Earlier this week, the team led by PCL Constructors announced the topping-off of the new Patient Support Centre at The Hospital for Sick Children in Toronto.

A new study confirms that quality-based selection of design professionals leads to better quality construction documents, and cost and schedule performance.

The funding will be used to refit the school building with solar panels, high-efficiency windows, power-assisted doors and a rooftop solar array, all of which should cut its energy consumption by 60 percent.

The Ontario Transit Group has been tipped to deliver the Ontario Line South Civil, Stations and Tunnel component, while Connect 6ix is the preferred proponent for the Rolling Stock, Systems, Operations and Maintenance component.

Construction of the 85,000-square-foot facility in Queensville, near Leslie Street and Jim Mortson Drive, will take place over approximately 26 months and is slated to start next month.