Special Feature
Construction Year in Review
Below are articles from the latest Construction Year in Review Special Feature, published December 17, 2021 by the Journal of Commerce.
Feature Articles - Construction Year in Review

Supply chains, disasters dominated Western Canada headlines in 2021
With 2021 coming to a close, Western Canada’s construction leaders reflected on...
Associations , Economic , Infrastructure , OH&S

National year-end: COVID’s continued impact profound for industry
COVID-19 continued to have a profound effect on Canadian construction national s...
Associations , Labour

Inflation has become COVID-19’s partner in crime
As if COVID-19 hasn’t already caused enough trouble, the Canadian economy and th...
Economic

From floods to mental health – B.C.’s year in health and safety
In addition to the injuries and deaths that take place every year, in 2021 const...
OH&S

Over half of Top100 Projects valued at $1 billion or more
The Daily Commercial News and Journal of Commerce recently partnered with ReNew...
Infrastructure , Projects
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Below are articles from the latest Construction Year in Review Special Feature, published December 17, 2021 by the Journal of Commerce.
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Top 10 largest construction project starts in Canada and Trend Graph – August 2023
The accompanying table records the 10 largest construction project starts in Can...
Economic , Infrastructure , Projects

Inuvik wind turbine achieves major milestone as first power delivered to grid
In mid-September, Inuvik celebrated the first power produced by a 3.5-megawatt w...
Infrastructure , Resource

Construction steel prices in 2023-24 expected to remain high
Western Canada’s steel prices are expected remain high over the next 2023-2024 p...
Economic , Resource

Mass timber ‘part of a collective solution’ to the housing crisis
The affordable housing crisis isn’t about to go away, but there are some strateg...
Resource

Water, land and the canoe the essence behind VCC’s innovation centre
Excavation and shoring work will begin next spring for a massive, state-of-the-a...
Projects

PNE Amphitheatre demo underway, new build cost escalates
Construction crews have started tearing down infrastructure at the 59-year-old P...
Infrastructure , Projects

Canada needs to build more mines now: MAC president
Canada needs to build more mines, pronto. So says Pierre Gratton, president and...
Associations , Resource

B.C. prompt payment moving slowly: ‘We keep getting pushed off’
A perfect storm of inflation, interest rate hikes, supply chain issues and wildf...