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Vancouver adjusts capital spending after development revenue dips
Vancouver adjusts capital spending after development revenue dips
VANCOUVER — To cope with the COVID-19 pandemic, the City of Vancouver has announced it will be altering its current capital plan by scaling back or postponing some large, multi-year projects. In a report presented to council recently, staff recommended a...
Government , Projects
UPDATE: Speech from the throne includes support for housing, retrofits, green projects
The Justin Trudeau government intends to create thousands of jobs by supporting...
Government
BC Building Trades leader announces run for office as NDP candidate for Langley
Andrew Mercier, executive director for the BC Building Trades, has announced he...
Government
John Horgan calls an election in British Columbia for Oct. 24
LANGFORD, B.C. - B.C. Premier John Horgan has called a provincial election for O...
Government
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Industry Perspectives Op-Ed: One Ontario takes aim at municipal permitting problem
Navigating the municipal development approval process can be a frustrating exper...
Associations , Government
First Notice: BMO homebuyer survey; Indigenous infrastructure projects
More first-time buyers look to the suburbs A new BMO housing market su...
Economic , Government , Infrastructure , Projects
Need to hire an engineer? Make sure they’re licensed
Need to hire an engineer? Your first step in the process is ensuring your potent...
Others
PHOTO: Building a Community
Facade work is moving up the tower at the Kingsway By The River Community in Eto...
Projects
Top 10 largest construction project starts in Canada and Trend Graph – August 2020
The accompanying table records the 10 largest construction project starts in Can...
Economic
New IO president to build infrastructure pipeline with partners, stakeholders
The incoming president and CEO of Infrastructure Ontario says his life has been...
Infrastructure
Green building delegates urged to embrace ‘regeneration’ movement
Canada’s green building sector needs to adopt a new, more inclusive vocabulary i...
Projects , US News
Renovations planned for North Battleford school
NORTH BATTLEFORD, SASK. — Saskatchewan officials have announced that planning ha...
Infrastructure
Alberta construction safety course reaches 100,000 sign-ups
CALGARY, ALTA. — The Alberta Construction Safety Association (ACSA) has reached...
OH&S
Engineering, procurement and construction contract awarded for Cascade Power Plant
EDSON, ALTA. — A new low-carbon natural gas facility in Alberta will be built by...
Projects , US News
Vancouver adjusts capital spending after development revenue dips
VANCOUVER — To cope with the COVID-19 pandemic, the City of Vancouver has announ...
Government , Projects
York University breaks ground on new Markham campus
TORONTO — Construction of York University’s Markham Centre Campus is officially...
Projects
Canada’s CarbonCure to receive Climate Pledge Fund investment from Amazon
CarbonCure Technologies of Dartmouth, N.S. has attracted more high profile finan...
Economic , US News
Toronto masonry firm convicted in worksite fall incident
TORONTO — A Toronto masonry firm has been convicted and fined for its role in a...
Government , OH&S
Brown and Caldwell, Black & Veatch team up for Orange County digester facility
HUNTINGTON BEACH, Calif. — The Orange County Sanitation District (OCSD) has enga...
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UPDATE: Speech from the throne includes support for housing, retrofits, green projects
The Justin Trudeau government intends to create thousands of jobs by supporting...
Government
Feds to spend $1B on new Rapid Housing Initiative
OTTAWA — The federal government has announced a new $1-billion initiative design...
Government
Home sales and housing starts to cool this winter; should warm up by mid-2021
Given we have survived the first wave, the impact of a second wave of COVID-19 i...
Economic
First Notice: Speech from the throne; MOL hires new inspectors
Speech from the throne set for 2 p.m. Gov. Gen. Julie Payette will del...
Economic , Government , OH&S , Projects
Montreal Symphonia SOL project breaks ground
MONTREAL — Developpements Symphonia held an official groundbreaking ceremony to...
Projects
Blasting schedule changes for Vancouver Island highway project
PORT ALBERNI, B.C. — B.C. officials are rethinking their blasting strategy for t...
Infrastructure
Alberta program to encourage green construction innovation
A new initiative out of Alberta aims to spur innovation in construction by helpi...
Associations
COCA video reiterates hard hat safety, demonstrates Sikhs can still wear the PPE
The B.C. Council of Construction Associations (COCA) has produced a nine-and-a-h...
OH&S
Concord contractor convicted after worker crushed during excavation
OSHAWA, ONT. — A contractor that specializes in municipal construction was convi...
OH&S
Municipal delays add thousands to GTA home costs: BILD, CHBA reports
TORONTO — A study released Sept. 22 by the Building Industry and Land Developmen...
Economic , Projects
Global Market Scan: Focusing beyond 2020
For many global construction companies, expectations for the current year and th...
Economic , US News
Carpenters wow public with medieval techniques at Notre Dame
PARIS — With precision and boundless energy, a team of carpenters used medieval...
Projects
Housing market ‘moderately’ vulnerable amid potential overvaluation of homes: CMHC
OTTAWA — Canada Mortgage and Housing Corp (CMHC). says there was some evidence o...
Economic
City of Toronto accelerates construction projects during pandemic
TORONTO — Crews in the City of Toronto completed a number of major projects acro...
Infrastructure
Legal Notes: Grenfell Tower fire inquiry continues with more denials of responsibility
The public inquiry into the circumstances under which a 24-storey London, U.K. a...
Government
Ontario One Call launches Professional Locate Administrator Course
TORONTO — The Professional Locate Administrator Course (PLAC) launching in Octob...
Labour
RCCAO unveils plan to cut waits for utility locates
A new brief by the Residential and Civil Construction Alliance of Ontario (RCCAO...
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Former Kiewit manager arrested in Montana in relation to B.C. worker’s death
A former manager for Peter Kiewit Sons facing criminal negligence charges for th...
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60-storey Vancouver skyscraper to become world’s tallest Passive House project
A landmark, 60-storey skyscraper that will be the tallest Passive House in the w...
Projects
B.C. to spend $10 million on hydrogen fuel infrastructure
VANCOUVER — B.C. officials have announced $10 million in funding to build and op...
Infrastructure
Passive House project aims to make affordable housing energy efficient
A new Passive House project in Vancouver’s Grandview-Woodland neighbourhood is r...
Projects
More than 20 injured in crane incident in Austin, Texas
AUSTIN, TEXAS — Two cranes collided and at least partially collapsed at a constr...
OH&S , US News
Alberta announces $6.3 million for construction sector innovation
EDMONTON — Joint funding of $6.3 million is going to Alberta’s construction sect...
Technology
Texas, at Half Speed, Still Leads all States in Total Nonresidential Construction Starts
Texas the Leader, but Accolades for Missouri and Indiana According to Construct...
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Basket-weaving tradition inspires Indigenous housing design
A Passive House social housing project for Indigenous people that will feature a...