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
Expenses write-off could help ease labour shortage: CBTU
Canada's Building Trade Unions (CBTU) has a solution it believes will help solve...
Government
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
Unbuilders is a young Vancouver company that deconstructs — dismantles — residen...
Projects
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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This infographic looks at the latest Canadian population growth rates.
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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.
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Modular construction just what the doctor ordered for health care
Like other sectors of the Canadian economy, the health care industry wants to sp...
Infrastructure , OH&S , Technology
ACCIONA forecasts more collaborative models for building infrastructure in 2023
When it comes to the market outlook for 2023, the industry is going to see a con...
Infrastructure
Forecast panellists optimistic about prospects for construction growth
Panellists at a recent construction forecast event expressed both short-term and...
Economic , Infrastructure
PCL uses largest freestanding crane in company history for Winnipeg tower
Even after many decades of building some of the biggest projects in the country,...
Projects
London, Ont. building collapse survivor dedicates career to changing site safety
It’s been a long and hard road for construction worker Jacob Hurl, who was trapp...
Labour , OH&S
Untrained disassembly and poor communication linked to fatal B.C. ammonia release
VANCOUVER - The independent body that oversees the safety of technical systems a...
OH&S
From sea to shivering sea: Mackenzie Valley Highway furthers ‘Canadian sovereignty in the North’
In the 1880s, Canada helped establish its sovereignty across 5,000 kilometres of...
Infrastructure
Road trip: EllisDon executive tour fosters new safety initiatives
A not-quite-finished series of country-wide tours by senior EllisDon executives...