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First Notice: Regina CSC low-carbon webinar; Supply Chain Canada acquires CORE; Barkman Concrete builds B.C. facility
First Notice: Regina CSC low-carbon webinar; Supply Chain Canada acquires CORE; Barkman Concrete builds B.C. facility
Regina CSC chapter hosts low-carbon webinar The Regina chapter of Construction Specifications Canada (CSC) is hosting Low-carbon Energy Systems and Strategies in Saskatchewan and Western Canada, an online webinar featuring CSC district energy spe...
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Mass timber put to the test on Metro Vancouver school builds
Two elementary schools in Metro Vancouver are being built of mass timber as part...
Infrastructure , Projects
B.C. puts $2B toward low interest loans for builders of affordable housing
VICTORIA—The B.C. government is investing $2 billion in a low-interest loan prog...
Government , Projects
Your top JOC headlines: April 12 to 16
Your top JOC headlines this week feature ConstructConnect Canada president Mark...
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First Notice: Regina CSC low-carbon webinar; Supply Chain Canada acquires CORE; Barkman Concrete builds B.C. facility
Regina CSC chapter hosts low-carbon webinar The Regina chapter of Const...
Associations , Economic , Projects , Resource
Mass timber put to the test on Metro Vancouver school builds
Two elementary schools in Metro Vancouver are being built of mass timber as part...
Infrastructure , Projects
B.C. puts $2B toward low interest loans for builders of affordable housing
VICTORIA—The B.C. government is investing $2 billion in a low-interest loan prog...
Government , Projects
Your top JOC headlines: April 12 to 16
Your top JOC headlines this week feature ConstructConnect Canada president Mark...
Economic , Government , Infrastructure , Projects
First Notice: jobs spike; Saskatchewan housing; home sales surge
Construction gained 25,300 jobs in March Employment in Canada increase...
Economic , Government , Labour , Projects
Work on new Calgary Flames arena paused due to budgetary issues
CALGARY—Work on a new arena for the National Hockey League's Calgary Flames has...
Projects
First Notice: SNC-Lavalin gets defense contract; McKenna infrastructure announcement; Provinces collaborate on reactor project
SNC-Lavalin awarded U.S. defence contract SNC-Lavalin Group Inc. announ...
Economic , Government , Infrastructure , Projects
All-season resort proposed for Chilliwack
CHILLIWACK, B.C. — Outdoor junkies in Metro Vancouver could one day have a new p...
Projects
Early construction involvement key to success on Graham project
A recent case study by Graham Construction on Calgary's Macleod Trail and 162nd...
Infrastructure , Projects
Regina Red Sox announce stadium concept
REGINA — The Regina Red Sox Baseball Club has released concept plans for a 3,500...
Projects
Indigenous-owned wind project completed in B.C.
CHETWYND, B.C. — Work on Sukunka Wind Project has wrapped up, making it the larg...
Projects , Resource
B.C. funds new efforts to advance mass timber buildings
VICTORIA — A dozen mass timber demonstration and research projects will be funde...
Government , Projects
Credit Union wants CBA debate to be a ‘breakfast table’ issue
The debate over B.C.'s Community Benefits Agreement (CBA) policy has been waged...
Government , Projects
CaGBC webinar addresses challenges of accomplishing net zero emissions
The tools to assess and address embodied carbon have improved in the building wo...
Projects
Whiteland Developers working on second major CentrePort project
While development at Manitoba’s CentrePort Canada was slowed for a few weeks by...
Projects
Your top JOC headlines: April 5 to 9
Your top JOC headlines this week cover news that a $25 million tribute centre is...
Economic , OH&S , Projects , Resource , Technology
Edmonton buildings granted historic status
EDMONTON — Edmonton officials have granted two buildings historical status. The...
Projects
Canadian designers, developers have ‘a lot to learn’ from Asian cities, says panellist
The Canadian design and development world can see the future if it looks to Asia...
Projects
First Notice: Canadian Solar heads to Japan; Slave Lake biomass project approved; Edmonton Homes for Heroes village begins build
Canadian Solar launches four projects in Japan Canadian Solar Inc. an...
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BC Supreme Court upholds city policy to preserve rental housing
NEW WESTMINSTER, B.C. — The Supreme Court of B.C. has upheld a municipality’s zo...
Government , Projects
Bigger grant for petrochemical complex should boost Inter Pipeline bid, analyst says
CALGARY — An Alberta government grant that more than doubles its previous commit...
Economic , Government , Projects
‘A next step’: $25M tribute centre to honour Humboldt Broncos crash victims
HUMBOLDT, SASK. — A Saskatchewan city says it has a plan to permanently commemor...
Projects
From shell shock to Anglicans: Four interesting facts about the səmiq̓wəʔelə site
The latest chapter in the long history of səmiq̓wəʔelə, an iconic site in Coquit...
Projects
Anchorage officials say home plan could ease housing crisis
ANCHORAGE, ALASKA — Anchorage officials said a new five-unit condo development b...
Projects , US News
Fire sweeps through unfinished condos in Kelowna, B.C., forcing nearby evacuations
KELOWNA, B.C. — A condominium development under construction in Kelowna, B.C., h...
Projects
First Notice: ECA hosts mental health seminar; Taiwan Cement goes for carbon neutral; BCCR talks First Nations major projects
ECA hosts psychological safety webinar The Edmonton Construction Associ...
Associations , Economic , Government , Projects
Inter Pipeline lands $408 million grant for Heartland Petrochemical Complex
CALGARY — Inter Pipeline says it will receive $408 million in cash grants for it...
Economic , Projects
Affordable apartment complex planned for Revelstoke
REVELSTOKE, B.C. — An affordable housing project has been announced for Revelsto...
Projects
Industry Perspectives Op-Ed: If you think it’s expensive to hire a professional, wait until you hire an amateur
Once the contractor receives the architects/engineers’ final design, they natura...
Economic , Projects
Saskatchewan city plans $25M tribute centre to mark deadly Broncos bus crash
HUMBOLDT, SASK. - A Saskatchewan city says it has a plan to permanently commemor...
Government , Projects
Industry groups publish mass timber guidelines up to 12 storeys
VANCOUVER — New guidelines for 12-storey mass timber buildings have been release...
Projects
Historic 108-year-old mining structure saved near Nanaimo
NANAIMO, B.C. — The restoration of a more than 100-year-old coal mining structur...
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‘We are sitting on a goldmine of renewable energy’: SFU policy expert
The future of reaching B.C.’s looming energy needs could be sitting underneath o...
Resource
Canadian construction companies rate digital maturity as ‘under-developed’ in new survey
When asked in a survey to evaluate their digital transformation efforts, 64 per...
Associations , Economic
EDC economist revises 2021 forecasts, expects dramatic jumps in U.S. and Canadian growth
The chief economist for Export Development Canada (EDC) has revised his economic...
Associations , Economic
Canadian designers, developers have ‘a lot to learn’ from Asian cities, says panellist
The Canadian design and development world can see the future if it looks to Asia...
Projects
Canada has new ways to pressure Washington over softwood lumber duties: ambassador
VANCOUVER — Canadian officials have new leverage as they urge Washington to nego...
Government , Resource , US News
Proponent selected for Cariboo Memorial Hospital project
WILLIAMS LAKE, B.C. — Graham Design Builders LP has been selected as the project...
Infrastructure
Construction sector included in new WorkSafeBC hearing test submission system
Constant exposure to noise generated by ongoing activity and heavy equipment tha...
OH&S
4 Graphs that Capture U.S. and Canadian GDP Growth
ConstructConnect-OE’s GDP Projections on the Mark Government statistica...