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110 affordable homes being constructed in Pitt Meadows
110 affordable homes being constructed in Pitt Meadows
VICTORIA — Metro Vancouver is building 110 affordable homes and 150 child care spaces in Pitt Meadows. The project is part of a $158-million provincial investment over the next three years under a 10-year Memorandum of Understanding. As part of the deal...
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Your top JOC headlines: May 29 to June 2
Your top JOC headlines this week cover an AEC Cares initiative that aims to supp...
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B.C. names 10 cities for faster development to help address housing crisis
VANCOUVER — British Columbia's housing minster says more homes will be built soo...
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Ryder Architecture receives heritage award for iconic Vancouver church remediation
VANCOUVER, B.C. — For its conservation efforts on one of the oldest churches in...
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110 affordable homes being constructed in Pitt Meadows
VICTORIA — Metro Vancouver is building 110 affordable homes and 150 child care s...
Government , Projects
Your top JOC headlines: May 29 to June 2
Your top JOC headlines this week cover an AEC Cares initiative that aims to supp...
Associations , OH&S , Projects , Resource
B.C. names 10 cities for faster development to help address housing crisis
VANCOUVER — British Columbia's housing minster says more homes will be built soo...
Government , Projects
Ryder Architecture receives heritage award for iconic Vancouver church remediation
VANCOUVER, B.C. — For its conservation efforts on one of the oldest churches in...
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Fate of Vancouver Chinatown condo project pushed to June 12 as city hearing adjourns
VANCOUVER - It will be at least two more weeks before any decision can be made o...
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Construction begins on 73 new affordable homes in Saskatoon
SASKATOON, SASK. – The Government of Saskatchewan and community partners have st...
Government , Projects
Your top JOC headlines: May 22 to 26
Your top JOC headlines this week cover news IUOE Local 115 is demanding answers...
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Federal government donates $5.18 million to Chinese Canadian Museum
VANCOUVER – The Chinese Canadian Museum has received $5.18 million from the Gove...
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Environmental groups launch legal challenge against B.C.’s Roberts Bank port project
VANCOUVER - Five environmental groups have launched a combined legal challenge a...
Associations , Projects
B.C. company expands antibody research, production facilities for second time
VANCOUVER - The Canadian company that helped develop the first antibody therapy...
Projects , Technology
First BC Embodied Carbon Awards celebrate industry innovation
A number of zero-carbon properties in British Columbia were recently recognized...
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2+U and Deloitte Summit Tower win big at 2023 B.C. steel awards
There were several big winners at the Canadian Institute of Steel Construction (...
Projects , US News
SFU opens new student housing building completed with $73M from B.C.
VICTORIA — Phase two of a student housing project has concluded on the Simon Fra...
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B.C. company denies misleading First Nation about rail terminal expansion plans
The owner of a rail terminal in British Columbia's Interior says a lawsuit launc...
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13-storey tower in Vancouver built by women for women
An all-female leadership team from the non-profit and design and development ind...
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Your top JOC headlines: May 15 to 19
Your top JOC headlines this week cover a Cowichan contractor’s claim Community B...
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Wo’umxhl Simalgyex day care opens in Gitwangak with 51 spaces
VICTORIA - The Wo’umxhl Simalgyex day care has opened in Gitwangak offering 51 n...
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Manitoba aims to turn homes tied to suspected crime into affordable housing
WINNIPEG. MAN. - Six homes connected to suspected criminal activity could soon b...
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100 new affordable homes open in Coquitlam
VICTORIA — A new 308-suite residential tower in Coquitlam has opened with 100 af...
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UPDATE: Site C ready to evacuate as wildfire looms
FORT ST. JOHN, B.C. – The Site C Clean Energy Project in northeastern B.C. suspe...
OH&S , Projects
North Vancouver’s Neighbourhood House redevelopment brings affordable homes and respite centre
VICTORIA — The Government of British Columbia has invested $11 million in the No...
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B.C. puts $2.2 million into Vancouver Chinatown revitalization
VICTORIA — The Government of British Columbia has announced a $2.2 million inves...
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Second-stage housing opens in Abbotsford
VICTORIA — The Cheryl Smith Residence, a three-storey second-stage housing unit...
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RJC joins largest-ever earthquake simulator for mass timber buildings
VANCOUVER — Down in San Diego, Calif., the tallest-ever building to undergo seis...
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CURV: World’s largest Passive House aims to bring natural forms back to Vancouver
Cities are an undeniably human phenomenon. When designing CURV, the world’s tal...
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Eveline Street reconstruction wins ‘Oscars’ of Manitoba engineering
SELKIRK, MAN. - The Eveline Street Reconstruction project in the City of Selkirk...
Infrastructure , Projects
Old Town gallery returning to Royal BC Museum this summer
VICTORIA — Prepare for a blast from the past. The Old Town gallery is getting r...
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B.C. providing male survivors of abuse construction training opportunities
VICTORIA — The Government of British Columbia is providing $520,000 to Kinghaven...
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Bird Construction wins contract for tallest modular build in Canada
Vancouver, B.C. - Bird Construction Inc. has been awarded a contract for the con...
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Imperial targeting mid to late decade for its Cold Lake carbon capture project
CALGARY — Imperial Oil Ltd. could begin injecting and storing harmful CO2 emissi...
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2023 VICA Awards showcase talents of member companies
VICTORIA — The 2023 Vancouver Island Construction Association (VICA) Awards cele...
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Ladysmith’s historic Island Hotel set for a major facelift
In the early 1900s, when Ladysmith, B.C., was a booming coal shipping town, the...
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Plans for Portage and Main in Winnipeg up in the air
Winnipeg is unique in many good ways, but also in another way that most Winnipeg...
Infrastructure
Top 10 largest construction project starts in Canada and Trend Graph – April 2023
There are several reasons for highlighting upcoming large projects. Such jobs ha...
Economic
13-storey tower in Vancouver built by women for women
An all-female leadership team from the non-profit and design and development ind...
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Industry has a ‘complete void of basic knowledge’ on carbon footprints
Owners, contractors and subs are eager to take meaningful steps to decarbonize t...
Infrastructure
Climate and Construction: Deconstruction by design could be the industry’s next big thing
There’s a problem with construction waste and everyone knows it. According to t...
Resource
New report says substance use costing B.C. construction millions
Construction is critical to B.C.’s economy. According to the BC Construction As...
Economic , OH&S
RJC Engineers shakes things up as part of massive tall wood seismic tests
A Canadian engineering company is participating in a landmark research project i...
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WorkSafeBC crane collapse report withheld until criminal investigation complete
Nearly two years after a crane arm collapsed and killed five people in Kelowna,...