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Budget 2021 looks to a low-carbon energy future

Budget 2021 looks to a low-carbon energy future
Canada's first federal budget in two years plans to create incentives for industry to cut carbon emissions, develop clean energy technologies and source critical materials for electrification. Decarbonizing Canada The budget is proposing $5 bill...
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Your top JOC headlines: April 5 to 9
Your top JOC headlines this week cover news that a $25 million tribute centre is...
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Inside Innovation: Rogers-Shaw purchase highlights 5G’s high cost and complexity
It will be months before federal regulators either approve or deny Rogers Commun...
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Inside Innovation: Prescriptive procurement stalls Canada’s adoption of carbon-reduced concrete
Canada talks a good game when it comes to global carbon and GHG reduction commit...
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Budget 2021 looks to a low-carbon energy future
Canada's first federal budget in two years plans to create incentives for indust...
Economic , Government , Resource , Technology

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

Inside Innovation: Rogers-Shaw purchase highlights 5G’s high cost and complexity
It will be months before federal regulators either approve or deny Rogers Commun...
Technology

Inside Innovation: Prescriptive procurement stalls Canada’s adoption of carbon-reduced concrete
Canada talks a good game when it comes to global carbon and GHG reduction commit...
Technology

Ritchie Bros. panellist warns of new-equipment disruption
COVID-related disruptions to the construction-equipment manufacturing sector are...
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B.C. funds electric work truck project
PARKSVILLE, B.C. — B.C. is boosting a local business developing electric-powered...
Government , Technology

Inside Innovation: Electrification makes worksites both ‘green’ and not heard
New electrified construction machinery has the obvious benefit of reducing GHGs...
Technology , US News

Funding gained for commercial pilot to test radio frequency oilsands tech: Acceleware
CALGARY — A company investigating the use of radio frequency energy as a cleaner...
Resource , Technology

Your top JOC headlines: March 15 to 19
Your top JOC headlines this week cover the deaths of two workers in B.C. after t...
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Construction Research Network a new online matching service for B.C. construction and high-tech
Like two eligible but reserved singles living on the same street, B.C.’s constru...
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PIRANHA T10 system recovers wastewater heat from small buildings
Wastewater heat recovery systems are often linked to larger treatment facilities...
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LED tech venture assists B.C. power grid
VANCOUVER — Streamline Energy Inc., a joint venture of EcoGrid Technologies Inc....
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Bridgit scales up with Skanska partnership
A pioneering Canadian construction technology firm is taking on its biggest roll...
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Calgary engineer develops portable wastewater sampler that tests for COVID-19
Paul Westlund, a Calgary engineer who specializes in water treatment technologie...
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First Notice: Feds fund mass timber project; EllisDon progress on West Georgia cube building; Bockstael takes on tiny homes
Federal government showcases mass timber construction The Government o...
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First Notice: Edmonton Expo parking gets smart; Conlin Bedard looks at defense procurement; The Ray and 3M partner on road tech
Edmonton Expo Centre moves to smart parking ParkMobile today announced...
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Robotic pipe crawlers evolve with pipe penetrating radar
SewerVUE Technology, based in Coquitlam, B.C., has added a new tool to its arsen...
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Your top JOC headlines: Feb. 22 to 26
Your top JOC headlines this week cover funding approval for vaccine research inf...
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Inside Innovation: MTC sustainability claims attract criticism from cement industry and researchers
If all claims made were to be believed about how mass timber construction (MTC)...
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Bridgit and Skanska USA sign workforce management agreement
TORONTO - Ontario-based construction technology company Bridgit and Skanska USA ...
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First Notice: Burnaby school seismic upgrades; HushFrame soundproofs wood buildings; Edmonton tackles problem properties
Burnaby schools get seismic upgrades The Government of British Columbia is star...
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Industry Perspectives Op-Ed: A picture is worth a thousand words
Photographs are an important source of evidence demonstrating delay issues, unex...
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First Notice: Virtual Broadway Plan open house; PCL debuts logistics solution; Manitoba finishes winter roads
Vancouver opens virtual open house for Broadway Plan The City of Vanco...
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Saskatchewan builder develops ‘kickstart kit,’ encouraging builders to shift to modular construction
Is the multi-family construction sector overripe for shifting from stick built t...
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First Notice: SNC-Lavalin earnings call; Ledcor’s new EVP; Webtalk and RESAAS come together
SNC-Lavalin schedules earnings call SNC-Lavalin Group Inc. has announce...
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First Notice: Vancouver upgrades hospital zone; Yukon quartz mining guidelines; Ballard and Chat Industries sign deal
Vancouver begins hospital zone upgrades The City of Vancouver will begi...
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CPHO honours contributions of women in STEM fields during COVID-19 pandemic
OTTAWA — International Women and Girls in Science Day is today (Feb. 11) and in...
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First Notice: Saskatchewan projects; Oracle’s new construction AI suite; CSC Toronto hosts Building Expo
Saskatchewan and federal governments put $13.6 million towards infrastru...
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Alberta funds green pipeline tech research for natural gas
CALGARY — Alberta officials will invest nearly $2 million in funding to help acc...
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Has technology and innovation in construction made sites safer?
Everyone in construction knows that digital communication devices, and machinery...
OH&S , Technology

VIDEO: TCR Episode 105 – CrossPod with Rahul Faria of the Build Our Future podcast
This week the Construction Record podcast holds its first crosspod of 2021 with...
Technology

RICS conference panel: Finding meaning in mountains of data
The future is full of data, but the challenge is making sense of it all. That w...
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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...
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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...
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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

Proponent selected for Cariboo Memorial Hospital project
WILLIAMS LAKE, B.C. — Graham Design Builders LP has been selected as the project...
Infrastructure

4 Graphs that Capture U.S. and Canadian GDP Growth
ConstructConnect-OE’s GDP Projections on the Mark Government statistica...
Economic

Construction sector included in new WorkSafeBC hearing test submission system
Constant exposure to noise generated by ongoing activity and heavy equipment tha...
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Saskatchewan budget spends $830 million on highways
REGINA — Saskatchewan plans to spend $830 million on highway infrastructure in t...