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Building Products Manufacturing
Feature Articles - Building Products Manufacturing
Burning communities the fire, not smoke, for building changes
The products are out there to make buildings more fire resilient, say product ma...
Others , Technology
Canada slow to join the global ‘Mod Squad’
Productivity growth within the construction industry requires more than the adop...
Others , Resource
What have COVID-19’s impact been on industrial warehouse supply and demand?
For the past year-and-a-half, COVID-19 has been reminding us that many personal...
Economic , Others
Novarc ‘cobot’ puts torch to welding skills gap
North Vancouver's Novarc Technologies 'cobot' is putting the torch to the weldin...
Labour , Others
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Top 20 U.S. Mega Project Starts
In 2020, there were 11 projects valued at $1 billion or more each, and 26 projects of 1 million square feet or more each.
Canada's Urban Population Growth
This infographic looks at the surge in Canada's urban population growth.
Canadian Demographics
This infographic looks at the latest Canadian population growth rates.
Below are articles from the latest Building Products Manufacturing Special Feature, published August 27, 2021 by the Journal of Commerce.
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Construction Material Costs – Spikes Everywhere
The breakouts in U.S. construction material input costs showed few signs of abat...
Economic
Industry Perspectives Op-Ed: Does the ‘Nudge Theory’ apply to trades and apprenticeship?
Recently I reacquainted myself with the research report It Pays to Hire an Appre...
Labour
Designed for disassembly: Projects built with their demise in mind
BC Housing, a Crown corporation that develops subsidized living quarters, has cr...
Projects , Resource
Canada’s first ‘wet process’ facility for contaminated soil to open in Calgary
By mid-summer, Calgary's construction and demolition industry, looking to dispos...
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PCL teaches critter tips to Australia, Texas crews
ORANGE GROVE, AUS. — Health and safety for PCL extends those who have more than...
OH&S
Risk expert assesses B.C. forestry sector
Rapidly changing situations around COVID-19, the war in Ukraine, corporate cultu...
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VIDEO: Royal Columbian Hospital site tour
The redevelopment of the Royal Columbian Hospital is a $1.49B three-phase redeve...
Associations , Infrastructure , Projects
Strong lumber prices boost Canfor Q1 profits 25 per cent despite pulp losses
VANCOUVER - Canfor Corp. is reporting a 25 per cent increase in net profits in i...