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Margaret Patricia Eaton





May 2022  / Current  / Construction Services
“Delivering Your Vision Is Our Passion” – and Living by Those Words
CSM Group
Written by Margaret Patricia Eaton


Winner of two 2022 National Excellence Awards from Associated Builders & Contractors and listed by them as a top performer, CSM Group shows what can happen when you bring together an exceptional combination of people, processes, and experience.


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May 2022  / Current  / General Contracting
Building Quality Projects One Relationship at a Time
Buildings by Design
Written by Margaret Patricia Eaton


In 2017, Construction in Focus featured Buildings by Design (BBD) of Brush, Colorado with its full range of construction services, including pre-engineered metal building (PEMB) systems. Since then, the company’s commitment to going above and beyond for clients has worked wonders.


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May 2022  / Current
Tim-ber!
The Future of Wood in Construction
Written by Margaret Patricia Eaton


In the midst of the post-war building boom in 1949, just when steel and concrete skyscrapers reached impossible heights, Egon Glesinger wrote The Coming Age of Wood, published by Simon & Schuster. In it he described the global importance of wood as a raw material and predicted an increased demand for it in the future. At the time, no one took notice. Now they are.


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April 2022  / 2022  / Earth Month  / Current
The 25-Year Link
Strait Crossing Bridge Ltd.
Written by Margaret Patricia Eaton


The 12.9 km (8.9-mile) Confederation Bridge linking Prince Edward Island to the mainland is a stretch of the Trans-Canada Highway that crosses the Northumberland Strait. But that doesn’t begin to describe a structure which is the longest bridge in the […]


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April 2022  / 2022  / Architecture & Engineering  / Current
Living With Nature
Implications for Architecture
Written by Margaret Patricia Eaton


As I was researching how architects are integrating nature into the built environment, I recalled an interview I had done for my Art Talk newspaper column in 2015 with realist artist Angelica De Benedetti. She was exhibiting a collection of nature-themed oils and watercolour paintings entitled Nature’s Breath, and shared insights into how nature and even paintings of nature can induce feelings of well-being, which may have implications for architectural design and the positive effects it can have.


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February 2022  / 2022  / Construction Services
Wall to Wall Solutions for the World’s Floors
Gerflor Canada
Written by Margaret Patricia Eaton


Gerflor (with a soft ‘g’ as in ‘George’) Canada, with offices in Montreal and Toronto, offers design-led, innovative, decorative, eco-responsible, and complete solutions as one of the world’s leading flooring manufacturers.


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December 2021  / 2021  / Construction Services
Straight Talk About Smart Construction
Axis Construction and MODLOGIQ
Written by Margaret Patricia Eaton


It was our pleasure to catch up with John Buongiorno, Director of Axis Construction’s Modular Division in Hauppauge, New York, and Jim Gabriel, the new owner and President & CEO of MODLOGIQ, located in New Holland, Pennsylvania, previously featured in Construction in Focus in 2020. These industry leaders share their experience of the benefits, challenges, and future of modular construction, and a fruitful kind of collaboration.


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November 2021  / 2021
Designing for Seniors
Smart and Safe Senior Living
Written by Margaret Patricia Eaton


Since the Baby Boom generation arrived in 1946, it’s kept construction very busy. In the 50s it was bigger schools, in the late 60s, college campuses, and in the 70s and 80s, homes in the suburbs. Now Boomers are in their 70s, and they need something different from the industry…


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November 2021  / 2021  / General Contracting
Your Home, Your Way
CASE Design/Remodeling-Halifax and Archadeck Nova Scotia
Written by Margaret Patricia Eaton


Four years ago we featured Case Design Remodeling–Halifax and Archadeck Nova Scotia, award-winning companies dedicated to improving and transforming the way homes function, indoors and out. Now we’re checking in to learn how they fared during the pandemic.


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2021  / August 2021  / Construction Services
Working on the City of the Future, and the Future of the City
Vandyk Properties
Written by Margaret Patricia Eaton


At offices in Toronto, Ontario, and Sarasota, Florida, the driving force behind Vandyk Properties is a commitment to creating sustainable neighbourhoods and transit-oriented communities, with each project a reinvestment in the future.


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