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What happens if you build part of your dream home on land owned by your neighbour? Peter Armstrong and Shelly Martin are a married couple who own a property on Long Beach Rd., in the City of Kawartha Lakes. Vera Penny…

Two insurance industry giants have pulled back from California’s home insurance marketplace, saying that increasing wildfire risk and soaring construction costs have prompted them to stop writing new policies in the nation’s most populous state. State Farm announced last week it…

In a former railway repair shop in the southern French city of Arles, flasks of lurid green algae are bubbling away on a shelf, in a room that looks like a cross between a modern-day laboratory and a witch’s potion-brewing den.…

The National Institute of Building Sciences has added four new members to the board of directors. John (JC) Hudgison, CBO, Assoc. AIA, serves as Construction Services Center Manager and Chief Building Official with the City of Tampa, Florida. Hudgison’s career has included building…

“I did them from a sketching,” said Wu, whose portfolio includes Vancouver projects such as the Fairmont Pacific Rim Hotel, the Shangri-La Hotel, and the Shaw Tower. It was 2018 and Wu’s engineer and architect colleagues at Dialog Design architecture firm…

The Government of Canada is taking action to fight climate change while strengthening the economy and creating good-paying jobs — including in the buildings sector. Ensuring infrastructure is well adapted to mitigate climate change impact helps improve energy performance for industry and communities…

The new La Ronge Long-Term Care Home project has selected Ledcor Construction Limited as the team that will construct the new facility.  Ledcor was selected through a two-stage procurement process. A Request for Qualifications resulted in three teams moving forward to…

Canada’s worst-ever spring wildfire season has forced its forestry industry to shutter sawmills, driving up lumber prices and setting production back for months just as housing construction has slowed due to higher costs and a tight labor market. Canada has the world’s third-largest forest area and is the…

Some solar power contractors in Nova Scotia say the viability of their businesses is threatened because of long waits to get paid through a federal program that offers incentives to homeowners to improve energy efficiency. The Canada Greener Homes Loan program offers homeowners…

The most exciting kickoff at last night’s Ottawa RedBlacks game may have actually taken place off the field with the launch of CityBuildHERS. It’s a new quarterly networking event, with a professional development component, led by Jennifer Cross, business development manager at…

Teach them how to build while they’re young. It might be all it takes to help them decide to pursue a career in the construction industry. That’s the philosophy behind a new youth program created by the Northern Regional Construction Association…

The widow of an office worker who was killed in a crane collapse in downtown Kelowna, B.C., nearly two years ago has filed a lawsuit claiming the construction company’s negligence led to her husband’s death. Helen Furuya lost her husband, Brad Zawislak, when the steel crane crashed…

Developers have unveiled a new concept for a mega project in Vancouver’s West Point Grey neighbourhood. On Friday, the xʷməθkʷəy̓əm (Musqueam), Sḵwx̱wú7mesh (Squamish), and səlilwətaɬ (Tsleil-Waututh) First Nations and Canada Lands Company announced plans redevelop the Jericho Lands by building 13,000…

KEITH Manufacturing Co., the provider of WALKING FLOOR® technology, is excited to announce a new partnership with international distributor Ecovative Renewables General Trading LLC, part of Rais Hassan Saadi Group (RHS Group). The partnership will allow KEITH to expand its reach…

The Honourable Dominic LeBlanc, Minister of Intergovernmental Affairs, Infrastructure and Communities, recently announced the appointment of Charl van Niekerk to the position of Chief Executive Officer (CEO) of Windsor-Detroit Bridge Authority (WDBA), the Crown corporation responsible for the delivery of the Gordie Howe…