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BC Building Trades ‘Get Flushed’ campaign wins international award
BC Building Trades ‘Get Flushed’ campaign wins international award
NEW WESTMINSTER, B.C. — A campaign by the BC Building Trades advocating for higher quality bathroom facilities at jobsites has won an international award. The Get Flushed campaign received a 2022 Reed Award for Best International Campaign in the issue ca...
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Retrofit decarbonization can take many forms: experts
Retrofits are becoming increasingly important to lowering emissions, but accordi...
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Manitoba Heavy Construction Association: Fix Winnipeg’s potholes now
To address Winnipeg’s pothole problem, the city should use the funding recently...
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Your top JOC headlines: May 16 to 20
Your top JOC headlines this week feature a mini LNG project with a big goal; a $...
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BC Building Trades ‘Get Flushed’ campaign wins international award
NEW WESTMINSTER, B.C. — A campaign by the BC Building Trades advocating for high...
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Retrofit decarbonization can take many forms: experts
Retrofits are becoming increasingly important to lowering emissions, but accordi...
Associations
Manitoba Heavy Construction Association: Fix Winnipeg’s potholes now
To address Winnipeg’s pothole problem, the city should use the funding recently...
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Your top JOC headlines: May 16 to 20
Your top JOC headlines this week feature a mini LNG project with a big goal; a $...
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VICA harm reduction leader shares personal story and Tailgate Toolkit efforts
For Vancouver Island Construction Association (VICA) harm reduction co-ordinator...
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Industry Special: A changing of the guard for key BCCSA committees
New chairs announced for Prime Contractors Technical Advisory Committee...
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Proposed ATCO fine over padded rate requests insufficient, consumers group argues
EDMONTON, ALTA - A consumers group is arguing that a $31-million fine proposed f...
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Your top JOC headlines: May 9 to 13
Your top JOC headlines this week feature an update on the Langley SkyTrain exten...
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Tahltan corporation wins Indigenous business award
DEASE LAKE, B.C. – The Tahltan Nation Development Corporation (TNDC) has been re...
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2022 VICA award winners honoured for overcoming ‘turbulent’ times
VICTORIA — The Vancouver Island Construction Association (VICA) has announced th...
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Manitoba builders on high material costs: ‘This is not over’
Leaders in Manitoba’s construction sector discussed issues they are seeing with...
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Mental Health Week – Have empathy, walk in each other’s work boots
For the past 71 years in May, Canadians have taken part and rallied around the C...
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HAVAN announces 2022 housing excellence award winners
VANCOUVER — The Homebuilders Association Vancouver (HAVAN) Awards for Housing Ex...
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VIDEO: Royal Columbian Hospital site tour
The redevelopment of the Royal Columbian Hospital is a $1.49B three-phase redeve...
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Real Estate Board of Greater Vancouver says April home sales down
VANCOUVER - The Real Estate Board of Greater Vancouver says home sales in the re...
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BCCA Leadership Award winners honoured for helping during extreme weather events
VICTORIA – The British Columbia Construction Association (BCCA) has announced th...
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B.C. construction groups sign letter opposing union certification changes
A group of 23 B.C. business organizations, including many associated with the co...
Associations , Labour
A Day of Mourning social media snapshot
OTTAWA – Each and every year on April 28 organizations across the country pay tr...
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BCCA announces 2022 Public Sector Construction Procurement award winners
VICTORIA - Four public owners are being honoured this month for their excellence...
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BCCA stat pack shows high wages but fewer workers
VICTORIA, B.C. — The latest data from the BC Construction Association’s (BCCA) a...
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BCCA ‘appalled’ with union certification changes
B.C. is looking to amend its union certification system from a two-step to singl...
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Industry Perspectives Op-Ed: NDP launches assault on workers’ democratic rights
It’s hard to imagine that in 2022 in British Columbia, we are facing the prospec...
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Budget ‘fell short’ on build back better initiatives, says CCA
While some leaders in Canada’s construction industry are applauding the federal...
Associations , Government
BUDGET 2022: Twitter reaction gallery
In the wake of the 2022 federal budget, we’ve put together construction industry...
Associations , Economic , Government , Labour
Calgary firm MODA snags national architecture prize
CALGARY, ALTA. – Calgary-based architecture firm Modern Office of Design + Archi...
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Federal budget leaves the West wanting more
Reaction to the federal budget in Western Canada was mixed, with most agreeing t...
Associations , Government
New laws to increase Saskatchewan labour mobility
REGINA, SK. - New legislation introduced in Saskatchewan is looking to make labo...
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PCA praises Temporary Foreign Worker program expansion
OTTAWA — The federal government has announced changes to its Temporary Foreign W...
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B.C. home builders’ association takes issue with housing crisis report
The Canadian Home Builders’ Association of BC (CHBA BC) is disputing a new repor...
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B.C. Construction Month celebrates ‘essential nature’ of the sector
After months of fires and floods devastated the province and sprung builders int...
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Agreement allows EU and Canadian architects to provide services abroad
BRUSSELS, BEL. - The European Union (EU) and Canada have concluded negotiations...
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World of Asphalt starts next week
MILWAUKE, WIS. – World of Asphalt and the AGG1 Aggregates and Expo will start in...
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Global upheaval prompts revamp of 2022 U.S. construction forecasts
The construction sector in the United States has had a good first quarter but co...
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Small-scale B.C. LNG project aims for summer start
Bigger isn’t always better. A liquified natural gas project that is roughly one...
Resource
CURV tower assembles team of Passive House experts
Brivia Group is looking to take Vancouver’s skyline to new heights with the cons...
Projects
Graham model aims to fill municipal infrastructure funding gap
Graham Construction has a new approach that could give municipalities a better o...
Economic , Infrastructure
Aecon report highlights major moves towards net-zero construction
A new report outlines how Aecon is building sustainable practices throughout its...
Economic
Archeological discovery at Sooke modular build causes significant delays
A four-storey, $25 million modular housing project in Sooke, B.C. was forecast f...
Projects
Surrey cracking down on construction crime
Officials in Surrey are looking to crack down on illegal construction with a new...
Government
Ottawa approves new $10B loan guarantee for the Trans Mountain pipeline project
CALGARY, ALTA - The federal government has approved a new, approximately $10-bil...