Tuesday, September 24, 2024 
Scientists Design a Colorful New Paint That Could Cut Your Electricity Bill
Scientists at Stanford University have designed a new paint that could help reduce our growing reliance on air conditioners and heaters. It comes in an array of colors, and if used properly, it could seriously slash electricity bills and emissions. The paint is capable…
Bespoke Metrics and Procore Deepen Collaboration to Streamline Preconstruction Phase
COMPASS by Bespoke Metrics, a leading provider of prequalification and risk management technology, recently announced the integration of its prequalification system with the Procore platform, marking a significant milestone within itsinvolvement on the Procore App Marketplace. Procore Technologies, Inc. is a…
Wall, what wall? Two detained after leveling part of China’s Great Wall
It may have seemed like a good idea at the time. In an apparent attempt to create a shortcut, two people allegedly used heavy machinery to remove a sizeable section of the Great Wall of China in Shanxi province, according to…
Keeping up with housing for growing population ‘a pipe dream,’ says P.E.I. construction association
Without a huge increase in the construction industry labour force, there is no hope of building the number of homes that would be required to keep pace with Prince Edward Island’s population growth, says the Construction Association of P.E.I. The latest population…
Bird Construction adds Industrial Recurring Revenue Master Service Agreements
Bird Construction Inc. recently announced a newly awarded task order under the previously announced Port Hope Area Initiative Master Construction Contract by Canadian Nuclear Laboratories. Bird has also been awarded a multi-year contract for civil works on sites in the Heartland…
Ontario housing starts are at a 30-year high, but here’s why no one’s popping champagne
Ontario has seen the most housing starts in the last two and half years than it has in the last 30 years, but there’s no reason to celebrate, critics say. On Sept. 4, Premier Doug Ford wrote on X, formerly known as…
Pre-sale buyers want their deposits back from troubled Richmond development
Three years after construction suddenly stopped on a large Richmond development, pre-sale buyers are demanding the developer return their deposits. “Every time I drive by No. 3 road, I see a big hole. I just see my money is in the…
Centennial College opens Canada’s first LEED Gold, zero carbon, mass timber, higher-education building
Centennial College is opening the doors to its trailblazing A-Building ─ Canada’s first LEED Gold, zero carbon, mass timber, higher-education building. A-Building, formerly known as A-Block, establishes a new gateway to Centennial’s flagship Progress Campus in Scarborough that supports Indigenous ways of being and teaching. …
Local contractors and donors come forward to help Victoria charity’s construction project continue
Less than a week after finding out their construction project had effectively been dropped, the Vancouver Island non-profit Power To Be is already seeing organizations stepping up with their time and donations to help pick the work back up. “We’re happy…
York housing task force grills developers on construction delays
York Region councillors grilled the development sector on progressing building permits but found common ground on the need for purpose-built rental. Building Industry and Land Development Association (BILD) GTA president and chief executive officer David Wilkes urged the region’s housing task force…
Report Highlights Immense Energy Transition Opportunities from Value-Added Projects in Alberta
The Resource Diversification Council has released its Diversifying Alberta’s Energy Economy Report prepared by BuildForce Canada. The report examines the economic and employment impacts of the over $22B of proposed value-added projects by RDC members. The projects considered in the Report primarily focus on…
City of Ottawa at 30 per cent of target for 15,100 building permits issued in 2023, report says
The city of Ottawa will not fulfill its pledge to issue 15,100 building permits a year unless there are “supportive economic conditions” and supports from other stakeholders, according to city staff. Earlier this year, council endorsed a ‘municipal housing pledge,’ with…
Construction begins on Arviat modular home factory
Work is underway to build a modular home factory in Arviat thanks to the arrival of construction materials on this summer’s sealift. The $50-million project is led by Sakku Investments Corp., the business arm of the Kivalliq Inuit Association. Sakku, the…
Northstar Completes Site Development Work at Empower Calgary Facility
Northstar Clean Technologies Inc. recently announced that it has completed site development work at the industrial-zoned property of 3.98 acres in Rocky View County, a municipal district adjacent to the City of Calgary. The Company’s landlord commenced site development in early April 2023.…
N.B. company with Atcon links is target of project complaints in 2 provinces
A Miramichi company with links to the controversial Atcon Group is the subject of complaints in two provinces over its handling of public infrastructure contracts. On Grand Manan Island in New Brunswick, residents are complaining that Greenfield Construction has left huge…
