’s embraced and achieved success in but admits that Madison still has a long way to go. Because city vehicles work in a localized area and often return daily to city facilities where they…

In today’s uncertain economic and geopolitical climate, playing offense—in combination with playing defense—is competitively advantageous and critical for long-term success. Taking an entrepreneurial approach and focusing on business building is an effective offensive strategy. Through business building, incumbents can diversify, shore up, protect, and expand. In the wake of crises, business builders tend to outperform…

Generation Z doesn’t settle for the typical living environment. Over the past few years, their desires and societal changes have allowed us to push boundaries in how we design and deliver to our clients. We’re working to continually set the bar to provide living experiences that surpass the rest. There’s a good chance you’ve lived…

Society benefits, and invariably prospers, when people everywhere can more easily share their experience, knowledge and culture and exercise their spending powers. In association with the International Day of Persons with Disabilities, December 3, this guest column by Brad McCannell, vice president of access and inclusion with the Rick Hansen Foundation, reiterates that universal access…

A new student housing complex is open at the University of Victoria (UVic), the university’s largest capital infrastructure project to date. Completed a year ahead of schedule, the Sngequ House features 385 single-room dormitory-style beds, primarily for first-year students, and an Indigenous student lounge. “When young people move away from home for school, they need…