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Merit Saskatchewan mixes laughs and plaudits for annual awards
PRINCE ALBERT, SK. - A Saskatchewan construction association is using humor to r...
Associations , Labour
Vancouver revamps regulation and rezoning resources
VANCOUVER - A tangled web of building regulations and bylaws is being streamline...
Government
EllisDon announces new senior management appointments
MISSISSAUGA, ONT. - EllisDon recently announced several new appointments to its...
Economic
Winnipeg mayor announces community centre renovation funds
WINNIPEG, MAN. – Winnipeg mayor Brian Bowman announced recently nine city-owned...
Government , Infrastructure
Regina homebuilding hits historic slump
The Regina homebuilding industry, hit by multiple regulatory and economic punche...
Associations , Economic
Industry, economists weigh in on lifting of tariffs on Canadian steel, aluminum
TORONTO - The lifting of U.S. tariffs on imported steel and aluminum from Canada...
Economic
8 Mid-May Economic Nuggets
Inflation, Stock Markets and Interest Rates The U.S. ‘all-items’...
Economic
Your Top JOC Headlines: May 13 to May 17
This week’s stories feature the new Alberta government promising a big tax break...
Economic , Government , Projects , Resource , Technology
Pentagon shifting $1.5 billion to border wall construction
WASHINGTON — The Pentagon is shifting $1.5 billion in funds originally targeted...
Government , Infrastructure
PHOTO: Moving Up Bay Street
Floors continue rise on the first phase of the new CIBC Square on Bay Street in...
Projects
Engaging all parties early is key to lean, expert says
It’s just as important to maintain a lean construction mindset when projects go...
Associations , Projects
Your top DCN stories for May 13 to 17
This week’s top DCN headlines cover surplus land use, a safety awareness drive,...
Economic , Government , OH&S , Projects
B.C. to study feasibility of North Shore rapid transit crossing
VANCOUVER - The government of British Columbia, Translink, and municipal funding...
Government , Infrastructure , Projects
Ontario government asks feds to expedite approvals for 54 projects
TORONTO — The provincial government is calling on the federal government to “put...
Government
Broccolini to build its first Toronto residential highrise
MONTREAL — Broccolini, a Montreal-based mixed-use developer and the developer be...
Projects
Trudeau offers Canadian lumber, steel for Notre Dame Cathedral
PARIS — Canada is offering softwood lumber and steel to help with the reconstruc...
Government , Projects
Rising oil prices and lower taxes brighten Alberta’s prospects late this year and in 2020
After posting solid growth throughout most of 2018, the Alberta economy hit a sp...
Economic
Top 10 major upcoming Atlantic and Manitoba, Saskatchewan construction projects – Canada – May 2019
The accompanying tables show the top 10 largest upcoming Atlantic and Manitoba,...
Economic
Top 10 major upcoming Courthouse and Jail and Prison construction projects – U.S. – May 2019
The accompanying tables show the top 10 major upcoming Courthouse and Jail and...
Economic
Create new coast to cost energy corridor to get pipelines built: Scheer
TORONTO - Conservative Leader Andrew Scheer says Canada needs a coast-to-coast e...
Government , Resource
Calgary company testing new geothermal technology
Calgary, Alta.- The federal government is chipping in $6.7 million to support an...
Government , Technology
PHOTO: Work and Shop Space
Work is moving along on the office and retail project 80 Atlantic Ave. in Toront...
Projects
Surplus land can ease province’s affordable housing challenge: report
New research shows that although some government-owned properties are already be...
Associations
Canadian home sales climb higher in April, but decline in Lower Mainland
OTTAWA - The Canadian Real Estate Association says home sales in April posted th...
Economic
Western Canada left out of Smart Cities wins
OTTAWA - The Government of Canada has announced the winners of the Smart Cities...
Government , Infrastructure
Industry Perspectives: New Study Proves the Financial Case for Zero Carbon Buildings
It’s a fact: Zero Carbon Buildings are not only good for the planet, but a good...
Economic , Infrastructure
End of U.S. tariffs on Canadian, Mexican steel and aluminum close: Mnuchin
OTTAWA — A top Trump administration cabinet member says the end of punishing ste...
Government , Resource
EllisDon announces new senior management appointments
MISSISSAUGA, ONT. — EllisDon recently announced several new appointments to its...
Economic
Winners of Smart Cities Challenge split $75M in funding to implement visions
OTTAWA — The four winners of the country’s first-ever Smart Cities Challenge, an...
Projects , Technology
Government investing over $345M for Quebec roads
BOIS-DES-FILION, QUE. — The federal government is investing more than $345.4 mil...
Infrastructure
U.S. Industry Snapshot – Construction Starts Settled into More Normal Pattern in April, +3% M/M
In its latest U.S. Industry Snapshot, ConstructConnect announced today that the...
Economic
Top Trump administration cabinet member says the end of punishing steel and aluminium tariffs on Canada and Mexico is close at hand.
OTTAWA - A top Trump administration cabinet member says the end of punishing ste...