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Working collaboratively

There is a growing trend across the country in favour of design-build, integrated project delivery (IPD) and public-private partnerships.

New market realities, increasingly complex pro- jects, work overload, limited budgets, delivery times and labour shortages have given Cana- dian clients a clearer picture of the advantages of completing projects in alternative or colla- borative mode, and they are embracing these methods.

In this context, general contractors are putting their expertise to work for their clients, archi- tects and engineers for the duration of the lifecycle of the structure, and they re willing to share in the risk.

Project financing

Collaboration also extends to financing construction costs, which represents an obs- tacle for most developers.

Seeking new business opportunities, contrac- tors are increasingly participating one way or another in the project financing or development process.

Lenders, who are striving to reduce their risks, are turning to contractors to obtain various insu- rances, certifications and agreements pertai- ning to project construction and delivery.

Sustainable construction

This transformation is benefiting all parties concerned: the construction industry itself, but also society as a whole because it will make it possible to build more quickly, at lower cost, more safely and more sustainably.

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Association des constructeurs de routes et grands travaux du Québec, École de technologie supérieure (Université du Québec), Groupe de recherche en intégration et développement durable en environnement bâti, April 14, 2021.

4. Modular construction: From projects to products, McKinsey & Company, June 18, 2019. 5. An overview of construction and demolition waste management in Canada: a lifecycle analysis approach to sustainability, Yeheyis, M., Hewage, K., Alam, M.S. et al., February 2013. 6. 2020 Global Status Report for Buildings and Construction: Towards a Zero-emission, Efficient and Resilient, Buildings and Construction Sector, Global Alliance for Buildings

and Construction, October 2021.

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