Special Feature
Legal, Insurance and Professional Services
Below are articles from the latest Legal, Insurance and Professional Services Special Feature Newsletter, published October 25, 2019 by the Journal of Commerce.
Feature Articles - Legal, Insurance and Professional Services

Employment agreements a ‘great foundation’ for firms and workers: Expert
Owners of construction companies, big and small, should protect themselves by ha...
Labour

Citing climate change, carriers clamour to comment on code changes
Claiming that climate change losses are hitting their bottom line, insurance com...
Economic

Court ruling resets the playing field for bonding companies
A landmark court decision supporting a construction bonding company’s claims in...
Government

Dispute resolution board use on the rise in Canada
With the movement to very large infrastructure projects, especially public-priva...
Government , Infrastructure
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Global upheaval prompts revamp of 2022 U.S. construction forecasts
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Small-scale B.C. LNG project aims for summer start
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Resource

Canada’s first ‘wet process’ facility for contaminated soil to open in Calgary
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Resource , US News

CURV tower assembles team of Passive House experts
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PCL teaches critter tips to Australia, Texas crews
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OH&S

Graham model aims to fill municipal infrastructure funding gap
Graham Construction has a new approach that could give municipalities a better o...
Economic , Infrastructure

Insurance Essentials: Does your policy reflect the rising costs of building materials and expenses?
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Economic

Manitoba builders on high material costs: ‘This is not over’
Leaders in Manitoba’s construction sector discussed issues they are seeing with...