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Shipping container modules adapted for under-cover work
With more inclement weather events occurring, shipping containers are being adap...
Projects
New Vancouver community centre makes creative use of mass timber
Marpole Community Centre, located in a residential neighbourhood in southwest Va...
Projects , Resource
Strickland offers tribute to departing O’Regan
OTTAWA — Canada’s Building Trades Unions executive director Sean Strickland has...
Government
Applications for Skills Development Fund Training Stream open next week
KITCHENER, ONT. — Premier Doug Ford made skilled trades training investment anno...
Government , Labour
Bird mourns loss of former audit committee chair Karyn Brooks
MISSISSAUGA — Bird Construction has announced the death of Karyn Brooks, who ser...
Economic
Inside Innovation: From Kosovo to Texas, modular houses built in eight hours
An innovative modular homebuilder based in the tiny eastern European country of...
Government
Toronto playing catch-up on office-conversion policy: panel
Panellists addressing the need for office conversions to boost housing supply du...
Projects
Toronto’s tallest condo tower taking shape
Work is proceeding at a quick pace on Toronto’s SkyTower condo project, which wi...
Projects
Site chosen for new hospital in Waterloo
WATERLOO, ONT. — The Ontario government has invested $5 million to support the e...
Infrastructure
Five things to know about Quebec’s unique, two-week-long construction holiday
MONTREAL - It's one of Quebec's many idiosyncrasies that in the dog days of summ...
Government , Infrastructure , Projects
Lemay wins Beaconsfield cultural centre design contest
BEACONSFIELD, QUE. — Beaconsfield City Council in Quebec has officially endorsed...
Government , Projects
$65,000 fine imposed for Leamington company after trench wall collapse
LEAMINGTON, ONT. — South Essex Fabricating Inc., a fabricator of commercial gree...
OH&S
$358M Panhandle expansion project starts construction
CHATHAM,ONT. – Construction is officially underway on the $358 million Panhandle...
Projects , Resource
‘Lifestyle’ center melds residential and main street in Detroit
The evolution of what was once a shopping mall may be finding itself in an “ever...
US News
Proposal deadline looms for high frequency rail bidders
At close to 1,000 kilometres it’s the world’s largest train project, and in just...
Government , Infrastructure
Dresden 1957 documentary fundraising campaign hits goal
TORONTO — A 30-day crowdfunding campaign for a documentary film chronicling a ca...
OH&S
US announces $325 million in funding to boost Puerto Rico solar projects as power outages persist
SAN JUAN, PUERTO RICO - The U.S. government announced Thursday that $325 million...
Resource , US News
Biden’s withdrawal injects uncertainty into wars, trade disputes and other foreign policy challenges
Joe Biden's withdrawal from the U.S. presidential race injects greater uncertain...
US News
Global Market Scan: Assessing the severe downturn in China’s real estate sector
China’s real estate market is in a deep downturn, with housing prices nearly mat...
Economic
Temporary modular bridge to be installed at LaSalle Causeway
KINGSTON, ONT. — Public Services and Procurement Canada (PSPC) provided a recent...
Infrastructure
Surging population and immigration growth pushing fast-fix schools
B.C. is leading Western Canada as it launches deep into prefab schools with its...
Infrastructure , Projects
Campus Parking Garage Project at Ottawa Hospital awarded to Walters Group
OTTAWA — Walters Group has been awarded the contract to supply structural steel...
Projects
Life cycle assessment training now available for architecture professionals
OTTAWA — The Royal Architectural Institute of Canada (RAIC) is teaming up with t...
Labour
RBC to launch branch retrofit program
TORONTO — RBC has unveiled a plan to spend $35 million on a first phase of decar...
Projects
Applications for green building retrofits will be accepted in August
HALIFAX, N.S. — The dates for a new intake of applications through the federal g...
Government , Projects
U.S. Spotlight: Massive Texas LNG facility; NYC building code changes; Chicago’s Canal Station
This week the U.S. Spotlight by ConstructConnect’s Daily Commercial News feature...
US News
Toronto on the cusp of a major modular housing transition
The City of Toronto is taking concrete action to accelerate modular and rapid-bu...
Projects , Technology
PHOTO: Capitol Residences Rebar
Rebar work moves along at the site of the former Capitol movie theatre that will...
Projects
Fengate, LIUNA invest big in data centre sector
With Canada identified as a perfect haven for the hottest new global development...
Economic , Projects
New Jersey to allow power plant hotly fought by Newark residents
NEWARK, N.J. - In the first major decision issued under an environmental justice...
US News
Biden ends reelection bid, endorses VP Harris for Democratic nomination
President Joe Biden announced Sunday that he is dropping his reelection bid agai...
Government , US News
Liberal House leader Steven MacKinnon sworn in as labour minister, replacing O’Regan
OTTAWA - The federal Liberals' new minister for labour and seniors is Steven Mac...