Top news this week includes Procore’s Construction Activity Index showing how the COVID-19 pandemic has affected construction activity in Alberta, British Columbia and Ontario, with worker hours dropping in March and recovering in late spring and the summer. Also a new smart brick technology where a research team has found a way to turn bricks into energy storage devices. 

Links to these stories and more in this week’s edition. 

Thanks for reading and have a safe week.

Best Regards,

Arnie Gess, Publisher and President Construction Links Network

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Strongco expands construction equipment division product line

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Mitsubishi receives grant for R&D new ways to use CO2 in the production of concrete

Smart bricks store energy in the walls themselves

Construction Activity Index: Canadian construction activity dropped 41 per cent from March to April and is now recovering

U.S. EPA releases final regulation on lead reduction rule

Tech-driven strategies to keep construction projects on schedule during the pandemic

Bulletin 255: Ensuring an Effective Fire Safety Plan

Bridge reconstruction gets the green light in Mattawa

Fit-out sector launches updated BIM toolbox

Walmart Canada and Condor Properties break ground on Distribution Centre in Vaughan

Green Building Festival Goes Virtual: Oct 14 – 16 2020

Magic Lite’s new CCT Mini Flood Light offers versatility and power

B.C.’s Site C has become a cash bonfire. Hard decisions are ahead

Record lumber prices adding thousands of dollars to new home building costs

Real Estate – Canadian housing markets set multiple records in July