Economic
National Day for Truth and Reconciliation: Construction sector has a role to play
National Day for Truth and Reconciliation: Construction sector has a role to play
OTTAWA — September 30, the National Day for Truth and Reconciliation, honours the children who never returned home and survivors of residential schools, as well as their families and communities. It’s also Orange Shirt Day, an Indigenous-led grassroots i...
Associations , Economic , Infrastructure , Labour , Projects , Resource
ConstructConnect, Togal.AI partner to expand use of AI in construction
MIAMI — As a provider of software solutions for the preconstruction industry, Co...
Economic , Technology
Red hot steel prices expected to cool by year end
Steel-price watchers are predicting that the red-hot price increases that shot w...
Economic , Resource
Foreign Trade Balance & Value of Greenback Moving Counter-Intuitively
A strange thing is happening with the U.S. foreign trade balance. It’s improving...
Economic
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National Day for Truth and Reconciliation: Construction sector has a role to play
OTTAWA — September 30, the National Day for Truth and Reconciliation, honours th...
Associations , Economic , Infrastructure , Labour , Projects , Resource
ConstructConnect, Togal.AI partner to expand use of AI in construction
MIAMI — As a provider of software solutions for the preconstruction industry, Co...
Economic , Technology
Red hot steel prices expected to cool by year end
Steel-price watchers are predicting that the red-hot price increases that shot w...
Economic , Resource
Foreign Trade Balance & Value of Greenback Moving Counter-Intuitively
A strange thing is happening with the U.S. foreign trade balance. It’s improving...
Economic
Top 10 major upcoming educational and medical construction projects – Canada – September 2022
The accompanying tables show the top 10 major upcoming educational and medical c...
Economic , Projects
Top 10 major upcoming Midwest and Northwest construction projects – U.S. – September 2022
The accompanying tables show the top 10 major upcoming Midwest and Northwest con...
Economic , Projects
Top 10 largest construction project starts in Canada and Trend Graph – August 2022
The accompanying table records the 10 largest construction project starts in Can...
Economic , Projects
Guckes: Large domestic banks grow their loan portfolios at fastest pace in 14 years, can it last?
Large U.S. domestic banks at the start of September 2022 had $1.46 trillion* in...
Economic
Making the Case for Not Overreaching with Interest Rate Increases
There are aspects to the current inflation problem that deserve an airing. Firs...
Economic
Hydra Energy breaks ground on Prince George hydrogen refuelling station
VANCOUVER – Hydra Energy, which services the hydrogen-fueled heavy-duty truck se...
Economic , Projects , Resource
Inflation that Persists Raises Risk of Deeper Longer Recession
On family trips, one of the most frequently voiced questions by my children was,...
Economic
Your top JOC headlines: Sept. 19 to 23
Your top JOC headlines this week cover news Vancouver’s historic Hogan’s Alley c...
Economic , Infrastructure , OH&S , Projects , Resource
De Havilland Canada to build airline manufacturing plant east of Calgary: Kenney
CALGARY, ALTA. - De Havilland Aircraft of Canada Ltd. has announced plans to bui...
Economic , Projects
U.S. and Canadian Housing Starts Not Yet Humbled by Higher Interest Rates
In the U.S., the Federal Reserve has just raised its key policy setting interest...
Economic
B.C. posts highest rate of unaffordable housing as ownership declines across Canada
OTTAWA - British Columbia is leading the country as the province with the highes...
Economic
Guckes: September expansion pace quickens on gains in medical, government and community
ConstructConnect’s Expansion Index, a monthly measure of the dollar value of pla...
Economic
Guckes: Rising interest rates further slowing investment spending
Much has been made of the efforts by the U.S. Federal Reserve Bank to raise inte...
Economic
September’s Mid-Month Economic Nuggets Report – With an Emphasis on Manufacturing Shipments & New Orders
There will be a lot riding on the hoped-for success of the U.S. manufacturing se...
Economic
Skyline REIT buys $309 million Alberta property portfolio
EDMONTON — Skyline Industrial REIT has entered the city of Edmonton and expanded...
Economic
First public global database of fossil fuels launches
A first-of-its-kind database for tracking the world's fossil fuel production, re...
Economic , Resource
The Queen in Canada: Economist weighs in on gala Seaway opening
In honour of Queen Elizabeth II’s funeral today (Sept. 19), The Daily Commercial...
Economic , Government , Projects
A Mainly Overcast August Jobs Report for Canada
Statistics Canada’s August Labour Force Survey report was a ‘downer’. It set out...
Economic
Calgary construction shows growth alongside city’s economy
CALGARY, ALTA. – Calgary’s construction industry is on an upswing as the city’s...
Economic
Residential, ICI building both rise in July
OTTAWA — Investment in building construction across Canada continued its upward...
Economic
Third intake opens for mass timber construction funding
VICTORIA, B.C. — The third intake of Mass Timber Demonstration Program (MTDP) pr...
Economic , Government
Leadership changes announced for PCL in Ottawa and Regina
PCL Construction has appointed Geoff Howe as a second district manager for PCL’s...
Economic
Imperial awards hydrogen contract to Air Products
EDMONTON – Imperial has announced a long-term contract with Air Products to supp...
Economic , Resource
B.C. sees improved fiscal forecast in province’s first quarterly report
VICTORIA — The Province of British Columbia’s First Quarterly Report says B.C. i...
Economic , Government
Tamarack Valley Energy buying Deltastream Energy for $1.425 billion
CALGARY - Tamarack Valley Energy Ltd. has signed a deal to buy Deltastream Energ...
Economic , Resource
Snow removal insurance checklist: How to get affordable coverage
The cost of insuring snow and ice removal operations has been on the climb for a...
Economic
Canada’s Population May Hit 48 million by 2043
Fueled almost totally by sustained strong growth of net international migration,...
Economic
Strength in Canadian City Labour Markets Broadly Distributed
The other day, I wrote about U.S. city labor markets. Today’s article presents t...
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Red hot steel prices expected to cool by year end
Steel-price watchers are predicting that the red-hot price increases that shot w...
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Top 10 largest construction project starts in Canada and Trend Graph – August 2022
The accompanying table records the 10 largest construction project starts in Can...
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Top 10 major upcoming Midwest and Northwest construction projects – U.S. – September 2022
The accompanying tables show the top 10 major upcoming Midwest and Northwest con...
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Moon resort project brings space tourism down to Earth
A proposed resort project in Dubai would allow tourists to visit the moon withou...
Projects
WSP awarded contract for two Alberta hydrogen projects
MONTREAL, QUE. – WSP in Canada has been awarded the detailed design contract for...
Infrastructure , Resource
U.S. and Canadian Housing Starts Not Yet Humbled by Higher Interest Rates
In the U.S., the Federal Reserve has just raised its key policy setting interest...
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What will the road to net-zero concrete look like?
Concrete is the most widely used building material on the planet, second only to...
Associations , Resource
Calgary parkade project both visually striking and ready for the future
The 9th Avenue Parkade + Innovation Centre in Calgary’s East Village is being bu...
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