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September 10, 2026
Construction
Counter-Tariffs and Buy Ontario Have Turned Material Sourcing Into a Contract Risk
Canada's counter-tariffs took effect on 8 September 2026 with rates as high as 50 per cent on steel, plasterboard and plywood, landing on projects already bound by Ontario's domestic content rules.
Canada
September 8, 2026
Projects
The Ontario Line at $34 Billion: Why Announced Baselines Cannot Be Used for Delay Analysis
Metrolinx has confirmed an estimate more than three times the figure announced in 2019 and says the number remains under pressure. The disclosure history matters more than the headline.
Ontario, Canada
September 4, 2026
Projects
Ontario's Move to Alliances and Progressive Design-Build Changes How Delay Is Attributed
The province's largest programs are being let as alliances and target-price progressive design-build rather than fixed-price P3s, shifting the question from who caused the delay to how the parties agreed to share it.
Ontario, Canada
September 2, 2026
Construction Law
Adjudication Has Become the Default Route, and Complexity Is Not a Defence
Ontario's Divisional Court has confirmed that a dispute's complexity does not oust an adjudicator's jurisdiction, at the same time as the January 2026 amendments widened the scheme's reach.
Ontario, Canada
August 31, 2026
Construction Law
Holdback Is Not a Security Blanket: What KingSett v. Mapleview Changes
The Court of Appeal has confirmed that holdback priority over a construction lender is measured against unpaid invoices, not the full value of the work, narrowing recovery in developer insolvencies.
Ontario, Canada
August 28, 2026
Construction
Labour Scarcity Has Decoupled From Market Weakness
A softer residential market is not producing available trades. Ontario faces a projected shortfall of 27,300 workers by 2035, with the non-residential peak arriving as retirements accelerate.
Ontario, Canada
August 26, 2026
Construction Law
CCDC's 2026 Design-Build Suite Moves the Warranty Clock to Ready-for-Takeover
The first design-build overhaul since 2013 arrives with two new progressive design-build forms and a milestone change that supplementary conditions will have to catch up with.
Canada
August 25, 2026
Construction Law
Prompt Payment and Adjudication: What We Are Seeing on Ontario Projects
Several years into Ontario's prompt payment and adjudication regime, the practical pressure has shifted from entitlement to evidence readiness on very short timelines.
Ontario, Canada
August 11, 2026
Construction Law
Concurrent Delay Continues to Drive Canadian Construction Disputes
How tribunals treat competing causes of delay remains the most consequential technical question in schedule disputes — and the least consistently analysed.
Canada
July 21, 2026
Projects
Canada's Infrastructure Pipeline Is Concentrating Schedule Risk in Interfaces
Large transit and utility programs continue to move ahead in phases, and the recurring failure point is not the work itself but the handoffs between packages.
Canada
July 14, 2026
Projects
Phased Delivery Inside Operating Facilities Is Its Own Discipline
Hospital and institutional redevelopment carries schedule risk that has little to do with construction productivity and everything to do with occupancy.
Ontario, Canada
July 2, 2026
Construction
Material Cost Volatility Is Reshaping Change Management
Escalation and supply timing continue to affect Canadian projects, pushing cost risk allocation to the front of contract negotiations.
Canada
June 24, 2026
Construction
Labour Availability Is Now a Planning Input, Not an Assumption
Trade availability and crew composition are shaping achievable durations on Canadian sites, and schedules built on tender productivities are increasingly optimistic.
Canada
June 9, 2026
Technology
ISO 19650 Adoption Is Becoming a Procurement Requirement
Information management requirements are appearing in more Canadian tender documents, and supply chains are being assessed on their ability to comply.
Canada
May 19, 2026
Firm News
Elite Analytics Expands Its Canadian Advisory and Claims Practice
The firm is deepening its Ontario base with added capacity in forensic delay analysis, expert reporting and data-led document review.
Mississauga, Ontario
These briefings are commentary prepared by Elite Analytics Inc. for general information. They are not legal advice and do not reproduce third-party news reports.
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