The proprietary system could one day facilitate the construction of mass timber towers of 100 storeys or more, and which are net carbon zero.

Amada Froese assumes the role from retiring director Miguel Pelletier. She previously served as the director of infrastructure and development services for the Town of Saugeen Shores.

The contract, which is worth nearly $2 million, calls for the company to design a new structure to replace the 60-year old lift bridge on the western shore of Lake Ontario.

Ontario should consider additional penalties for supervisors who break construction rules, jurors at an inquest recommended Friday after examining the circumstances of a scaffolding collapse that killed four men in Toronto more than a decade ago.

Kevin Ellerby pled guilty to altering documents that bore a professional engineer’s seal and submitting them to a municipal authority without that engineer’s knowledge or consent.