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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Done: Expanded Trans Mountain pipeline launches May 1
Four-and-a-half years after construction began, one of Canada’s most controversi...
Infrastructure , Projects , Resource
Winnipeg promotes infill development to reduce affordable housing shortage
In his recent State of the City address, Winnipeg Mayor Scott Gillingham says lo...
Economic
Saskatchewan water agency invests in key infrastructure projects
REGINA – Saskatchewan’s Water Security Agency (WSA) is working on more than 60 w...
Government , Infrastructure
Federal budget introduces, elaborates on clean technology tax credit plans
The 2024 federal budget is re-emphasizing the government’s commitment to a globa...
Government , Resource
Top 10 major upcoming High-Rise Residential and Transportation construction projects – Canada – April 2024
The accompanying tables show the top 10 largest upcoming High-Rise Residential a...
Economic , Projects
Top 10 major upcoming Residential and Transportation Terminal construction projects – U.S. – April 2024
The accompanying tables show the top 10 largest upcoming Residential and Transpo...
Projects
New housing spending dominates Budget 2024
Federal Finance Minister Chrystia Freeland reiterated her government’s recent he...
Economic , Government , Projects
2024 Federal Budget: Construction Coverage Hub
Canadian Finance Minister Chrystia Freeland unveiled the federal budget in the H...