About Us
About Building Edge
With costs escalating, unnecessary delays as the norm and stakeholder webs tangled, projects are becoming harder and harder to pencil and implement.
Building Edge is seized with solving your problems and pursuing opportunities as “partners” to unlock progress. It is uniquely positioned to deliver speed, quality and implementation support to maximize your competitive advantage by leveraging in-house expertise and strategic partners. Our goal is to save you time, money and manage risk.
The Building Edge Approach:
1. Anticipate and Strategize: “Skate to where the puck is going to be, not to where it has been” (Gretzky) by anticipating trends, shifts and emerging opportunities to stay ahead and be in the right position.
2. Find Common Ground: Establish common ground with partners and counterparties as the foundation by understanding their interests and priorities and focusing on shared goals to weather the storm.
3. Relentless Execution Mindset: Bridge the gap between plans and results by leveraging technical knowledge, networks and resourcefulness until vision becomes reality.


About the founder
Rob Krauss has 15+ years of experience at decision-making tables and advancing major projects, policy files and engagements. He has been at the centre of some of Canada’s most significant real estate development, infrastructure and economic development files.
As an expert where the public and private sectors converge, Rob understands how the pro forma, strategy and execution come together.
His previous experience includes:
- VP of Development, Infrastructure Ontario.
- Cabinet Minister’s Chief of Staff and Advisor to the Premier, Government of Ontario.
- Advisor to the Mayor and City Councillors, City of Toronto.
- Economic Development Officer, City of Toronto.
- Policy Chair, federal riding association.
Rob has played a pivotal role in past files, including:
- Supported Ontario’s Transit-Oriented Communities program and led specific integrated development projects located at several new subway station sites.
- Advanced Ontario’s historic subway projects from idea to reality and helped secure tri-level government funding commitments ($28.5B).
- Coordinated major legislative, regulatory and policy changes including Red Tape Reduction legislation, City Council resolutions and more.
- Expedited zoning entitlements and approvals for major real estate development projects and landmark sites.
- Administered development grant programs to incentivize ICI projects and brownfield remediation.
- Coordinated public, stakeholder and Indigenous engagements.
His industry-specific knowledge includes education in Real Estate Development (Cornell), Public Administration (Humber), Political Science (York) and formal training in Economic Development (Waterloo).