We’re excited to announce the call for submissions for the 2013 BILD Awards. With so many exciting new projects released in 2012, this is bound to be an exciting year of competition. Each year, the BILD Awards recognize the very best of the GTA’s building and development industry, with the winners announced at a exclusive [...]
The National Sales and Marketing Awards (aka The Nationals) are coming up in Las Vegas and as usual, an impressive number of BILD members are finalists. It’s to be expected from one of the fastest-growing regions in North America, but a short-list featuring 52 entries from the GTA in the 53 available categories? That’s pretty amazing.
It was great to see everyone at Wednesday’s AGM. It’s a nice conclusion to the year and a time to start looking forward to the year ahead. We were also really excited to give out the Associate Awards. These awards were created in 2004 to recognize BILD associate members who work in the service, contracting, manufacturing [...]
This fall we teamed up with the Toronto Star have to create Shift Happens, an eight-part series that educates readers and elevates civic awareness around the land development, home building and renovation industry in the GTA. From places to grow to urban hubs to how homes get built in the first place, we’ve covered the topics [...]
With 2012 drawing to a close, it’s time once again for our Annual General Meeting. The AGM is an opportunity to celebrate our successes and reflect on the year that passed and the one ahead. We’ll hear from Paul Golini on the state of the industry as well as election results for the 2013 Board of [...]
Following the announcement by Canada Post regarding changes to the process of installing community mailboxes in new developments, BILD and the Canadian Home Builders’ Association (CHBA) have made media appearances on behalf of the industry to voice discontent.
BILD is rolling out an eight-part advertorial series in the Toronto Star called Shift Happens, which covers topics such as what it takes to build a home; when a neighbourhood has development potential; the economic impact of the renovation industry and more.
This year’s Green Building Festival, themed New Codes, Better Buildings, was hosted by Sustainable Buildings Canada and took place at the Evergreen Brickworks on October 11 & 12. The Festival welcomed about 200 industry leaders in the green innovation and technology sector for a two day conference filled with interesting speakers, workshops and panel discussions. [...]
Consumer confidence plays an important part in any market, and the new homes industry is no exception.
This is the last in a three part series looking at cities around the world with famously high skylines. After taking a look at the towers of Hong Kong, we explored the Chicago skyline, finding similarities and differences in both examples. In this instalment we’re going to examine yet another international city that has recently experienced a [...]
