Special Feature
General and Trade Contracting
Below are articles from the latest General and Trade Contracting Special Feature Newsletter, published May 28, 2021 by the Journal of Commerce.
Feature Articles - General and Trade Contracting
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Expenses write-off could help ease labour shortage: CBTU
Canada's Building Trade Unions (CBTU) has a solution it believes will help solve...
Government
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BCCSA explores how best to safely handle hazardous isocyanates
A recent webinar by the BC Construction Safety Alliance (BCCSA) was on a subject...
OH&S
![Deconstruction: A new way to make old buildings disappear](https://cc-production-uploads-bucket.s3.amazonaws.com/uploads/2021/05/PC_UnbuildersMainWEB-01-300x169.png)
Deconstruction: A new way to make old buildings disappear
Unbuilders is a young Vancouver company that deconstructs — dismantles — residen...
Projects
![Go-getter drive and a single excavator got RG Excavating rolling](https://cc-production-uploads-bucket.s3.amazonaws.com/uploads/2021/05/GC_RobGrantMainWEB-01-300x169.png)
Go-getter drive and a single excavator got RG Excavating rolling
Nearly 30 years ago, Rob Grant of Victoria, B.C., took the plunge, bought an exc...
Economic
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In 2020, there were 11 projects valued at $1 billion or more each, and 26 projec...
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Calgary easing outdoor water restrictions, re-opening public pools
CALGARY - Calgary is easing some outdoor water restrictions after a major water...
Government , Infrastructure
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Repeatability at scale the key to success for modular construction
So many factors suggest a promising future for modular home construction in Nort...
Technology , US News
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Governments see modular as part of Canada’s housing solution
Government initiatives, both federally and provincially, addressing the national...
Government , Technology
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Lack of product standardization hindering mass timber construction’s growth
Mass timber construction is making headlines, especially in Toronto and Vancouve...
Resource
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Combined federal, provincial infrastructure investment of $327.8M in Saskatchewan
REGINA – The federal government and Government of Saskatchewan are investing mor...
Government
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Canada’s restrictive Single Egress Staircase regulations under review
“Will that be one staircase or two?” As taller multi-level residential developm...
Government
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Toronto construction costs remain stubbornly high: RLB
The latest North American Quarterly Cost Report from Rider Levett Bucknall (RLB)...
Economic
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$48M public safety building to rise in Esquimalt
A lone orange excavator is parked on an expanse of grey-brown dirt a short dista...