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August’s Expansion Pace Remains Steady Yet Fewer Areas Report +20% Expansion

August’s Expansion Pace Remains Steady Yet Fewer Areas Report +20% Expansion
ConstructConnect’s Expansion Index, a monthly measure of the dollar value of construction projects in planning compared to the same month one year ago, registered 10% overall expansion in Canada and 16% for the United States for the month of August 2022....
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Vancouver airport’s healthy building mark nothing to sneeze at
Even before COVID-19, indoor air quality was on the radar of forward-thinking or...
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Efforts fail to save historic Alaska theater from demolition
ANCHORAGE, ALASKA - Demolition is scheduled to begin this week on a once-opulent...
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Inside Innovation: Concrete shaming overlooks industry progress
Building anything results in carbon emissions from one source or another. Howeve...
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August’s Expansion Pace Remains Steady Yet Fewer Areas Report +20% Expansion
ConstructConnect’s Expansion Index, a monthly measure of the dollar value of con...
Economic , US News

Vancouver airport’s healthy building mark nothing to sneeze at
Even before COVID-19, indoor air quality was on the radar of forward-thinking or...
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Efforts fail to save historic Alaska theater from demolition
ANCHORAGE, ALASKA - Demolition is scheduled to begin this week on a once-opulent...
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Inside Innovation: Concrete shaming overlooks industry progress
Building anything results in carbon emissions from one source or another. Howeve...
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Climate and Construction: ESGs are under pressure to perform
World attention has been buffeted by economic disruptions caused by Russia’s inv...
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Haines continues long recovery from late 2020 landslides
HAINES, ALASKA - More than a year and half after the Haines landslides, organiza...
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Let’s make a deal with Canada on softwood, U.S. senators urge Biden administration
WASHINGTON - Two U.S. lawmakers are urging the Biden administration's trade amba...
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Inflation might wane but high costs to U.S. constructors here to stay
It may not be much solace to U.S. constructors who are paying high prices for di...
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Inside Innovation: Reduced carbon realized through digital twins
The decarbonization of construction is an inevitable part of the industry’s futu...
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Edmonton project wins 2022 ULI Americas Awards for Excellence
WASHINGTON — Ten developments from across North America, including one in Albert...
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Top 10 major upcoming entertainment facility and stadium-arena construction projects – U.S. – July 2022
The accompanying tables show the top 10 major upcoming entertainment facility an...
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Inside Innovation: Poor ‘password hygiene’ can cost construction companies a small fortune
What are they thinking? According to a recent study by global security firm Nord...
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Brown and Caldwell to help upgrade Metro Vancouver wastewater facility
VANCOUVER – California-based environmental engineering and construction firm Bro...
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Alberta premier, oilsands execs in U.S. capital to rehabilitate Canada’s energy image
WASHINGTON - Alberta Premier Jason Kenney and oilsands industry executives are i...
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Data-driven approach shakes up shopping for construction insurance
A new startup is looking to transform the way construction companies shop for in...
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Top 10 major upcoming Northeast and Southeast construction projects – U.S. – June 2022
The accompanying tables show the top 10 major upcoming Northeast and Southeast c...
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Washington state to require building electrification in some sectors next year
VANCOUVER—Washington State has become the first U.S. state to incorporate buildi...
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Fire at LNG terminal in Texas jolts residents, fuel markets
NEW YORK - An explosion at a liquefied natural gas terminal in Texas has left ne...
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New York’s Local Law 97 sets the standard for mandatory municipal retrofits: panel
Progressive world cities such as New York City, Toronto, Vancouver and Melbourne...
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Saint-Gobain recycling project wins U.S. government award
SILVER GROVE, KY. — Global manufacturing company Saint-Gobain has been given the...
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City governments must accept larger decarbonization role: JLL report
CHICAGO — A new report from JLL argues that governments need to take real estate...
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Enbridge to build pipelines to service new LNG facility in U.S.
CALGARY, ALTA. - Energy transportation giant Enbridge Inc. will be going ahead w...
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Top 10 major upcoming Courthouse and Jail and Prison construction projects – U.S. – May 2022
The accompanying tables show the top 10 major upcoming Courthouse and Jail and P...
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Inside Innovation: Patented Canadian MTC connection system offers improved fire protection
Widespread acceptance of Mass Timber Construction (MTC) has been hindered in the...
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Alberta premier visits U.S. capital to talk North American energy security
WASHINGTON, D.C. - The Alberta government's all-out effort to become America's p...
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Six months in, Biden’s infrastructure plan has 4,300 projects
WASHINGTON—Six months after the signing of President Joe Biden's $1 trillion inf...
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ConocoPhillips Alaska issues details on natural gas release
JUNEAU, ALASKA - ConocoPhillips Alaska has attributed the release of natural gas...
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Global upheaval prompts revamp of 2022 U.S. construction forecasts
The construction sector in the United States has had a good first quarter but co...
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Canada’s first ‘wet process’ facility for contaminated soil to open in Calgary
By mid-summer, Calgary's construction and demolition industry, looking to dispos...
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Mental health awareness must start from the top: U.S. survey
As part of Mental Health Awareness Month in the United States, Construct...
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Legal Notes: Canadian law firms ramp up ESG advisories
Pressure is growing for companies to issue statements detailing the environmenta...
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Turner & Townsend hires Kyle Goehring as U.S. sustainability head
NEW YORK, N.Y. – Global consultancy Turner & Townsend has hired Kyle Goehrin...
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Calgary Construction Association warns foreign consortiums a risk for Green Line
The Calgary Construction Association (CCA) believes the city’s massive Green Lin...
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North Shore treatment plant work continues through major challenges
Thick walls of grey concrete substructure have begun to rise at the site of the...
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Edmonton construction crane topples onto powerlines
Workers at an Edmonton construction site are safe following a crane collapse. A...
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$18M Taza Water Reservoir project taking care of a ‘precious resource’
Now being constructed by Chandos Construction on the edge of Calgary, the $18-mi...
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Saskatchewan highway infrastructure paving the way for economic boom
Saskatchewan's highway infrastructure is paving the way for an economic boom, as...
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B.C. begins first procurement for Surrey Langley SkyTrain
VICTORIA – The first procurement for work extending Metro Vancouver’s SkyTrain s...
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Manitoba government releases first transportation infrastructure strategy
The Manitoba Department of Transportation and Infrastructure (MTI) recently post...
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Insurance Essentials: Don’t cut corners hiring subcontractors because of labour shortages
The current labour shortage issue compounds an already tough economic en...